Random Question

kgrunow

Does anyone else see STD and think sexually transmitted disease and have to mentally correct to save the date? Or vise-versa?

I am only asking because I do it all the time

MissOwl

um yes...just like FMIL is really close to FML.

uneek1323

Yup!

I also don't see F/U as "follow up" and BM as "bridesmaid." Yay for Knot lingo!!

forgetme12

right there with you with STD and BM. Being a nurse makes acronyms in real life pretty difficult to differentiate. 

RadonOrchid

Yes!!

I wrote down "STD" on one of the wedding lists I was making and FI was like "um...is there something...you need to tell me?" and I was like "no...why" "...because you have 'STD' written down...explain..." lmao ^_^ best convo ever :P

reliart

all the time for all of those!

nickles26

Yea--I always think the worse!  STD, F/U, BM...The Knot (or "TK") always brings my mind somewhere it shouldn't! 

Aside: I guess it's "STI" instead of "STD" now ("I" for infection).  Times, they are a changin'. 

uneek1323

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-theme-boards_offbeat-weddings_random-question?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20Theme%20BoardsForum:43453af6-2ee4-412a-99fb-cbb447240911Discussion:18c82c49-7320-47c7-8111-01d8a452ef3aPost:67c0dfa7-5e78-4745-bc67-8f07ceef056a">Re: Random Question</a>:
[QUOTE]Yes!! I wrote down "STD" on one of the wedding lists I was making and FI was like "um...is there something...you need to tell me?" and I was like "no...why" "...because you have 'STD' written down...explain..." lmao ^_^ best convo ever :P
Posted by RadonOrchid[/QUOTE]
HAHA!!!<div>I have a similar story. My mom saw the STD's on the wedding spreadsheet and she says "Why did I pay $85 for sexually transmitted diseases?" LOL</div>

brit_bell90

Oh there's a reason why FMIL is so close to FML...lol

~Tuck~

You are not alone.  I tend to hate abbreviations in general, but "STD" tops the list as most unfortunate.

asialee2

Hahaha all the time!!!

I love my BMs!!! 

Think about that one!

Grau

I do it all the time.

I remember when I first started posting, and saw a thread title with 'STD' in it. I was really wondering what I had gotten myself into. But, since I was curious and opened the thread, I was soon able to figure it out.

And I also keep seeing 'FML' when people type 'FMIL.'

Silly abbreviations.

kgrunow

I am so glad I am not the only one

I will admit I never thought of the BM thing as anything but bridesmaid, but now everytime I see it I think of the other BM lol

beckster5551

It's sad, I have been on TK so long that I no longer think of STD as anything else. The funny thing is that I just sent them out and it's so hard not to type STD when I am talking to someone! 

I do laugh at F/U and FMIL all the time. Really...F/U??!?!?

SandiaLiz

Thank you! I couldn't believe that everyone was seriously writing these things! I just kept giggling! I always like to tell people that I want to give them an STD and that my BMs are amazing! 

sessionswedding

I laugh at ALL of these.  I think part of the reason that I decided not to send out STDs is that I just couldn't bring myself to do it after the association that TK has created with them in my mind, lol. 

Oh, and here locally, TK 101 is the hard rock/metal radio station, and everyone calls it "TK."  So everytime I see TK I get joint associations with tulle and Metallica.  It's pretty hillarious, lol.

[Deleted User]

I thought those too.

WnaBKaet will understand, I have this issue in the medical field too. Medical abbreviations are sometimes obvious and sometimes bizzare.
SOB = Shortness of Breath, but that's not what I read "Patient was SOB..."
Or sometimes unfortunate names. I've been told Melena is a nice (Greek?) girl's name but it is something...BM related...in the medical field. Its not "a good thing."

I don't see anything wrong with Tulle and Metallica!

calo1983

thank goodness im not the only one who has thought this! im gonna have to leave the room im laughing so hard!(my fiance's sleeping and i may just wake him lol)