M/R = marriage/relationship
EA = emotional affair
PA = physical affair
LBS = left behind spouse
OM = other man
D = divorce
MLC = midlife crisis
MLT = midlife transition
Long list................
180 = doing the opposite of what you usually do. Another Technique In DB
ACOA = Adult Child of an Alcoholic
ADDY = Address: Email, Snail Mail, Home, Office,
AOBM = Alien on Break Moment
AOK = A OK
AOM = Almost Other Man
AOW = Almost other woman
APT = Apartment
ATTY = Attorney
AWGTCHM = Michele's book, A Woman's Guide to Changing Her Man
Big D = Divorce
BC = Birth Control
BIL = brother in law
BK = Bankruptcy, Burger King
BS = Betrayed spouse
BTDT = Been there, done that
BTO = Big time operator
BTW = By The Way
Cheesless Tunnels = Doing things the same old way even it does not work. From mouse going through maze even though no cheese is at the end of the maze.
D = Divorce Or Daughter with age added
DB = Divorce Busting (Techniques And book by Michele)
DB'ers = Divorce Busters (People At This Site)
DB'n = divorce busting (the technique)
DBing = divorce busting (the technique)
DBH = Dead Beat Husband
DD = darling daughter
DH = dear husband, deadbeat husband
DGD = Don’t give a dam
DGS = Don’t give a shit
DITHL = deer in the headlights
EA = Emotional affair three components: secrecy, intimacy & Sexual chemistry
EOM = Emotional Other Man
EC = Emotional connection / Eye contact
ED = Emotionally distant
EN = Emotional needs
FAQ = Frequently Answered Questions
FF = Female Friend
FIB = Fill in the blank/s
FN forum = For Newcomers forum
FTHM = Friend that hates me.
Fog = romantic love is established, everything else goes out the window
FOO = Family of Origin
FRFSM = Four Rules for a Successful Marriage: Care, Protection, Honesty and Time,
FWB = Friend with benefits/sex. FWB = NFNBAC (No Friendship, No Benefits And Confusion)
FWIW = For What Its Worth
FWIT = ?
FYI = For Your Information
GAL = Get A Life. Make new friends, see old friends, work on making changes that will make YOU happy, not your spouse or anyone else.
GD = Going Dark" means no contact. to see if your WAS misses & tries to come around. With MLC it is sometimes the benefit of the left behind spouse to "go dark" to maintain their sanity, also part of the LRT (last resort technique)
GH = Ghost Husband (Not Really Here Any More)
GW = Ghost Wife (Not Really Here Any More)
H = husband
HOM = Horny old man. Hold onto myself / hold my tong
HP = His or her place
HRT = Hugging till relaxed, Hormone replacement therapy
HTH = Hope this helped
HW = Home-Wrecker
IAE = In Any Event
IC = Ice cream
ICQ = A chat system which stands for, "I seek you".
IIRC = If I recall correctly
ILY = I Love You
ILYBINILWY = I love you but I am not in love with you
IM = instant message
IMO = In my opinion.
IMHO = in my humble opinion
INS Forum = I Need Support Forum
IOW = In Other Words
IRL = In real life
ISTM = ?
IYKWIM =
KLA = Michele's Keeping Love Alive tape series program
KLA forum = Keeping Love Alive Discussion Group forum (for future)
KWIM = Know what I mean
LB = Love Bank / Love Busters: Selfish Demands, Disrespectful Judgments, Angry Outbursts, Annoying Behavior and Dishonesty
LBS = Left Behind Spouse
LSDS = Low Sex drive spouse
LF = Lady Friend
LL= love language from the book “The 5 Languages of Love by Gary Chapman” are: AOS-Acts of Service, G-Gifts, QT-Quality Time, PT-Physical Touch, WOA-Words of Affirmation
LM = Love making, ML=Making Love, Sexual intercourse with an emotional connection that both spouses share with each other.
LMAO = laughing my a$$ off
LOL = laughing out loud
LR = Last Resort (technique in DB)
LRT = Last Resort Technique (What to do when all else fails) page 177 in Michele's "Divorce Busting" book
LT = Love tank 1 to 10 rating according to individual
LU = Love units to fill Love Bank
MB = Marriage Building
Mb = Masturbate
MF = Man Friend
MFC = Messenger 1st Class
MIL = Mother In Law
ML = Made/make Love / Married love
MLC = Midlife Crisis. FUBAR is a synonym for MLC
MP = My place
M/V = From the book, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus by John Gray
NML = No man's land
NPA = Not particularly attractive
NRG = No Energy
O = Orgasm
OEA = Online Emotional Affair
OG = Other Guy, Old guy/senior guy or senior group member
OM = Other man
OMG = O my god
OMGIIABSCN = Oh my god, it is all becoming so clear now
ONS = One night stand
OOM = Online Other Man
OOW = Online Other Women
OR = our relationship
OTOH = On the other hand, other options to consider
OW = Other Woman
PA = physical affair
PB = Peanut butter
PBJ = Peanut butter and jelly
PI = Physical intimacy
Plan A = the betrayed spouse to negotiates with the wayward spouse to totally separate from the lover without angry outbursts, disrespect, and demands. One of these causes is usually unfulfilled emotional needs, the betrayed spouse should express a willingness to meet those needs after the affair has ended. spouses spend much of their leisure time apart from each other,
Plan B is for the betrayed spouse (BS) to avoid all contact with the wayward spouse (WS) until the affair has completely ended. No hugging, kissing, or sex with philandering spouse.
PITA = ?
PM = "Passionate Marriage" Schnarch
PMA = Positive Mental Attitude
POJA = Policy of Joint Agreement
POV = Point Of View
POW = "Potential" or "Possible" Other Woman
PT = Physical Touch "5 Languages of love"
QT = Quality Time "5 Languages of Love"
R = relationship
RA = Red Ass / makes me angry
RBTL - Read Between The Lines
RTFM - Read The F***ing Manual
RIR = Room I Rent
ROFL = rolls on floor laughing
S = Son
SAD = Seasonal Affect Disorder. Depression correlated with less daylight
SAM = silly alien monkey
S.A.F.E.= Stay Away from Ex
SAHM = Stay at home mom.
SAHMLC' (Stay At Home Mid Life Crisis) for our spouses who don't WAW but are having MLC problems - especially since I've found that DBing is a little different with them being at home!
SBD = silent but deadly
SBT = Solution-oriented Brief Therapy (kind of therapy Michele does)
SD = Sexual Drive/desire
SEG = Shit eating grin
SF = Sexual fulfillment
Sep = separation did not create the opportunity for reconciliation, but rather, created an even higher barrier between spouses
SIL = sister in law
Sit = situation.
SITD = Still In The Dark
SO = significant other
SOB = son of a *****
SOL = Shit out of luck / No chance or hope of getting what you want.
SSW = Sisterhood of Separate Women (variations could be SDW, SSM, SDM, etc.)
SSRI = ?
STBX = Soon To Be X
STBXOM = Soon to be ex-other man (or guy)
STBXOW = Soon to be ex-other women
TTYL = Talk to you later
TMI = Too much information
UCL = Unconditional Love
VM = Voice messages
W = wife
W/ = with
WAH = Walk away husband
WAS =walk away spouse
WAW = Walk Away Wife (a syndrome Michele explains in her article on this site)
WB = Write Back
WOA = Words of Appreciation "5 Languages of Love"
WP = Warrior Princess
WS = Wayward spouse
WTF = what the ****, why the ****, when the ****.
WTG/G = Way To Go/girl
WH = Wayward husband
WS = Wayward spouse
WW = Wayward Wife
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