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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH insists that we raise our children to speak like they are southern.  I love the south and the southern culture, but we live in Northern Virginia.  People don't speak that way here.  My DH is just a poser.  Whenever I am telling a story or visiting with other moms, my DH will interrupt me to correct a term I use if it isn't southern.  For example, if I refer to a BBQ, he steps in and says "cook out".  If I use the word "mom", he steps in and says "momma".  All the flipping time.  I should add he was raised is rural Pennsylvania and no one else in his family uses southern terms.  I have progressed from giving him the evil eye to telling him how unattractive his behavior is and that enough is enough.  Bless his heart!

Rant over.[/quote]

Amusing as his weird peccadillo is, I think most of us posters are missing the real issue here: Your DH thinks it's acceptable to "step in" and correct you over what are incredibly petty ideas he holds.

Does he do this in other parts of life? Correct you, "guide" you, demonstrate that his way is the right way? Cumulatively it can become immensely annoying at best (and unattractive, as you note) but at worst it can become pretty toxic. Especially if he does it to your kids over and over. Makes everything about how Dad Is Always Right. Maybe sit down and consider if the issue is this one weird word preference issue, or if there's a bigger pattern of correcting and needing things to be just the way HE decrees is correct. That would be a situation requiring some serious change, to me. For your sake, I hope this is solely about a few words and nothing else. [/quote]

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