My husband is a baseball fan.
Six or so years ago, when we were trying to get pregnant, we hadn’t had any success for a couple of months. Mostly it was because when I was ovulating in Lubbock, he was collecting small mammals in New Mexico. But I was 38, and concerned that maybe my fertility was not as it was when I was younger. I subscribed to a Usenet infertility newsgroup. I’m not sure which one; probably alt.infertility, but perhaps one of its variants.
In any case, I was reading through some of the posts, and my husband came in and started reading over my shoulder. “What are you reading?” He asked. “An infertility newsgroup,” I replied.
After a few minutes, he is very, very quiet. I look behind me and he is sitting, dumbstruck. Finally, he asked, “What is a DH?” “It’s kind of an internet shorthand for ‘dear husband,’” I said.
“Oh. That makes a lot more sense. In baseball, a DH is a designated hitter. I could see maybe one of these women going that route, but ALL of them?”
So your DH was asking about the other DH’s listed? I guess you gave him the right answer, but was it the correct one?
Ha! However, you’ve got to wonder how many infertile women engage the services of a designated hitter. Why that one high-profile Lesbian couple chose David Crosby is beyond me. Was Brad Pitt out of town for the weekend or something?
My answer, in context, was both right AND correct. It was Melissa Etheridge and her partner, Julie Something, and I guess they wanted the kid to be musical. Oh, and a junkie.
Heeee designated hitter and fertility….too funny. That’s cute!
I read somewhere that Melissa and Julie chose David Crosby because he supposedly has a very high IQ. But who knows. I hear they have beautiful bright children…good for them.
My wife considers me her DH too. Thank goodness! Still, I have to worry about the rest of her lineup…