We just wanted to share a quick post today about something helpful we recently learned, that has made it easier to move through some of the online communities relating to motherhood.
Motherhood can look very different depending on your situation, but there is a community out there for you, whatever your motherhood looks like. One of the subcultures we relate to the most here at Fake Mom, is the Step Mom community. As with any group, they’ve developed a language that allows them to communicate effectively with each other. As an outsider, some of these words and acronyms can be confusing or hard to decode. It took us a while to wade through alternate definitions before we found the meaning behind the word that helped us to realize that this was actually a community we could relate to. That being said, we want to share with you what we’ve found, so that if this is your community and you just haven’t realized it yet, you can find your village.
| Term | Meaning |
| BD | Biological Daughter |
| BS | Biological Son |
| BF | Biological/Birth Father |
| BF | Boyfriend (alternate) |
| BM | Biological/Birth Mother |
| CA | Custody Agreement |
| CO | Court Order |
| CP | Custodial Parent |
| CS/CSO | Child Support, Child Support Order |
| CPS | Child Protective Services |
| DD | Dear Daughter |
| DH | Dear Husband |
| DS | Dear Son |
| EoW | Every Other Week |
| EoWe | Every Other Weekend |
| FIL | Father in Law |
| FH | Future Husband |
| FW | Future Wife |
| FSD/FSS | Future Step Daughter, Future Step Son |
| FSK | Future Step Kids |
| GAL | Guardian Ad Litem |
| GF | Girlfriend (alternate) |
| GF, GM, GP | Grandfather, Grandmother, Grandparents |
| HCBM | High Conflict Bio/Birth Mother |
| HCBF | High Conflict Bio/Birth Father |
| LG | Legal Guardian |
| MIL | Mother in Law |
| NCP | Non-Custodial Parent |
| OH | Other Half |
| PPO/PO | (Personal) Protective Order |
| SAHM | Stay at Home Mom |
| SD | Step Daughter |
| SK or SKIDS | Step Kids |
| SO | Significant Other |
| SS | Step Son |
| TF | The/Their Father |
| TM | The/Their Mother |
| TOW | The Other Woman |
| TOM | The Other Mom |
| XFIL | Ex Father in Law |
| XMIL | Ex Mother in Law |
| XH | Ex Husband |
| XW | Ex Wife |
| # | Age of subject (i.e. SD9) |
XO, Fake Mom
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