Stop it with the "heart horse" thing. No, really. Stop it.

[Halt_Near_X]

I think y’all are just bitter.

The moment I saw my horse’s ad and looked into his eyes in the picture, I knew he was my Heart Horse. We had a special bond even before we got to the property. I JUST KNEW. Don’t be such haters.

I could never, ever, ever re-home this horse. It would be like tearing out a piece of my soul. He has a Forever Home with me, even if I have to live in a drainage ditch and eat cheesewhip for life. That’s how special our bond is!

I already want to cry thinking about how I am going to survive when it comes time to give him his final gift and help him cross the Rainbow Bridge. I know he’s only 5 and we have decades together still, but it’s just. so. painful.

I [heart] my heart horse.

[IFG]

@showhorsegallery;8103152

DD/DH/DS

just say Daughter, Son and Husband. Stop it with the “Darling” in front - all of the internet, just stop it.

Am I stupid? No–don’t answer that. I always thought D= designated, like designated other. Eeew, darling, yuck, just yuck.

[crosscreeksh]

Slightly Off Topic but…How about “Baby Daddy”??? THAT corks me!!

[showhorsegallery]

[QUOTE=netg;8103378]
It’s Dear, not Darling.

DD, SO, OP, DH, DS, are all common among message boards, not just this one.

This thread and the Great Offense of some… just make me laugh. I’m not even aghasted ( ) by the responses, just find them fun.[/QUOTE]

Dear/Darling - same saccharine difference. It all makes me want to puke. I’ve heard it both ways and as Evidence A I submit this list of acronyms: http://ttcalblog.blogspot.com/p/acronyms.html

[showhorsegallery]

[QUOTE=IFG;8103436]
Am I stupid? No–don’t answer that. I always thought D= designated, like designated other. Eeew, darling, yuck, just yuck.[/QUOTE]

So sorry to burst the bubble for you. Once learned it can not be unseen.

[DJohn]

My horse is my heart horse! My equine soul-mate! My one and only dearest sweetie pie! He even comes running across the field when I call him

Read it and weep!

[Alagirl]

ah, but the D isn’t set in stone, depending on context! :lol:

[showhorsegallery]

[QUOTE=Alagirl;8103610]
ah, but the D isn’t set in stone, depending on context! :lol:[/QUOTE]

Touche.

[heronponie]

I use them all unabashedly! Use all the words!

[ybiaw]

You can’t sit with us.

[kdow]

[QUOTE=JustTheTicket;8103142]
Also “re-homing”[/QUOTE]

Hey, I like re-homing. I just think it applies to very specific situations. Selling a horse is not re-homing it, yknow? However, when my family found a different more suitable home for a dog we had rescued (he needed way more exercise than we could give him, other family had a huge yard and two teenaged kids who loved to walk) then I do consider re-homing appropriate because that is whst it was - we found him a new home and stayed in touch and visited and made sure it really was a good home for him. That was the entire point of the exercise. (They were good family friends to start with, so it made it very easy to stay in touch and see how things were going.) If it hadn’t been a good home he would’ve come back to us to try again, that was the arrangement.

He stayed with them until he died at 16 or thereabouts. So it really was a new home. (We also didn’t take any money for him or anything. It was entirely about finding him a better situation that was suited to his needs so he would be happiest. If he’d had to stay with us I’m sure he would have survived, but it wasn’t his best option.)

So selling is not re-homing. Even giving away is not necessarily re-homing.

[soloudinhere]

[QUOTE=st_francis;8103419]
I’ve been lucky enough to have a few very special horses in my life but I will stab myself in the eye before I refer to any of them as my heart horse.[/QUOTE]

I completely concur. Nothing in this absurdly lengthy thread has done anything to change my opinion about the people who do use the phrase, either.

It’s definitely competitive bull to basically say “I love my horse and he loves me more than you can EVER KNOw and I’m so much better than you for it” which is just gag worthy. Are you 12?

I love my husband very much but if I said anything in public that were similar about him, I would be considered crazy.

For the record I think it’s true of any “heart animal.” I cannot stand people that attribute human emotion to an animal driven by instinct. It makes no sense.

[TBROCKS]

@showhorsegallery;8103152

I co-sign this and also hate and my skin crawls everytime I have to read:

DD/DH/DS

just say Daughter, Son and Husband. Stop it with the “Darling” in front - all of the internet, just stop it.

Omg and all this time I thought it was “damn”. Stopping use of this IMMEDIATELY!

[chism]

[QUOTE=Alagirl;8103610]
ah, but the D isn’t set in stone, depending on context! :lol:[/QUOTE]

I have 3 daughters and a husband…It’s often DAMN.

I commented on this way back when the thread started. Wouldn’t use it in a sentence, but having had many horses…I do understand that you can connect with a particular horse in a way that’s different than the others. I don’t feel the need to talk about it though.

[Sannois]

[QUOTE=Red Barn;8103137]
“Heart Horse”
“Equestrian Journey”
“Forever Home”
“Rainbow Bridge”
“Special Bond”
“Final Gift” . . .

I hate 'em all. :)[/QUOTE]
So agree! Right up there with “Fur Babies” :disgust:

[soloudinhere]

[QUOTE=Sannois;8103972]
So agree! Right up there with “Fur Babies” :disgust:[/QUOTE]

“Furkids” is another one that makes my skin crawl. When did we as a species start talking like this? it’s awful.

[IFG]

[QUOTE=soloudinhere;8104025]
“Furkids” is another one that makes my skin crawl. When did we as a species start talking like this? it’s awful.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, this one makes my skin crawl.

[horsegal301]

“used to justify self indulgent behaviour”

I’ve used the term “heart horse” loosely, in that I grew up with my first horse, who I will claim to be my “heart horse,” he is now retired due to a hock injury, and I have a new horse, one that I am not nearly as closely attached to, and kind of hard to get attached to.

Do I just call him my new horse? My rebound horse because I was in love and now I’m going through the relationship after the break up? I think he’s a great horse, but I don’t feel the same attachment.

I, nor my family, have ever considered going all out broke to pay for something for my first horse, and I think making wide, judging accusations like that is worse than someone using the term “heart horse.”

Like judging people by the way they look, you’re making a lot of shit up on your own even if you have no idea what they’re going through.

I also call my dogs my “kids,” so sue me.

[french_fry]

This thread has taken such an unexpectedly awesome turn after its third reincarnation! You guys are my people. #youcansitwithus

ETA: Except horsegal. Sorry you were offended, horsegal! You can still sit with us if you want.

[sabinomare]

[QUOTE=Sannois;8103972]
So agree! Right up there with “Fur Babies” :disgust:[/QUOTE]

UGH. I hate it. Along with “hubby” :dead: