Sorry, another trashy link - ‘SWMBO’ = cruelty.

[Leonard Stanley]

There’s a ph nexus here somewhere:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/7268489/wife-end...

[HTP99]

If you actually read it, there appear to be far more pressing issues in the relationship and the SWMBO name was a minor final thing.

He sounds like an arse TBF.

[KungFuPanda]

“It must have been a big one because he came in at midnight”

She sounds like a right bag of fun.

[alorotom]

And I bet there wasn’t any issue in the “obey” element of their wedding vows. It’s hardly a new acronym either and has been widely used online for at least the past 2 decades that I know of!

[silverfoxcc]

Rumpole of the Bailey made it popular

[poo at Paul's]

Fun sponge

[TooMany2cvs]

HTP99 said:

If you actually read it, there appear to be far more pressing issues in the relationship and the SWMBO name was a minor final thing.

<nods> And it's an Aussie website linked to by the Sun. Real situation? Or fabrication to start discussion?

Slow news day?

[V8covin]

silverfoxcc said:

Rumpole of the Bailey made it popular

Exactly....all it means is 'the wife' and nothing more

[bigandclever]

alorotom said:

It’s hardly a new acronym either and has been widely used online for at least the past 2 decades that I know of!

And the rest, the phrase goes back to the 19th century.

[rodericb]

...and while you're minding what you do on your phone/computer: https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/7227785/dad-acci...

[Moonhawk]

rodericb said:

...and while you're minding what you do on your phone/computer: https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/7227785/dad-acci...

"and reckons he'd mistakenly copied and pasted his recent internet search."

Erm no - i'll tell you what happened. He had two browser windows open at the same time and was searching for some grot at the same time he was replying to your post - and accidentally left is cursor in the wrong box when typing his search