An aqueous associative thickener polymer composition comprising: (a) 1% to 60% by weight of an associative thickener polymer comprising: a non-ionic backbone having a solubility in water at 25°C of at least 10% by weight under acidic, neutral and basic conditions, and blocks of oligomeric hydrophobes attached to or within the polymer backbone wherein said oligomeric blocks have the following chemical architecture: wherein: n is an integer from 1 to 100; R comprises an alkyl or aryl group having from 2 carbons to 100 carbons, wherein said alkyl and aryl groups may comprise other moieties, and wherein some or all of the R groups comprise a hydrophobic group comprising secondary amine, or a tertiary amine, or a tertiary phosphine, or a combination thereof, A is a connecting diradical of -O-, -S-, -CH 2 -, -O-CH 2 -, -S-CH 2 -, -NH-, -NR'-, -NH-CH 2 -, -NR-CH 2 -, -PR'-, -POR'- (where R'= 1 to 12 carbons), polyalkylene ether (Mw=44 to 50,000), polyalkylene isocyanate-HEUR (Mw=100 to 80,000); B is a connecting group of: -CH 2 -, -CH 2 O-, -CH 2 S-, -CH 2 -NH-, -CRH-O-, - CR"H-S-, - CR"H-NH-, and -CH 2 NR"- (where R"=1-12 carbons); C is a connecting end as described for A, or a terminating end equal to: -OH, SH,-NHR"', -OR"', -SR"', and -H; with the proviso that less than 80% of the total amine functionality is a quaternary amine; (b) sufficient acid to protonate the secondary amine, or the tertiary amine, or the tertiary phosphine, or combination thereof; (c) 40% to 99% by weight of water; and (d) 0% to 15% by weight of an organic co-solvent, surfactant, cyclodextrin compound, or any combination thereof, as a viscosity-suppressing additive. (a) 1% to 60% by weight of an associative thickener polymer comprising: a non-ionic backbone having a solubility in water at 25°C of at least 10% by weight under acidic, neutral and basic conditions, and blocks of oligomeric hydrophobes attached to or within the polymer backbone wherein said oligomeric blocks have the following chemical architecture: wherein: n is an integer from 1 to 100; R comprises an alkyl or aryl group having from 2 carbons to 100 carbons, wherein said alkyl and aryl groups may comprise other moieties, and wherein some or all of the R groups comprise a hydrophobic group comprising secondary amine, or a tertiary amine, or a tertiary phosphine, or a combination thereof, A is a connecting diradical of -O-, -S-, -CH 2 -, -O-CH 2 -, -S-CH 2 -, -NH-, -NR'-, -NH-CH 2 -, -NR-CH 2 -, -PR'-, -POR'- (where R'= 1 to 12 carbons), polyalkylene ether (Mw=44 to 50,000), polyalkylene isocyanate-HEUR (Mw=100 to 80,000); B is a connecting group of: -CH 2 -, -CH 2 O-, -CH 2 S-, -CH 2 -NH-, -CRH-O-, - CR"H-S-, - CR"H-NH-, and -CH 2 NR"- (where R"=1-12 carbons); C is a connecting end as described for A, or a terminating end equal to: -OH, SH,-NHR"', -OR"', -SR"', and -H; with the proviso that less than 80% of the total amine functionality is a quaternary amine; a non-ionic backbone having a solubility in water at 25°C of at least 10% by weight under acidic, neutral and basic conditions, and blocks of oligomeric hydrophobes attached to or within the polymer backbone wherein said oligomeric blocks have the following chemical architecture: wherein: n is an integer from 1 to 100; R comprises an alkyl or aryl group having from 2 carbons to 100 carbons, wherein said alkyl and aryl groups may comprise other moieties, and wherein some or all of the R groups comprise a hydrophobic group comprising secondary amine, or a tertiary amine, or a tertiary phosphine, or a combination thereof, A is a connecting diradical of -O-, -S-, -CH 2 -, -O-CH 2 -, -S-CH 2 -, -NH-, -NR'-, -NH-CH 2 -, -NR-CH 2 -, -PR'-, -POR'- (where R'= 1 to 12 carbons), polyalkylene ether (Mw=44 to 50,000), polyalkylene isocyanate-HEUR (Mw=100 to 80,000); B is a connecting group of: -CH 2 -, -CH 2 O-, -CH 2 S-, -CH 2 -NH-, -CRH-O-, - CR"H-S-, - CR"H-NH-, and -CH 2 NR"- (where R"=1-12 carbons); C is a connecting end as described for A, or a terminating end equal to: -OH, SH,-NHR"', -OR"', -SR"', and -H; with the proviso that less than 80% of the total amine functionality is a quaternary amine; n is an integer from 1 to 100; R comprises an alkyl or aryl group having from 2 carbons to 100 carbons, wherein said alkyl and aryl groups may comprise other moieties, and wherein some or all of the R groups comprise a hydrophobic group comprising secondary amine, or a tertiary amine, or a tertiary phosphine, or a combination thereof, A is a connecting diradical of -O-, -S-, -CH 2 -, -O-CH 2 -, -S-CH 2 -, -NH-, -NR'-, -NH-CH 2 -, -NR-CH 2 -, -PR'-, -POR'- (where R'= 1 to 12 carbons), polyalkylene ether (Mw=44 to 50,000), polyalkylene isocyanate-HEUR (Mw=100 to 80,000); B is a connecting group of: -CH 2 -, -CH 2 O-, -CH 2 S-, -CH 2 -NH-, -CRH-O-, - CR"H-S-, - CR"H-NH-, and -CH 2 NR"- (where R"=1-12 carbons); C is a connecting end as described for A, or a terminating end equal to: -OH, SH,-NHR"', -OR"', -SR"', and -H; with the proviso that less than 80% of the total amine functionality is a quaternary amine; (b) sufficient acid to protonate the secondary amine, or the tertiary amine, or the tertiary phosphine, or combination thereof; (c) 40% to 99% by weight of water; and (d) 0% to 15% by weight of an organic co-solvent, surfactant, cyclodextrin compound, or any combination thereof, as a viscosity-suppressing additive.