I work in an industry where nick names are preferred to real names. I get called Moe more often than not and there are some people at work who probably wouldn’t know who Maureen was if you asked for me by name.
As a kid, I was Mojo after the chewy candies.
My kids don’t want to be called anything but their names. I totally wanted to be able to call Rebecca, Becks (I’m a soccer fan), but she won’t have it. Eleanor doesn’t want Elle or Ella, and Ethan hates E.
They came up with some nick names a few weeks ago. Rebecca is Becca Butt Cheeks... yup, won’t let me call her Becks, but Becca Butt Cheeks, that’s cool!
I thought that Eleanor was Elaboo, but I may have misheard.
They started calling Siobhan, Shavina and Ethan Ethanis. I argued that Siobhan should be SheFonzy, but they insisted on Shavina.
It took a while, but I finally said Shavina sounds like vagina... they nodded. Then it dawned on me... Rebecca Butt Cheeks, ElaBOOB, Ethenis and Shavina... funny body parts.
It reminded me of this.
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