What do you think when a grown man goes by Timmy, Jimmy, Johnny, Bobby, Billy?
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Anonymous
| My Italian cousins in NJ are also Tommy, Jimmy, Bobby, and Joey. That said, I do judge a grown man who goes by Billy, etc. Why not go by Bill or Will? And, yes, I feel the same about woman with little girl names. |
Anonymous
| Who cares |
Anonymous
| Reality is people change your name even if you don't want them to and repeatedly tell them that isn't your name. Sometimes its not by choice. Mine is always changed even by my husband and I just don't answer him. I taught my child not to answer people too when they purposely call him by the wrong name. |
Anonymous
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Who cares?
And PP 1536 - you sound like a real peach. Over sensitive. And you are teaching your child to have a chip on their shoulder |
Anonymous
Yes. My uncles and cousins on Long Island are all Joey, Johnie, Tommy. I don't know how they're known professionally, but among family and friends they are still known by their childhood names. |
Anonymous
You are befuddled by someone named Joseph going by "Joe," or a Michael going by "Mike"? Life must be quite befuddling for you. |
Anonymous
It is respectful to call people by the name they prefer whether is it Donnie and Melly or The Donald and Melania. |
Anonymous
| In some cases it's because they have the same name as the dad. In that case it can end up Big John and Johnny, Big Will and Little Willie ... |
Anonymous
| I think this: if it was good enough for Ronnie, Bobbie and Ricky, then WTH was Mike's problem? |
Anonymous
| Nothing. It's a name their parents gave them. If you don't want kids to use nicknames, don't give them nicknames. |
Anonymous
I cannot believe no one has yet enlightened the poster who doesn't know that AG Sessions is an abbreviation for Attorney General Sessions. I |
Anonymous
No, I teach my child to go by his proper name, which we choose for a special reason and has a lot of meaning to him and to us. |
Anonymous
| I think the person who is immature is you OP. Someone who gets this bothered by nicknames is a redflag for me for control issues. |
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Anonymous
+1 That poster is very strange. PS, OP, I don't think anything of this-- not one bit. |