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Seriously?  You named your kid Christopher but get that upset if he is called Chris?  That was a bad name to choose if you don't like Chris.  It's too natural a nickname for anyone to think twice about using it.[/quote]

Christopher: Hi, my name is Christopher.
You: Hi, Chris.
Christopher: Actually, Christopher, please.

Now what do you do?[/quote]

NP here.  I try to remember, but if I am also trying to get a new school year started, it might not happen for awhile.  [/quote]

You can remember Chris but not Christopher?  BS.  Forgetting the whole name is one thing, but no way I'm buying that people remember Rick but not Richard, Tom but not Thomas, Etc.

That's the dilemma for him--he's 8, he really doesn't feel like he can tell his teacher EVERY DAY that he doesn't want to be called Chris.[/quote]
I hear you that it's a tough dilemma for an 8 year old, but the problem is that Christopher is a common name and every other Christopher is cool with Chris.  We have a last name that many people mispronounce (it's an easy name but it has a common mispronunciation).  My 9 year old is not comfortable telling everyone the correct pronunciation but he hates when people do it and my advice to him is to learn to be ok with how people are pronouncing (I, personally, don't care one way or the other if you put the accent on the wrong syllable and pronounce the vowel the other way) or get used to correcting it.  It is what it is.  Going through life seething because someone makes a very common mistake is a recipe for disaster.  Not saying your son is doing this, but you sound irrationally upset over it.[/quote]

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