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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also consider that the nicknames aren’t popular anymore so we have William (who’s maybe Will or Liam), Daniel, Patrick, Christopher, Geoffrey or Jefferson, Thomas - just to name some examples straight from my life with teens.

Gen Xers with these names would have been Bill or Billy, Dan, Pat or Rick(y), Chris, Jeff and Tom or Tommy.

In my family’s situation, Dad is Bill and son is William.[/quote]
Yep, I agreed with Daniel on the condition that there will be no nicknames. Seems like the rest of the moms felt the same: Daniel goes to school with Thomas and Gabriel, while my coworkers include Gabe and Tommy. 
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No-nickname moms are insufferable. [/quote]

Yes, but inevitably their child winds up with a peer- or self-assigned nickname they HATE, and then spend the rest of their life grinding their teeth and saying “It’s GabRIEL” under her breath when all their sons college friends, his wife, and coworkers just call him Gabe. [/quote]

MIL? Once again, Brucie or Tommy sounds weird on adult males. [/quote]

No one is talking about “Brucie” that’s a baby name not a nickname.

But people who name their kids Daniel, Gabriel, Thomas, Victoria, Jessica, etc., and then try to police their own choice to use nicknames like Dan, Gabe, Tom, Vic, Jess, etc. It’s fine if you only want to call your kid by their full name, and if they choose that, great. But if you choose a name with a common nickname you actively don’t like and then militantly try to prevent anyone from using the nickname, it’s just controlling.[/quote]

I went to school with a kid named James.
Every single school year, some teacher would try calling him Jim or Jimmy, and he was ALWAYS quick to remind them "It's James".  
He always said it very authoritatively, so they'd know never to try it again.

I remember him saying it to our kindergarten teacher, because I was so shocked that he corrected not simply a grown-up, but a teacher too... and he did it with such authority.

I remember thinking how bold/ballsy it was of him to correct a teacher at just 5 years old, lol.  I figured it was from his parents drilling it into his head.

Just checked Facebook: yup, still James. ✅️

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