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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. We have a similar problem. My husband wanted to name DC Timothy, I agreed under condition that he won't be nicknamed Tim (can't stand the nickname). DH agreed and asked his family to call DC Timothy only explaining  the reasons for that. They refuse! They use Tim all the time and told me it's my problem that I don't like it as they don't like Timothy. I did let it go after that but it still makes me sad. [/quote]
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Your in laws are asshats and need to be put in their place--it's only going to get worse.  But, this is different than OP's situation where she initially condoned the nickname only to later change her mind after her parents began to think of the kid as the nickname.[/b]

You can do what you want OP, but, don't be surprised if your parents are taken aback or annoyed if you dictate a name change now.  I knew a woman that introduced her kid as "Sam" for the first four years of his life before suddenly insisting that everyone call the child "Samuel."  It was really off-putting mostly because she would become very annoyed and shoot you a dirty look if you accidentally called the kid Sam.  It make me think she was a bit cookoo.[/quote]

Oh they are:) "Tim" thing is so minor in comparison with everything else they subject me to that I tent to forget about it. [/quote]

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