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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My in laws disliked the nickname we decided to use for our second and told us, flat out, they wouldn’t use it and in fact they called him by a different nickname for about six months. A similar example - we chose “Billy” for William and they called him “Liam”. They finally started calling him Billy after about six months (I think their friends gently chided them). It annoyed me greatly at the time because when it’s purposeful, it’s a control thing and it’s just so rude.[/quote]

My cousin did this twice. There was so much talk behind her back about it. She and her DH named their two kids decent names but then insisted they be called “the nickname” they chose, which in both cases was not the most common of nicknames. My aunt was frustrated. One of the nicknames, the oldest’s, is particularly stupid. My aunt just wanted to call him by his given name. It took about a year, but with repeated corrections, we all call this kid by his nickname.

I think people are just more vocal about nicknames because they are not real names. [/quote]

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