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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reality is your kid ultimately decides what they want to be called.

We never used the common nickname for our firstborn, we always called them by their full name. After a week in pre-K they started going by the shortened nickname (easier to write). [b]I’m literally the only person who ever says the full name. [/b]

I know several moms who picked long, beautiful names and swore their kids would never go by a nickname. Lol. They all go by the common nicknames their moms hoped to avoid.

By childhood names are you talking about cutesy names that aren’t traditional names? Like Skip, Pooh Bear, etc?

I know legit adults whose families and childhood friends call them Pooh Bear, etc. But they don’t go by such names at work. [/quote]

I know a kid like this.  Mother gave the child a long three syllable (but relatively common) first name.  Father picked middle name which is short and unique.  Mother calls him by long first name.  Father calls him by short middle name.  Friends call him by nickname of long first name.  He prefers the nickname.  But as he's only 10, he's just learned to be adaptable and answer to everything.

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+1. When my kids were younger they had a friend whose name was Larry Moe (for example, not the kid’s name).  Mom has chose Larry and called him that. Dad had chosen Moe and called him that. Spending time with both parents and the kid was crazy. Same kid. Both parents using different names.   Which always begged the question, what “side” should we choose.

Fast forward 12 years. Kid is in college. I’m still FB ie Ds with both parents. And, they both still call the now young adult different names. When they attached an article about their kid, he was referred to as “Larry Moe”.

Crazy. Poor kid. And that’s a marriage with…. Issues. [/quote]

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