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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is OP.

I appreciate the responses, even the ones telling me to get therapy! I posted precisely because I know that this shouldn't bother me as much as it does. I will keep trying to let it go from my perspective, but when my daughter looks uncomfortable, I want to help her.

I think the poster who said that the nickname implied a level of intimacy that MIL does not have hit the nail on the head. It's almost like hearing a school teacher or a cashier call you honey-love-buns or some other nonsense. MIL is not a touchy feely lovey person and we're not that close, so it's disconcerting.

My daughter might not want me calling her the nickname in front of her elementary school class, but it's how she refers to herself at home (e.g., yesterday she left a note and signed it with the nickname, she used it last week on our Scrabble scoresheet). I do appreciate the reminder that she may grow out of us using the nickname. That will likely happen.

I'll remind my daughter that she can always tell people, including me, if she wants to be called a certain way. TY![/quote]

You may not be close to your MIL but as long as she is a decent human, you want to foster her closeness with your daughter.  [/quote]

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