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Do/did you or any of your kids, family or friends have a catchy nickname?
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 665004" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>My kids have had affectionate nicknames that stem from their names. As a child, I had one that came from a shirt I loved and my mom generally had to wash while I was asleep because it was the only shirt I wanted to wear. It had a character that looked sort of like a bee but sort of like a bug, so it was a combination of the 2. </p><p></p><p>I think thank you had more than anyone I have known. Mostly because when husband would pick him up from school he would ask for him by a different name every day. The office would call him by that name just to see if thank you would know it was for him. The office staff, teachers and kids all thought it was hilarious and luckily thank you did too. Derek Stonehenge is the only one I remember but husband came up with dozens over the 2 years he did this. The office called kids using the intercom because the school parking lot only had room for teachers and 4 parent spaces, so they had 30 min at the end of the day for parents to pick up kids because otherwise it was gridlock and the busses couldn't get in to pick up kids. </p><p></p><p>I have always felt bad for the father of one of my childhood friends. Her father's first name was Harold which was shortened to Harry. His last name was a 4 letter word used for a male body part of which the last 3 letters are "ick". Even as an adult he got 'teased' by people, even ones he didn't know but saw his name on a form or check or whatever. One year their very pretty and well kept home was vandalized with spray paint drawings that were pictures of what his name could represent. It took them weeks to get it all removed. They tried covering it up with paint but it bled through again and again, so they had to sand it all off the wood siding of the house. I was in 3rd grade then and the look on my friend's mom's face each time she saw her house was so upset that I won't ever forget it. </p><p></p><p>I later learned that it was not teens as originally suspected. Her dad got a promotion at work and some coworkers were angry that they didn't get it, so they vandalized his house. Kids are not the only ones who can be mean. Adults can too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 665004, member: 1233"] My kids have had affectionate nicknames that stem from their names. As a child, I had one that came from a shirt I loved and my mom generally had to wash while I was asleep because it was the only shirt I wanted to wear. It had a character that looked sort of like a bee but sort of like a bug, so it was a combination of the 2. I think thank you had more than anyone I have known. Mostly because when husband would pick him up from school he would ask for him by a different name every day. The office would call him by that name just to see if thank you would know it was for him. The office staff, teachers and kids all thought it was hilarious and luckily thank you did too. Derek Stonehenge is the only one I remember but husband came up with dozens over the 2 years he did this. The office called kids using the intercom because the school parking lot only had room for teachers and 4 parent spaces, so they had 30 min at the end of the day for parents to pick up kids because otherwise it was gridlock and the busses couldn't get in to pick up kids. I have always felt bad for the father of one of my childhood friends. Her father's first name was Harold which was shortened to Harry. His last name was a 4 letter word used for a male body part of which the last 3 letters are "ick". Even as an adult he got 'teased' by people, even ones he didn't know but saw his name on a form or check or whatever. One year their very pretty and well kept home was vandalized with spray paint drawings that were pictures of what his name could represent. It took them weeks to get it all removed. They tried covering it up with paint but it bled through again and again, so they had to sand it all off the wood siding of the house. I was in 3rd grade then and the look on my friend's mom's face each time she saw her house was so upset that I won't ever forget it. I later learned that it was not teens as originally suspected. Her dad got a promotion at work and some coworkers were angry that they didn't get it, so they vandalized his house. Kids are not the only ones who can be mean. Adults can too. [/QUOTE]
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