TRUE to form…I want the truth to stick (out) when considering names for my children, not easily nicknamed. Their true names being called upon. Some parents think it is funny to name their child Robin Hood, or amazingly the obstetrician for my second daughter is named Harry Roach. Really! Although I liked the name Graham for a boy, I couldn’t see myself using it as he’d be called Graham Cracker, right? Teasing is too commonly mean. It hurts. Unnecessarily.

So, my first daughter is Erin – rarely called Ernie.

My second daughter is Megan who didn’t get so lucky– her dad creating “mugs” and a man friend called her Morgan?? What’s up with that? How come Nick got called out for ‘nick’ names? Silly questions?

Still, I want to be unique (special) when I become a grandmother. I don’t want to hear the generic ‘Hey, grandma.’ Or nana. Me and my two sibs called our grandmother grammy: a bit more unique?

So, I request my granddaughters Riley and Emily to call me Didi – just now realizing it’s a double whammy of what my dad called me – Di: only once did he address me ‘Dear Diane’ in one of the many letters he sent during my college years and early marriage; besides that one exception, it was always ‘Dear Di’ which many believe is endearing. Special.

I agree. Necessarily 😊.

Often, I called my young daughters “silly gooses,” an endearment that was and is authentic, as are their given names.

FYI: I just googled nicknames and read: “Alexinomia is associated with anxiety and avoidance behaviors with regards to saying names.”