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sthomas1222
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Family and nicknames
sthomas1222
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How do you handle grandparents-to-be who insist on using a nickname that you absolutely hate. We're naming DD Addison Grace and intend on calling her Addy. My dad keeps calling her Gracie, which to me sounds like a cat or a grandma or some combination there of. I've told him soooo many times to call her anything else but please don't use that name. I absolutely hate it. Now it's getting to the point where I just want to smack him whenever he says it. His response is "I'm grandpa, I can call her whatever I want." Uh no, I'm sorry but no.
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Re: Family and nicknames
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My MIL wanted to be called a really weird name by her grandkids and I flat out said no, DreyDrey, pronounced DREE DREE. Put your foot down early. Or else its an uncomfortable convo later
This! My husband's grandmother always called him by his middle name because she abhorred his first name. He was incredibly close to her and they shared a very special bond. She passed away when he was still relatively young, but that memory has always stayed with him. After all, his parents loved his middle name too, that is why they chose it.
I wouldn't really care. If you heard some of the ridiculous nn's that DS and his cousins get called, you'd think Gracie wasn't so bad
Actually, most of the nn's have been created by my niece who couldn't pronounce any of the other kids' names. She'd say them in funny ways and they'd just stick.
Personally, I wouldn't spend too much time worrying about it until the baby came. He may meet her and call her by her name.
This. It's annoying, yes. But in the end he means no harm and it will be something special. I suppose you can only hope she hates being called Gracie as much as you do so she'll correct him herself.
My 12 yo brother already started calling my LO Lukey Pookie when he talks to my belly which annoys me but hey it kinda comes with the name. My brothers name is Garret and he was called Garret the ferret all the time. My name is Crystal and I have one aunt that calls me Chris I hate it but she's the only one who calls me that so I put up with it.
We are actually battling this currently with DD and DH's side of the family. Her name is Cameron but they all insist on calling her Cammy. The problem is, she knows this is not her name. She corrects them and tells them "That's not my name!" but they don't care. It sort of really sucks right now actually.
We just did a late Christmas with them today and all her presents were labeled "Cammy". The problem is she is learning to read her name and she knows to look for the M, R and N and my name starts with a C and end with a Y, so that's how she tells our names apart. So she got really confused looking at gifts this morning. It was sort of sad because instead of practicing reading/letters she just got confused and I had to just tell her what each said. It was a bit discouraging.
I wish I had advice for you, but I've got nothing. I thought that if DD insisted that it wasn't her name they would stop, but that apparently isn't going to happen.
Maybe as she gets older she can ignore them more when they call her the wrong name....not sure what else to do (I've flat out told them that's not her name numerous times).