Nicknames or No Nicknames: What’s Your Preference?

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My father in law doesn’t believe in nicknames. He named his second son David so people would call him David. That we all call him Dave is very disconcerting to @troypattee’s dad. That Dave is such a Dave, doesn’t really matter. It’s the principle of the matter and at least in the mind of my father in law, nicknamesĀ are a no no!

Let’s take it a step further.

You meet a person and immediately, he or she starts calling …

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Parenting Question: Would You Let Your Child Change Their Name?

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If you and your partner are anything like me and my husband…, you deliberated over what to name each and every child. In fact, we “deliberated” so much, we finally had to put a moratorium on the baby name discussion with our last child to avoid getting in fights

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