What is in a name?
They must have told us their names the first time we met, but of
course it was summer, we had just arrived in Greece and were drunk on sun, good
food and tsipouro (a rocket fueled version of ouzo).
To be honest for a while
I thought their names were Baby and Sweetie. When they started to call each
other ‘Cutie’ or ‘Lovey’ I realised I had missed the initial name exchange.
I had a rare moment of genius and asked the husband whether his
name was pronounced differently in Portuguese as opposed to Greek. So now we
know the man’s name.
Mr. Lucky and I have names for each other Mr. Lucky being
one, and more descriptive names when we have very very loud conversations. He also goes by Mr. Cranky, Mr. Messy, Mr.
Funny, Mr. I am in so much trouble, but I can’t say he ever goes by Mr. All
Loved Up, or Mr. Baby.
Do people grow into the names or nicknames they are given?
My girls
are named after their grandparents. When
I look at them, I don’t think of their grandparents. They have made their names their own.
When I was younger my sister called me Ellie Belly. Mr. Lucky calls me Kung Fu Panda for largely
the same reason. I have a pot belly. Always did. Today it looks more like a deflated balloon. I have spent many a night awake worrying about it, exacerbating the dark circles under my eyes. I am not sure I like this nickname.
Why I didn't get a nice nickname to grow into? Something
like Barbie. I could have had an exciting career(s) Barbie Doctor, Barbie Life Guard, Barbie Rock Star, I would have a dream home, mobile home, jet, and oh what a wardrobe!! Talk about being cheated.
Do parents allocate flower names like Rose, Violet, and Jasmine because they want their kids to grow and blossom, or smell
nice? If it’s the latter perhaps these
names should have been boy names. I have rarely met a boy that has grown into a nice smelling teenager.
Nicknames for children, with the exclusion of Ellie Belly (thanks sis) are understandable. Nicknames for friends can be fun, if harmless.
But for loved up adults... well, I prefer not to be within earshot of the exchange. I draw the line at Baby. That is
it. I just can't stomach loved up adult nickname exchanges.
I am a loved up adult nicknamephobic. In my study of people that allocate cutsie names for their loved one, I have found that they are most likely to talk to each other using high
pitched baby talk. People, like your dirty talk, please please keep the baby talk at home.
Hearing baby talk between adults makes me, a normally peaceful loving (OK lazy) person become ill with exhaustion. After hearing baby talk my panda eyes are ready to fall out. They just can't take it after seriously intense and sweaty session of eye rolling.
Do you think you grow into your name or nickname?
If you have a nickname do you like it?
And finally, do you cringe when you hear loved up couples call each other
cutsie names?
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