Inspired by the recent threads about baby names. Has been on my mind for a while.
Soon after our lo was born my sis and get family came to visit. When arranging this she asked if we had any nicknames for lo. I said yes and told her and she said good cos BIL was wanting to know what to call her - they already had the full name. I thought this was a little odd,especially as they have insisted their children are called by full names and call my brother's kids by their full names. However i was busy with my newborn so didn't ask.
Next time she visited I remembered and commented to her that it was weird. She rolled her eyes and said that it's cos we picked the name they had picked for if their boy was a girl and he's a bit miffed so doesn't want to call her the full name. We were unaware they'd had a girl's name picked, tho tbh it wouldn't have changed our choice as this was a name I wanted for a baby since childhood. I am very glad they didn't have a girl!
It's not really a problem as we have many nicknames for her but I have noticed that he is always very careful to use her nickname and corrects his children to do the same if they use her full name. Would you say something?
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Rosae · 23/01/2017 19:29
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