Why do I love nicknames but no 'proper' names?

[bytheMoonlight]

I love Hattie but not keen on Harriet
I love Pippa but not keen on Phillipa
I love Ted but not keen on Edward
I love Alfie but not keen on Alfred

I could go on

Why? Why? Why can't I just 'love' a full name?

[sorrento56]

It doesn't matter. Any of those "nick names" are fine as proper names.

[foreverastudent]

I'd thinkof pippa and ted as real names in their own right.

What others are you thinking of?

[AhickeyfromKenickie]

I don't like proper names either. DS#2-on-the-way is going to have a "nn" but DP insists the "proper" name has to go on the birth certificate incase he ever grows up to be Prime Minister (because you can't be Prime Minister with a "nn"... Tony Blair? Bill Clinton? Ted Heath?).
We will never call him by the "proper" name. Seems really stupid to me, but whaddo I know

[TheNextMrsDepp]

See, I'm the other way round. I chose our three dc's names specifically because it was very difficult to shorten/nickname them.

If I chose their names, they're not allowed to start using something else!!

And I think it is daft to have a name on your birth cert that you don't actually use.