Page 3 | To find it annoying when people refer to their children or partners by their initial

hanmonisnana · 2025-07-16T19:49:05+00:00

“Just dropped S off at dance class” - just say Sofia, it’s not a long name!! ”D will be home later from work” - why?!!

Ace56 · 16/07/2025 21:42

In texts I think it’s absolutely fine. Out loud, it would irritate me too.

BananaCaramel · 16/07/2025 21:41

I do this in WhatsApp etc if I am referring to several couples or family groups…eg. C&C are coming so are ASME; I wouldn’t do it out loud though!

Lyocell · 16/07/2025 21:40

I do this to my friends children as they all have long and annoying names to write like Aurora, Sebastian, jemima

ita easier for me to just say A S or J

BettyCrockerClinic · 16/07/2025 21:38

My grandparents had a friend universally known as H - to the point that I’ve just realised I’ve no idea what his full name was.

BunnyLake · 16/07/2025 21:36

What about Dee? It just sounds like D but is a shortened version of various names.

I didn’t do it my children but I have known two people who were referred to as D.

AnotherNaCha · 16/07/2025 21:35

GlastoNinja · 16/07/2025 21:26

I fecking hate when people call their kids by nicknames that they named them during pregnancy. Bean, Bear etc…. They’re an actual human now, give over with it.

This however I totally agree with being annoyed by

AnotherNaCha · 16/07/2025 21:35

Geez, I find this a very small thing to get wound up about. My ex partner was called by his initial as a nickname by his entire family and I couldn’t have cared less.

MyUmberSeal · 16/07/2025 21:32

GlastoNinja · 16/07/2025 21:26

I fecking hate when people call their kids by nicknames that they named them during pregnancy. Bean, Bear etc…. They’re an actual human now, give over with it.

🤣🤣 this reminds me of my mate when she was pregnant 4 years ago. It was her first and she called the baby peanut all the time, my little peanut this, my little peanut that. She even got a keying made saying ‘mummy’s little peanut coming soon’. Every time she said it, it made a little bit of sick come up in my mouth.

Thank fuck she stopped when the baby was born.

GlastoNinja · 16/07/2025 21:26

I fecking hate when people call their kids by nicknames that they named them during pregnancy. Bean, Bear etc…. They’re an actual human now, give over with it.

drspouse · 16/07/2025 21:19

My DCs have 9 and 8 letter names. You're going to have to bear with me while I double the length of all my messages.

EsmeSusanOgg · 16/07/2025 21:18

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 16/07/2025 21:14

I tend to refer to my dc as Child Number 1 (or 2,3,4), particularly when I’m talking to people who don’t know them. I’m sure this is far more annoying than using an initial - which wouldn’t work anyway, as I have duplicates.

We do biggest and smallest. Or various other nicknames and diminutives.

Okiedokie123 · 16/07/2025 21:18

MyUmberSeal · 16/07/2025 20:52

It annoys me when people put DH and DS and all that shit on here. Just say husband, son, daughter. What’s with the ‘Dear’ bit. So yes, in solidarity..I sympathise.

Edited

Thats a tradition that goes back to the earliest days of MN - a carry over from another website/s.

BetterWithPockets · 16/07/2025 21:17

WitcheryDivine · 16/07/2025 20:58

Oh shit I do this in texts usually because I’m trying to catch up on my messages while doing three other things and saving 5 letters seems worthwhile. Maybe I should stop.

I do this too! Not going to stop either because I don’t really care if it annoys a few people on MN…

Thefaceofboe · 16/07/2025 21:16

Ponoka7 · 16/07/2025 20:50

Where in the UK do you live? So I can avoid such wankers.

I have a friend who does this and refers to my daughter as P 😡

MyUmberSeal · 16/07/2025 21:15

Aparecium · 16/07/2025 21:10

What about Christopher and Bernadette? Do you require their names to be typed out in full every time? Or do you require them to always go by nicknames? Just so that you are spared the annoyance of reading that C has done something, or that B will arrive tomorrow, or whatever?

Well yes, I think she would prefer that their names be typed out in full each time, hence why she started a thread about how annoying it is when people don’t type out the names 🤣.

GreenWheat · 16/07/2025 21:15

I find that irritating too. Especially now most phones have predictive text. I just type the first three letters of any of my close family's names and my phone completes it anyway.

Lavender14 · 16/07/2025 21:15

I do this all the time. For me probably started in a safeguarding capacity through work but just laziness at home in fairness.

Never really thought of it as something that others would be annoyed by as it's the equivalent of a nickname for my son.

What about names where the shortened/ nickname version sounds the same like Bea - B, Dee- D, Jay - J?

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 16/07/2025 21:14

I tend to refer to my dc as Child Number 1 (or 2,3,4), particularly when I’m talking to people who don’t know them. I’m sure this is far more annoying than using an initial - which wouldn’t work anyway, as I have duplicates.

Aparecium · 16/07/2025 21:10

What about Christopher and Bernadette? Do you require their names to be typed out in full every time? Or do you require them to always go by nicknames? Just so that you are spared the annoyance of reading that C has done something, or that B will arrive tomorrow, or whatever?

Usernamenotavailable19 · 16/07/2025 21:02

This annoys me so much 😂

Namechangerage · 16/07/2025 21:02

I don’t mind people doing this as a nickname. Like Gareth becomes G.

Not everyone in the family though, that’s just weird!

seanconneryseyebrow · 16/07/2025 21:02

I do this in text with family all the time. Simply cos I’m lazy and don’t want more to type.

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 16/07/2025 20:59

Absolutely fine to do in texts. Find something else to be worried about.

WitcheryDivine · 16/07/2025 20:58

Oh shit I do this in texts usually because I’m trying to catch up on my messages while doing three other things and saving 5 letters seems worthwhile. Maybe I should stop.

AndAllOurYesterdays · 16/07/2025 20:57

I do this (V!). Never occurred to me it might annoy anyone else. It's just a nickname