To find it irritating when people refer to their child as “letter” only?

[Ccoffee217]

Am I the only one that finds this irritating?

So if my child was called Henry I’d refer to him in messages as “H”. I don’t see the point in shortening.. my whole NCT group does it, I find it bizarre when the name won’t take long to write!? Just me?

Somewhat like DC on here

Ah I do it, no idea why just habit

I think you must have little going on in your life that is irritating if that bothers you.

I do it

I don't mind it any more than a nickname.

It's their initial? Whys it annoy you so much?

I do it as do most of the people I know.

"NCT"? Do you mean the National Childbirth Trust?

It doesn’t bother me at all. Honestly, I refer to my kids as L and A all the time, just to shorten the typing.

@malmi

"NCT"? Do you mean the National Childbirth Trust?

But the full name will take longer to type

Can you honestly type Elizabeth as quickly as E?

It is quicker. How does A, B, C, take as long to write as Arabella, Bertie and Charlie?

When messaging my friend about specific people —boss— I always use his initial as it’s quicker and less likely to be identified

It irritates me too, but I accept it's just me being irritable as I think it's a practice that is probably as old as the written word.

Nonetheless it still annoys me...

I can’t stand this! It comes across somehow as self absorbed. It probably isn’t but that’s how it reads to me.

I am with you OP. I find it irritating too, not particularly sure why. Especially if you're in a group with people whose children are called Harriet, Henry and Hugo 😂. Those were three of the names in my NCT group, very confusing.

Depends on whether or not I can be bothered to type full names. I only do it with people who know exactly who I’m referring to anyway and I don’t just do it with my DDs’ names.

@ATieLikeRichardGere

I can’t stand this! It comes across somehow as self absorbed. It probably isn’t but that’s how it reads to me.

Ah yes, maybe that's why it's annoying.

@malmi

"NCT"? Do you mean the National Childbirth Trust?

😂

I refer to mine as A and B quite often.

I just assumed it's always been that way from the days text messages and twitter had low text limits

I loathe it. Especially when people sign off their emails as N and I’m not sure who that is. Unless you know them really well, I think it’s odd to assume everyone will know precisely who you are referring to.

Mines a G, we called her baby G when she was a baby and it stuck sometimes. Some letters sounds better than others- my older two are never initials only!

If it’s a baby group I guarantee by time they are adults they will be called by many things worse than their initial.

I picked a name for DS that couldn’t be shortened but then I discovered that locally the name is often shortened to H. Although I never call him that to his face I do use it when writing now sometimes