Excuse My Personalities

even tho most my friends have nicknames and everybodys been calling everybody by their nicknames since day one, i just dont. or like i almost never. dont get me wrong, i think nicknames are precious, and its precious to be given a nickname. the kind way - not like being called meanie shitty offensive racist sexist names.

i was pretty upset all through elementary school particularly in first and second grade that i didnt have one. i went to a girls school for those two years with 20 other little girls. nicknaming our friends was super fun ! it was ridiculous, we find every name funny and would laugh like idiots all day about them. calling catherine as "catcat" or "rinerine" was ever so lame. (please be reminded that we were 6) i only remember being called inin (ingrid) and that was probably the only nickname id been called. after that i continued to live and respond to people calling me by my given name (which actually is absolutely normal and how it should be). and i continued to feel like i wanted to be called by a nickname until later in fourth grade i realized at some point i didnt give a shit. it was dumb really the whole wanting-a-nickname-for-so-long part of my life. but nonetheless it was sad.

i understand how moms would call their children all sorts of sweet adorable names. i do not have hatred over what everyone in my family calls me. it did not evolve from my birth name nor did it have anything to do with my personalities my appearance or whatnot. bobo, and thats that.

i remember telling people that my family calls me bobo. they all find it funny. or at least they must have felt like what the hell thats so weird. i know. for a while i was kind of embarrassed by it. but that was ages ago of course. im okay with everybody calling me bobo nowadays, although it would only feel right being called by my family and boyfriend. one thing im sure - im stuck with my family calling me that.

just googled keywords "personality" + "nickname" and found a whole bunch of pages with short quizzes for finding out the nickname that best suits you. one i did on gotoquiz generated a dozen. and the other one i got from a nickname generator. the results : "(insert 1 syllable here)ums. eg. take the first syllable of your name and add ums..." my new nickname is "inums".

seriously.