How do people address you? By your surname or just your forname? Do you think it's a bit rude for people to address you by your surname? Does it bother you? Do you go most commonly by a nickname?

I've NEVER had a nickname, which now i think about it is odd.
Most call me Jamie or James

No one calls me by my last name unless they think they're being cute.
For a long time random people would call me "Miss Carrie". I don't know where that came from. But it was several people I knew and none of them knew each other or that anyone else called me that. It was weird.

My closest friends call me Mach - others call me Missy

My Husband calls me Miss or Mach

My brothers call me Missy

My Dad calls me Machaela

My friend Krista calls me Michelle

People that have known me for years call me Chilli....some even think its my real name
People who haven known me long call me by my first name or Chilli depending on what I introed myself to them when we met

People usually call me Jessica, but people that are closer to me call me by one of my nicknames (there are many ) or my last name. It doesn't bother me to be addressed by my last name

Jason

Jase

Shoe

Jay

Asshole

Parents call me Mija

Other family members and friends call me Monica or Moni

Family calls me Steph.
A couple of ex boy toys call me nicole (my middle name)
My friends call me Munchy..(it has nothing to do with weed)

DanceWme said:

at Munchy

My name is thankfully short enough as it is so people usually don't feel the need to abbreviate it, and I would never come up with a nickname or pet name for myself. I've always wondered if people who do that simply dislike their real names?

retina said:

I think nicknames have to be given to you by other people. Otherwise, it's kind of silly.

jami0mckay said:

i use to sneak candy and chips in class while my teachers weren't looking.

CarrieMpls said:

So is "nickname" negative by definition? Maybe I mean "pet name" then, i.e. a name that is simply different from your real one. I know lots of people that have come up with names like that for themselves. For example one guy whose name is Carl likes to be called Charlie etc.

DanceWme said:

I think its too late for me to get a nickname now

jami0mckay said:

its never too late for a nickname.

How about James Bond?

retina said:

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DanceWme said:

not as catchy as Munchy tho

retina said:

No, I don't think nickname has negative connotations. But I still think it's silly to all of a sudden decide people should call you something else.
Nicknames usually come from family or friends and just kind of stick somehow.
I mean, I could decide that one day I'd prefer everyone call me Petunia and everyone would think I was crazy.

retina said:

CarrieMpls said:

Well if you chose that particular name then yeah, I can see why they would think that.

Don't you know any people at all that have "re-named" themselves though? It might be simple and common versions like Don instead of Donald and Mike instead of Michael. I know people that have chosen those for themselves.

Then there are the extreme cases like when a former friend of mine changed his name from Finn to Batte. In English that might make sense since "Finn" is a nationality but in Swedish "Batte" sounds very much like "blatte" which is similar to your "N" word.

retina said:

Actually, no. I don't know anyone who has given a nickname to themself. It ahs always come from family or firends callimg them that over the years (such as Don, Mike, Rick, etc.
I remember my friend Rick once tried to get people to call him RJ (his middle name is James, no lie) and we pretty much all thought it was silly. And it never stuck.

friends call me Chrissy

parents call me Chris

husband call me nothing or Chris

lovers call me Christina

babooshleeky said:

DanceWme said:

what????

babooshleeky said:

i dont know

DanceWme said:

cant a girl fantacise

babooshleeky said:

i didnt mean to screw up ur fantasy.

The only people who call me by my proper name are people I work with. Almost everyone else calls me by my nickname, which I was given as a baby.