I named one of my children expecting to use their fullname but not *hating* the obvious shortening. Within a few days we'd slipped into an alternative French diminutive used by my m-i-l, and that has mostly stuck.
And also, at five years old, said child was extremely clear about which version of their name they wanted to use, what is this nonsense about someone else getting to decide a thing?
Also also, different names at home and school are totally a thing. *I* didn't have that, but all three of my siblings did.
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I named one of my children expecting to use their fullname but not *hating* the obvious shortening. Within a few days we'd slipped into an alternative French diminutive used by my m-i-l, and that has mostly stuck.
And also, at five years old, said child was extremely clear about which version of their name they wanted to use, what is this nonsense about someone else getting to decide a thing?
Also also, different names at home and school are totally a thing. *I* didn't have that, but all three of my siblings did.