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Originally Posted by aturnis
I have a couple of buddies, first names Kenny and Billy. They went by these names until they hit about 23. At this point in time, apparently, their wives/fiances decided to shorten their names to "Ken" and "Bill". I'm guessing they thought it was time for these guys to think about getting ahead in life and to be taken seriously.
One night, out drinking, I said my buddies name "Kenny" in order to get his attention. His Wife/Fiance looked at me and said "It's Ken..." fairly rudely. I just said..."You can make everyone else call him whatever you want, that's cool...but we grew up together...so it's Kenny to me". Luckily she just said, "ok" and shut up as she can be pretty ruthless at times.
I just thought this was a really weird thing to do. Has anyone here just up and changed their name on their friends b/c "it's time to grow up"?
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I had a cousin growing up that everyone called "Ricky". Once we got into junior HS most everyone started calling him "Rick", which I believe is a good thing. "Ricky" is not a good name for a man. His wife calls him Richard, but doesn't make a big deal about it. He may even go by Richard at work. I'll always call him Rick.
My mom never liked any names for boys that you could tack a "Y" onto: John, Bill, etc. She thought it was too easy to do when the kid was little and too hard to break when they got older, so all 4 of us brothers have names that are not susceptible to that.