Chris 77

Your Second Christening.

It’s strange how we come up with nicknames for one another, isn’t it? And it will often begin with our parents. Some people have a nickname that has stuck with them right since being a baby! It makes you wonder why parents bother to give their children a proper name in the first place sometimes, doesn’t it?

If your mum and dad don’t call you by an alternative name, then you can be sure to get a new title once you start school! I think every child will get called by some nickname or other. The only problem is that some of them are pretty cruel. And if this type of name sticks then it really is a bummer! But, hopefully, you will end up with some way-cool name that people just insist on using.

But we all have silly names for certain people. A huge amount of us will call our girlfriend, boyfriend, wife or husband by a name we have made up. I wonder why this is. And I’m not talking about bog standard stuff like hun, lover, sugar or diddums either; so many of us will come up with something far more original than that. It can all start off because of something really silly, like your girlfriend asking you to buy her some special moisturizer for acne whilst you’re in town. Because you find it amusing, you will proceed to call her ‘Pimple’ for many years to come!

It’s amusing when you try to work out how certain people got their nickname to begin with. Sometimes it’s obvious and sometimes it’s not.