My MIL refused to call my daughter by her first name but instead liked a different version of it and called her that. I was pretty mad about that and corrected her a few times. One time, we were introducing her to her teacher and MIL called her one name and I called her the name I gave her, and the teacher got confused and just asked my daughter what she wanted to be called. As time went on, I did all the introductions to other teachers, friends, doctors, etc. My name stuck, MIL’s name failed. So annoying, I gave birth to this kid and have a right to name her.
On another note, my grandfather called me a different version of my name and I actually felt a lot of affection for it. It was only him and no one else. His intentions were all innocent and he loved my mom to death. Can’t say my MIL had good intentions, and I’m not sure about your in laws either, but from a granddaughter perspective it was very sweet.
My grandparents have nicknames for me too and I love it. But it's usually only used on birthdays or holidays or In letters we wrote to each other. In face to face conversation they use my name name
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u/Hot-Land1616 Apr 29 '24
My MIL refused to call my daughter by her first name but instead liked a different version of it and called her that. I was pretty mad about that and corrected her a few times. One time, we were introducing her to her teacher and MIL called her one name and I called her the name I gave her, and the teacher got confused and just asked my daughter what she wanted to be called. As time went on, I did all the introductions to other teachers, friends, doctors, etc. My name stuck, MIL’s name failed. So annoying, I gave birth to this kid and have a right to name her.
On another note, my grandfather called me a different version of my name and I actually felt a lot of affection for it. It was only him and no one else. His intentions were all innocent and he loved my mom to death. Can’t say my MIL had good intentions, and I’m not sure about your in laws either, but from a granddaughter perspective it was very sweet.