What's in a Name??? We all have one and most of us have multiple nicknames. I can think of at least 3 childhood nicknames for myself. We all have them, if we want to share them with others thats another story. From an early age we are tagged with these names. Still my grandmother calls me Bethers... Oh, then you have my Grampy, He called every women in his life Babe. He would shout out BABE and everyone would turn around.
Then we have labels. These labels sometimes make me cringe. The other day at lunch with some of the other teachers at school we were talking and they used the word boyfriend. There's just something strange about being my age and referring to a grown man at my boyfriend. First he's not a boy and he's not just a friend. So then the question is... what do i call him? So we all sat around coming up with alternatives. I spare you the details but know that we came up with some really interesting options. But, we decided maybe i should just come out and ask him what he wants to be called.
I often joke that when someone calls me MB or wants to only use Mary OR Beth that... My mother gave me two beautiful names, use them both. You don't hear my name often and there are a lot of ways to shorten it but i prefer Mary Beth. I've heard the story told a few different way about how i ended up with the name Mary Beth. However my parents came up with it, i'm glad they did. It's different and unique, just life me!
Tomorrow is my big sister's birthday and she'd kill me if i shared her childhood nickname so for now i'll keep it to myself but, i will take one for the team and share a special photo of she and i from the early years. (Yes, i'm the scary baby) I've come a long ways!!!
Happy Birthday Michelle!!!
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