Nicknames

My name has always been shortened, mispronounced, misunderstood, etc. Though, I love my name and would never trade it for another...I was happy that we gave Jake a good solid, easily understood name. I thought Jake was such a good, short, masculine name...already shortened from Jacob and no need to change it. Well, silly me for thinking that, lol. He's only 3 and the nicknames continue to morph. He's Jakester from grammy, Jakaroo by me and his dad, the Jake man, little man, sweetie pie, etc. etc....and I'm the worst culprit, lol. It seems that long names get shortened and short names get lengthened no matter what you do. Everyone loves to personalize...even other people, lol.