If you were given a lengthy first name, it's not unusual for you to adopt a nickname that people can call you instead - after all, there are plenty of Daniels who go by Dan, and Jennifers who like to be called Jen for short.
But one girl who has decided to take up a nickname as her commonly used moniker has been branded "disrespectful" by her mum for doing so - as she believes she should honour the full name she and the girl's father picked out.
The mum explained that she doesn't mind if her daughter uses a nickname, but she's at her wit's end over the issue because the girl is now refusing to answer to her full name at all, and will correct her mum every time she's referred to by the longer version of her moniker.
In a post on Reddit, the mum - who did not specify her daughter's age - said it was "embarrassing" to be corrected by her daughter while introducing her to new people, and admitted she's "tired" of the youngster treating the name she picked for her as a "dirty word".
She wrote: "My daughter goes by a nickname that's a shorter version of her full first name, like Becky instead of Rebecca (fake name but you get the idea).
"I don't mind that she does that, but I'm getting tired of the way she corrects me when I introduce her. I use her full name because that's the name her dad and I gave her, and I don't consider the nickname her real name.
"But when I introduce her, she'll immediately correct me as if I called her a dirty word or something. Then she acts cold and distant toward me.
"It's really embarrassing because whoever I'm trying to introduce her to sees her disrespecting me like that and it puts a damper on the whole mood.
"It happened again today and I'd finally had enough. I told her to drop the attitude and stop disrespecting me over nothing. She rolled her eyes and then walked away from us and waited in the car. I was mortified and ended up crying in the bathroom.
I love my daughter but I'm at my wit's end here. I don't see anything wrong with introducing her by her real name and I think she's being oversensitive and rude, but my friend says I should see what other people think."
Commenters on the post claimed it was the mum who was being "disrespectful" in the scenario, as they said her daughter has been setting clear boundaries and expectations for her name, which the mum has been ignoring.
One person said: "Your daughter prefers to go by a shortened version of her name - and that's her right. You are the one being disrespectful here - not her."
While another added: "You are concerned about the 'appearance' of respect but you aren't extending your daughter the respect of using the name she prefers. If your name is Susan and I insist on calling you Sue based on some made-up preference of mine, that would be rude, right?"
And a third wrote: "You may have chosen her name but she is the one who decides who she is and how she's introduced to people."
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