Comments on: Just call me Cynthia

by: Goldenrod

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:45:06 +0000

My daughter did the very same thing, except her “phase” lasted for several years! It bothered my husband & me some of the time, and the rest of the time we kept thinking that it would shortly go away. Sometimes we even thought it was funny.

It wasn’t until years later that (I guess!?) she discovered/decided that her name had been uniquely chosen for her by us. (Also, I think, she began receiving some positive comments from those whose opinions mattered to her.)

by: Polimom

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:06:33 +0000

LOL!!! Evidently your “group” wasn’t nearly as accommodating as the one in which AC moved. Sounds like it struck around the same age though. Clearly a developmental milestone was reached.

by: Ed T.

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:04:46 +0000

Interesting… in about the 2nd or 3rd grade, I decided I wanted to go by my middle name. No one was willing to cooperate, and so after a week or two I gave up and went back to my regular name.

~”Dave”