I always have the impulse now to "like" stuff online and off! It's amazing how quickly something can feel as natural as breathing.

My children have decided that my nickname is "Peaches." I am SO NOT A PEACHES I CANNOT EVEN TELL YOU.

Maybe I'll have a big party for 40...or better yet, be able to take a trip with my girlfriends. 3 of us turn 40 in a three month window.

My college roommates and I all turn 40 this year, within a month of each other (June 23-July 28), and we had said we were going to get together to celebrate our birthdays, but we kind of dropped the ball on that. I mean, we can still do it, but it won't be in June or July.

Hell, Tim is trying to plan a party for my 40th, and it's becoming comical how late it's going to be. There are big events and/or vacation and/or holidays on every weekend between now and mid-July. So it seems it's going to be mid-to-late July before I get to celebrate with our friends. (But, honestly, Tim and I leave for the beach the day after my birthday, and that's a fine damn celebration, IMO.)

My nicknames among my siblings included such efforts as Wilbur, Wildebeest and Bilbo Baggins. I returned the favour with Steady Job Boy, Cowboy Bebop and Beast Rabban.

My nickname in junior high was Slim Goodbody (because I was ungodly thin back then). I hated that nickname. In high school I was Tommy John, because my middle name is John and Tommy John was a famous baseball player. That was OK.

At our Christian grade school I was briefly called Doubting Thomas. Despite it being meant as an insult, I liked that nickname. Even when I was eight or so, I had suspicions I'd be an atheist when I got older.

The only nicknames I've had since high school have been Tommy, Tomas, Thomas, etc.... Oh, and Kruegz, which I now use for email.

My children have decided that my nickname is "Peaches." I am SO NOT A PEACHES I CANNOT EVEN TELL YOU.

Accept it - it could be SO MUCH worse.

My children have decided that my nickname is "Peaches." I am SO NOT A PEACHES I CANNOT EVEN TELL YOU.

This is making me laugh and laugh and laugh.

I am not particularly nickname-able for some reason- possibly the name "Nadine" doesn't lend itself well? My grandma called me "Beanie" when I was little, and in fifth grade my best (male) friend) decided I should be called "Neigh-Moo". I was occasionally called "Moo" for a very long time. It was not the most fun nickname ever, although it wasn't referring to my weight. And in college I had one friend who decided I needed a nickname and called me "Mel". Actually, he still called me "Mel".

I've talked about my junior high nickname of "Kasbee" here, so I won't bother going into that painful experience again. The only family nickname I've ever had is "Kit-Kat," which my sister calls me occasionally. My sister and I used to call our brother BB for Big Brother, which we then expanded to BBB when he started to shave his head, but that sort of died out about 20 years ago. After my sister moved to the Oregon/Washington area, she switched to using her full first name, and not the abbreviated one she'd always used (in the majority male field of computers and IT, "Kris" will by default be presumed to be a guy, whereas "Kristine" never has that problem). However, I still call her Kris and always will, even though she has asked me to try and remember to call her Kristine when we're around others, otherwise they get confused.

My children have decided that my nickname is "Peaches." I am SO NOT A PEACHES I CANNOT EVEN TELL YOU.

Tell them that nickname is already taken by Jeff Probst (who is TOTALLY a Peaches) so they'll have to find you a new one.

Ahaha Peaches.

My board name started as a RL nickname, as I believe I've shared before.