Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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Oh steph, that's exactly that kind of nickname. As in, as exact grammatically-slangish one-syllable nickname can get in the Hebrew version of it.
Thanks to you and Nora, I'm reassured about my initial ragey reaction.
I need to finish some paperwork for a work application, due tomorrow (I'm looking for a job in Jerusalem). Government paperwork is no fun and needs to stop and I'm already tired of it.
Connie, all kinds of good thoughts and well wishes headed your way. This is a stressful time. We are here for whatever you need.
Hey Todd, insent.
It's been my experience with medical crap, that if you can joke about it, it makes it less scarey/painful.
His preferred joke is to say that now he has had a port put in, he is now a harbor. I think I'm going to call him Harbormaster.
I keep reminding myself that this is short term. No one wants to leave that port in. I think. Hopefully the current discomfort is because it was just put in.
No, Tep, I agree. You give that name because you want someone to use it.(And for the record, that's why my name has no overt nickname) I think that I do call you Stepanie-from_Ohio to my mom, because I know a lot of Stephs and "Teppy" sounds Gatsby-ish or something.
I get snippy with people who nickname me. Only my friends call me Liz. Nobody calls me Beth. You only get to call me Lizzie if we've slept together at least twice. It's Elizabeth. If you don't like saying all those syllables, you can call me Ma'am.
I refuse to answer to Sue. My given game is Susan, pronounced Sus-san. I know people struggle with that so I've come to prefer Suzi. If you absolutely MUST shorten that, we better be friends and not acquaintances and you MUST include the z, pronounced Sooooz.
I have < 0 motivation today.
"What do people call you?"
"Susan."
"No, what do they scream when they see you coming? You know, 'Look out! Here comes--'"
"Susan."
"Suuu--ssaan. Wow, I scared myself."
I'm the exact opposite of Suzi. I was called Susan but named after a Sue, and that's what I mainly go by. I hate being called Susie. To the point I would throw tantrums when I was a child. I pretty much don't mind being called anything else. But I hate when people try to assume they know me well enough for a diminutive/pet name when they don't.
I get annoyed when people assume they can call me "Annie." That's reserved for a very few close relatives.