Well.... My son is 1, his name is Andrew. We've told family that we won't be using the nickname Andy. However, he's 1, I can't imagine barging into his elementary school in the future to demand he be called by his full name. This child is making friends and forming an identity, she's damaging him and now this kid will be known as Andrew with the psycho mother.

This mother sees her son as an accessory instead of her son.

Had someone in a playgroup that insisted her son be called Alexander, not Alex. So of course, everyone called him Al

It's his name. Not yours. He can be Andy if he wants, he's creating his identity and who he wants to be. Leave that baby alone and butt the hell out of it.

All my cousins are older than I am. We're all well into adulthood now. My entire life we called my cousin by his full first name, I always accepted as what he preferred and assumed he preferred it to the common short version of it.A few years ago my cousin met my SO for the first time he introduced himself as 'full name' or 'short version'. That was a moment of complete surprise for me I asked hin if he preferred the short version he said yes. He said family always called him the full version (not out of spite) but all friends includeding his wife called him by the short version. I told him he should have told me years ago, and I'd have called him by the sort version.

This actually pisses me off b/c it’s so harmful to the child…..When naming your child, ALWAYS think of the nicknames that go with the name. If you don’t like the nickname that they WILL inevitably be called then DON’T name them that. It’s actually that simple.

I think your son wants his friends to call him Andy. He is old enough to decide that for himself. You can continue calling him Andrew. I do not see the problem.

Yeah, you don't get to tell other people what to do.

This lady wants to control all the people shortening her sons name ?

I knew a kid in middle school (early 2000s) who wanted the school to go by his alleged at home nickname of 'moose'. Teachers were pretty firm on saying they would not use a name that wasn't a version of his actual name... All the kids got use to calling him moose & by the end of the year some teachers did as well. That carried on through high school. Why this person is so upset over this & mad at the school is just bizarre

No.. actually you don't get to decide what other people call him. That is not how it works. You decide what YOU call him.

Oh, a fate worse than death, to have a nickname.

That is way better than nobody calling him anything because his mother has thought him, that he should not respond to Andy

My son is Andrew and called Drew. His choice

my son is William, we called him William never Billy. His kindergarten teacher called him William, his grade one teacher called him Billy, he didn't answer her, she sent a note home with him saying Billy needs to listen in class he does not answer when i call his name. I went in to the school and told her his name is William if you require an answer from him you must call him by name. She said I don't like William as a child's name he will learn to answer to Billy. Well it didn't take too many days of her calling him 'Billy, I'm sorry William' to get all the kids calling him Billy. He spoke up and said he didn't like Billy but he would be Bill. So he is Bill.

I have a hyphenated first name, and my mom has always introduced me with that full first name, but most people just use "Micah." I love my full name, but I'm totally cool with just "Micah." My only problem is when dumbasses try to correct me on how to pronounce my name, or take no effort and call me "Michael," "Malachi," or some other name and act like it isn't a big deal.

If he likes being called "Andy", so be it. He's happy with it.

Named my son Drew just to avoid Andy.

"Also, for some reason, people keep calling me an a$$hole control freak, and I don't understand why!!"

Is she going to stand at the back of the class and reprimand every child that calls her son 'Andy'? What a tool.

I had a first name I hated, so from 2nd grade on I was known by my middle name of Robyn, except to my family. Last year at the age of 60 I legally had my name changed, my first name is no longer. You can still call him Andrew, but let your son be who he wants to be, he may hate Andrew.

From here on out, Andy's mom will be known as crazy b***h.

the horror

With this behavior you will never be allowed to call him Andrew. Because Andy will grow up hating you for not respecting, Andy.

You know, it's not often this sort of thing gets said about a husband, but I think he's right.

As An Andrew myself I dislike being called Andy, but even as a wean I would never demand people call me by my full name because it's only a name and doesn't really effect you to be called a shorter version(even nowadays I use the Kantami name more than my real name).

When my youngest was about 8 he told us he wanted to go by Will. His first name is William but we call him by his middle name. It faded out after a couple of weeks. Now we are in the process of having his first and middle names switched because he asked if he could. I will call him whatever he wants. Even if he says he wants to be called sh*thead lol.

I didn't know Eddie Kaspbrack's first name was Andrew....

This ridiculous parent needs to get a life. If the child is happy and healthy, what does it matter what he is called?

this mother has some real deep seated issues.

"I get to decide what other people call him"! Amazing.

What matters is what Andy wants to be called.

Ok??? I only go by the first 3 letters of my first name and it's fine??? I would prefer to be *** for the rest of my life lol (*** instead of my nickname cause internet safety :))

So what would you do if your kid was trans