Terms of Endearment

AC dear thought provoking post. Earlier only one name was kept during our grandmother's times and that too the first child bearing the name of father's father if it is a boy and father's mother if it is a girl. I was named Lakshmi, my mother's mother' name. But my chittappa named me Vijayalakshmi because at that time Vijayalakshmi Pandit was very famous. Now in IL I am called Vijima by most of the ILites which I like it very much. Friends used to call me Viji, some Vijaya, my best friend used to call me Vijay. In the office also everyone used to call me Viji and one of my friend's mil used to tell her she is so much older to you and how can you call her Viji but in office you cant call Viji aunty. KNBG calls me Vitamin Viji aunty which is so different. Hope you are not bored by my name puranam.

My husband calls his children with pet names only , Ammu, Kutta and Raju. It was interesting to read your thread and I got the opportunity after a long time to give the first fb

 

Sometimes, AC, as you had pointed out, honey and sweetheart to strangers still feels uncomfortable...
I was also christened many names ... I know what is in IL..

Ladoo is fine but bonda...mm...:biglaugh:

Sriniketan

 

Dear AC,

Many ILites know that I have only one child i.e. my son. My wife named him Prashanth (meaning abode of peace). But in order to defy our attempt to raise him as a peaceful child, he became hyper-active child and both my wife and I used to show big sigh of relief when he goes to sleep in the night. She nicknamed him as "Ajju" and most started calling him with that name. He got furious and told his mom not to call him with that name in the presence of others. I used to call him many names mostly when he is alone. The names include "Chittu" "Dhonna Kadaa" (he has big pair of ears) "Mutta Kanna" (he has big pair of eyes too).

I am writing all of that with the confidence that he would never read what I write in IL. After he grew up, he named himself "Shan" to make it convenient for his friends to call him.

Viswa

 

I would go with wanting to be informal AC As much as I love hearing honey, sweet heart....I still wonder when it happens between couples in public! With kids, I am absolutely fine. Kids always certainly get a nick name and thankfully all of us at home were given officially a nick name and all the family calls us by that name. So no nama japam using a thousand an done names ..... poor adults of our family, they missed an opportunity. Did they not? Speaking of nick names, I shortened my DHs name after marriage though I have to confess, it was not actually me but it was already in place because of his friends, but my FIL insists and wants to give me credit for shortening his name, mostly with annoyance when he displeased with me Now he doesn't realise that that is such a give away for me to know his mood...so I enjoy that thoroughly!

 

Hi AC,

Even I second Sriniketan's thoughts about laddoo and bonda....I have heard ladoo,but "bonda" for a nickname...hahaha..quite amusing

Seeing all this, I wonder what will happen if I disclose the calling name for my DD...hahaha...no way am going to publicly tell here....not that its any bad, but it doesnt have any meaning, and its a word coined by me just to amuse her when she was a baby...hahaha....am sure it will be the most unique name ever....and I know my DD will run after me if I continue using this in her coming years...LOL!

As for me, well yes, now am kind of used to the "dear", "dearie", "sweetie", "hon" (honey shortened form!!!) ...and what not...I may use it in a written form, but when it comes to talking, I am not sure I am quite comfortable with that

And its very interesting to note the names mentioned by the other posters here...

I must say that you have a unique way to end your posts in an animated way with the cartoons!
Just like Kamalji's style of ending his snippets with jokes, this is yet another engaging way!!
A very sweet topic !