MY SON'S NAME IS NOT DUDLEY!!! 

Well actually it's not all.....

I call my son "Duds" because when he was a toddler he couldn't pronounce his name properly and used to call himself "Dud Doo Cup". We've called him it ever since (much to his horror , he's nearly 20 now ), but it's gradually evolved over the years from "Dud Doo" to "Dudsy" to "Duds". 

He has always been very worried that people would assume his name was Dudley.....and Baz finally confirmed all his deepest darkest fears the other day by falling into that very trap.   

(she was all surprised when I suddenly called him by his real name.... and assumed I had another child I'd never mentioned once in the last 4 years. *points and laughs at Baz* )

ANYWAY!!!

Do you have any daft nicknames for your kids that they hate?

LOL! I almost wish I had after seeing that post.........just to empathise with you  

ok... i'm wracking my brains to work out what his name is really!

Hahahaha! I'm tempted to tell you.... but then I'm also tempted to wait and see what you come up with.  

We call our lad D, and baby KK, the older one gets called by her real name even though i  chose their names so they couldnt be shortened... well maybe not the little one

I'm trying to think what Dud Doo Cup sounds like... so far i've only got 'Buttercup', but doubt even you're that mental...  

I used to work with a woman who's kids names couldn't be shortened.......Ian and Lyn  

is his name andrew?  dud doo ?

.. so far i've only got 'Buttercup', but doubt even you're that mental...  

Awwww...... I wish I'd had the guts  

Although kids call things words that have no resemblance to them. My sister used to remind me when i was a child and she would be undressing i would call her boobies ... helicopters what???

Ooooh.... that's his middle name Gyps! But that's not included in the Dud Doo Cup I'm afraid.  

So close!  

Its not what we think of our kids names but the folk they have to spend years with at school. So maybe a bit of forethought on how they will be perceived with their name in school maybe will help them in regards to bullying etc, like i said- an odd name may cause difficulties for a child that we as parents may not have thought of. 

No daft endearing names that have stuck to adulthood........but they have not reached the age of 31 and 34 without being called many a name, some I would not care to repeat 

Is it Edward (you have no idea how im sitting here repeating dud doo cup faster and more blurred to come to these ideas.)

To help you out a bit.....Dud Doo is his first name....and Cup is his surname. The Cup is pretty close so you may be able to guess that bit. You ain't got a chance with the Dud Doo I'm afraid.  

Yeah, he's got a few of those too.  

Luke?

 Surname close to Cup.....got me stumped.

David?

hahahahah... you and me both, Gyps!

Matthew?

Not Edward. It's not really a traditional name.  

 and me....

My real name is actually buttercup

Awwww......and a lovely name it is too Summer.  

My real name is actually buttercup

Suits you! xx

Edit: buttercups make me smile and you are a smilie person...... sorry for the soppy crap but i thought my original post didnt sound right

and yet im not 100% sure she hasnt called him buttercup and is now chickened out of telling us its the only one that makes sense

Daniel?

 I was going to put you all out of your misery..... but now you've made my evil streak interested! 

I guess I can't play..... seeing as I know the answer... but I'm open to bribes

Bartholomew?

yep.. that's my theory

is it foreign?

le' buttercup

Sorry, not Matthew, Daniel or David.

And not Buttercup!!! 

I was 19 and a bit stupid when I had him...so you may want to try a few weirder ones. Not toooo weird though (I hope ) 

OK ........you're Ducky - is he Dicky?

can we play hangman?