My name is Tara, so I don't really have that problem because you can't really shorten it. I do have plenty of nicknames where people add things to my name though. They don't bother me because they're given to me by people who know me pretty well before they go tossing names out there. But some of them really caught on. People I've never met or ever even seen before seem to know me by my nickname. Like if they know OF me, they know me by the nickname. You could use my first and last name and they'd have no idea who you were talking about, but throw the nickname in there, and they're like, 'ohhhhh'. So if I'm introducing myself, I'll just use my first name, but if a friend is introducing me to someone else, they sometimes use my nickname. And I'm okay with that because that's what most people end up calling me anyway. If it were a completely new made up nickname given to me by someone I barely know, I might not appreciate it so much. I think it's usually best to get to know someone and call them by the name they tell you, until it seems like you know them well enough that they won't mind a nickname. Some people NEVER like nicknames, so you just never know.
My sister's name is Stephanie, and I usually call her Steph or Stephie because I couldn't say her whole name when I was little. I guess it's just a habit now. My name is Lisa. It's short enough as it is, but I still get people who call me Lis or Li. It only bothers me if I don't know the person. When I do, I see it kind of like a term of endearment.
Once you tell me your name, that's it, I don't call you anything else. It took years for me to call my best friends by their shortened names. The only exception is my siblings; I call them all kinds of variations of their names.
My name is Stephanie, too, and it makes me feel better that the shortening of this name drives someone else crazy! It just proves that people are too lazy to get out three syllables instead of one. If the person is my close friend, I typically let it go, but when I'm meeting someone for the first time, I feel it's inappropriate to call me by a nickname unless I've requested it. It's an intimate situation to be able to refer to someone by a nickname, and to just have anyone do it lessens that closeness among friends.
Nope. my name is niklas, so its shortened Nick or Nicke, but I usually say (while introducing my self) that my friends call me is Kotten
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It doesn't bother me when people shorten my name. It makes me feel special because they have a nickname for me. And I don't assume everyone likes their nickname. If someone introduces themselves with their name, I stick with it until we're really close friends and I know a lot about them to give them a nickname.
i hate when people I'm not really frends with shorten my name but I'm ok with it if they are friends other wise I'm just like um who said you can call me that!
LOL, I'd hate that as well. My problem is, people would pronounce my maiden name wrong! I can't see how! Anyways, I'd casually and politely correct the ones calling you "Steph". Tell them you'd prefer them to call you by your whole name! :)
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