I have always gone by my nick name, When i was born my great grandmother, grandmother, my mother and 2 older cousins all had the same name. Mother nick named me right away and i have always gone by it. If when i was small and mother called me by my given name i knew i was in trouble. But i was such a little hair raiser it seems like i was always in trouble, A lot of times when getting into trouble my mother had a hard time keeping a straight face because when questioned about i always admitted it and never tried to lie about it. Because if i lied about it that is when i would get a light spanking and didn't like those.