30 Days Challenge - Day 19

Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them.

I have multiple, to be fair! Or have had, should I say.

Let's start with the various affectionate ones I've had from my own parents, and that are still used to this day, bless 'em! The two main ones were Cub/Cubbie and Monkey Man. Cub was used earlier on in my life, then as I got older and more mischievous (so they say - I was an angel, honest! :P) I was christened Monkey Man. Both nicknames are still used today, and will continue to be used for a long time yet :) In fact, my parents have a pretty neat tradition on my birthday relating to my nickname. There is a song by a great old reggae band called Toots and the Maytals that is actually called 'Monkey Man', and its a great song! Really happy and bouncy. When ska band Reel Big Fish did a cover of it, Dad got it on CD, and ever since then has blasted it out loud at least once every year on my birthday! The one I remember most was for my 17th, a year ago - I was still asleep and dozing, and Dad put the song on his phone, and snuck into my room and set up the phone and a pair of phone speakers for it. It couldn't have been timed better - as I finally sleepily open my eyes, I see him press the Play button and grin at me, and the opening chords blast out. I remember, despite being very sleepy, cracking a large smile at the time - great fun :)



As for friend nicknames, I was stuck with Ad through primary school - how they could find a way to shorten Adam, I don't know, but they did! - and in secondary school I was happy to be called AJ, and for nearly five years that was all I was known as! Sadly there were times where it became used as a derogatory term, so when I moved schools for sixth form, I sort of wanted to be known by my real name again, but after a while I relaxed about it and I'm happy with AJ again, mainly because I know it's lost the negative connotations. Plus it sounds kinda cool :)