Just Call Me Francesca

Sometimes, I almost forget what my

real 

name is.

My better half has always taken to calling me

by a nickname.

The thing about nicknames is that 

the party being called the nickname 

seldom gets to pick the nickname.

I'm not complaining though.

Really.

I like it when he calls me a pet name.

Jeanie, Jean, Jeaners and Nienie(rhymes with Jeanie)

seem almost like my real name. 

He's called me those since college days.
Started out with Jean, then expanded from there.

That's what I answer to around here ninety percent of the time. 

It's been in our repertoire so long,

I call him by the same too.

It's kinda weird, I know.  
Instead of Babe, or Hon, it's Jean or Jeanie.
I don't call him Nienie, though.
 Not very masculine.

Our boys have heard it for years

and I don't ever recall them asking us

about it.
It's just always been.

As normal as the aforementioned names seem to me,

I have to admit that some of my other nicknames

are a little out there.

Tambo Jolene. Tambone, 

Little Nienie Ann, 

and 

Francesca, 

to name a few.

 Ha ha.... I just love Francesca.
When he calls me that
it makes me laugh.

And...since no one ever asked me what I would have picked,

I'd like to voice my opinion

about my nicknames of choice.

Queen or better yet, The Queen seems like an obvious given,
seeing that I spent so many years in a house full of testosterone.

Buttercup is pretty.

Morning Sunshine...

 quite appealing.

I like Precious, but

that weird little Smeagol guy

from Lord of the Rings ruined that one for me.

I'm glad we don't ever find out

our nicknames given to us by

 our teenage children,

aren't you?

  Pretty sure

The Queen might have been used once or twice.
That or Control Freak.

1. (n.) nickname - a name substituted for the 

proper name of a person, 

 in affection, familiarity, or ridicule.

Long live the Queen!

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