Pet name saga

When I was a kid, I thought giving me a pet name was the silliest thing my parents did to me. I mean hello, I had such a unique name but hardly anybody in the family knew about it! Just 3 years ago I met Balaji, a good old neighbor in New York & he introduced me to his wife by my pet name, I could not believe myself but I felt special. In retrospect, I think pet name reminds me of the time when life wasn’t so formal, serious or complicated for that matter, when nobody knew about ipods or blogging. Pet name also makes a point that you are not the same person to everybody. Today I am glad I have a pet name & when somebody calls me by it, I know that person is from inner family circle or reminiscent of childhood days. I regret the fact that I didn’t let my brother have one, because at that time I thought it was very silly to have pet names.