[ThisisBigMother]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

highlighted the salient point here..... by the housemates. Not by the general public or fms on here (which is what Kerry was referring to: people on here referring to Jay as Justin Waggot).

my youngest 2 kids are not known by their 'formal sunday names'.

also, my dad's name was james, but he was only known as jim.

what about tom and alex? are their names not shortened? do you insist on writing their names in ful?

shortening a man's name to jay is quite popular for names starting with j