Nicknames for Privacy

I've been pondering nicknames for my family to use on the blogs...a small attempt at protecting their privacy.

I've taken to calling The Boy, well, The Boy.

So I started thinking about Hub. My friend Jenne calls her man The Hub, so that's taken. Then I remembered my hub's nickname in college when he was on the soccer team: The Belgian Waffle. When he performed a spectacular athletic feat that scored a goal, they called him The Belgian Wonder. As you can imagine, Hub prefers The Belgian Wonder. "The Waffle thing--that could have been derogatory," he pointed out. "I didn't say anything, but I preferred the other." Well, of course he did. We'll let him have it. Maybe it'll be a self-esteem boost--ideal for heading off a midlife crisis.

You may, as a result, begin seeing this reference pop into posts.

I'm still working on ideas for the girls. My neighbor suggested I give them names "in order of appearance," so to speak. That is, the oldest would have a name that begins with A, the next girl would have a fabricated B name, and the third would have a nickname beginning with C.

I'm working on it.