Never To Be Forgotten

Nicknames have been a huge part of my life😂. I don’t know if I should say I naturally attract them or if it’s just my friends who are that way. I’ve had different nicknames ever since I was in primary school. Some of them were fun whiles some of them have been pretty annoying. Well, is there anyone who hasn’t been given an annoying nickname before? What I know about annoying nicknames is that you don’t fight them or they never go away.

I’ve been one of those people who enjoy giving people nicknames I know they don’t like. Ever since I was in primary I was the boss of that and whenever you tried to fight it, it will go viral instantly. I wouldn’t say I was a bully but then I was like a bully; if that makes sense.

I believe nicknames never really die. It all depends on what stage of life you are at the moment. You have to remember that some people don’t get to see any of their primary schoolmates as soon as they complete primary in that school. For most people after basic school, you don’t get to see your basic schoolmates anymore, this is because most of the time we end up attending different senior high schools which cuts the communication or the moon of communication.

So all I am trying to say is that, if you were given a particular nickname in JHS and you didn’t like it you could let it die with you when you go to SHS. Well, it’s somehow very hard to let names that have been given to you in SHS die. Well, I say this because at times your SHS schoolmates are the same people you’ll meet in the university and if you aren’t lucky that name will not die.

When I was in Senior high school I had this friend who was fond of giving me nicknames, he always gave me ugly nicknames and well I was fortunate that people didn’t always adapt to those names. I wasn’t lucky forever as you know that can’t be possible. One day he decided to give me two nicknames, one was the bottle and the other was in our local dialect (akolba) meaning glass. He asked me to choose between one of these ugly names or he’d have to give me the one he chooses to.

I said I didn’t want any of the names as they were all ugly names. Well, that didn’t seem to move him very much. He went ahead to explain why he decided to give me those names. His reasons were I looked like the guy in the gods must be crazy movie😂, can you imagine? When he said that I laughed and told him I didn’t like those names. Fast forward he told all my friends and also explained to them the reasoning behind that. They bought into the idea and well the rest is history.

Almost everyone who knew me started to call me Bottle for the rest of my senior high school days. The name didn’t end there as I’ve found myself with a few of my course mates in the university. They haven’t stopped calling me your bottle to this day. I’ve finally accepted the name as it has been imprinted 😂. Well, what can I do if not laugh about it, but I promise you I wasn’t so cool about it the first few days.