My niece called me “Heyman”.
My dad picked up calling my mom arbradear, because thats what I used to call her, when I was first learning to talk, because whenever he came home, he’d call out “Barbara dear, im home!”
I mean… there are much, much worse nicknames than Cheese.
Richard Cheese
omg I can’t believe it took until seeing this to realize what his name meant. I’ve known about him for decades.
Exactly, that’s much worse, lol.
Could have been worse - they could have called him G.
I bet the guy in Nam would be thrilled to hear that he’d get a silly nickname from his grandchild.
See, that’s what I don’t get about this. First, I question its veracity; however, I would love if my kid (I don’t yet have grandkids) came up with and stuck with a cute nickname for me. With a few exceptions, I don’t care what anyone calls me so long as I can recognize that they’re addressing me; and if someone comes up with a non malicious nickname for me, it’s an indicator of a lasting and likely affectionate relationship.
I’m toynbee, but if you want to call me cheese, that’s cool with me.
But…did he kill fitty men?!?!
Or get his shins blowed off?
He was in the US military and now has the nickname ‘Cheese’ from his grandchild to be known by instead of the mentally abortive attempt his squad gave him?
Dude, take the win and don’t complain. There’s definitely worse things to be known as.
The things I read about Vietnam make me think twice about any Viet vet. Atrocities were committed under the name of war. Nonetheless, individual humans carried out these acts.
My grandad has PTSD from Vietnam. The Vietnamese didn’t give it to him.
Cool nickname 😎👍
Just call me Cheez
