re: People that ask you to start calling them by a different name later in life

I have a childish sounding nickname that if you called me that, it meant you and I go way back. Because of some new work I started recently that exposed it to a lot of people it has really caught fire again.

I actually prefer the name, but in the past if I heard someone yell it in DFW Airport, I was turning around because there was no doubt that person knew me. Now it's kind of watered down where even people I kind of know use it because they heard other people call me that.

ETA: Kind of odd, my wife and ex-girlfriends have always refused to use it. I guess it sounds weird during intimate times.