I always wanted to use my middle name. I think I was about 9 when I refused to answer anyone who didn't call me Nicole. I hated Skye! With a passion!
But it was too hard & didn't last long. At a distance ed school camp at 14 I managed to get them calling me Nikki, but when I came home that one ended too
Now I've accepted my name & the lovely add ons that go with it. (Sky Channel, Sky Ways, Sky high, Hi Skye, weather referrals....get my drift?) This is my name, I still don't feel comfortable saying it myself, but it doesn't bother me as much as it did when I was younger.