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And this is something that came about a few years ago.
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And when it first happened, I got kind of nervous.
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I did what you do in those situations.
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I asked other parents, and they were like, "It's just a phase."
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I go, "What?" "It's a little phase."
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"A lot of kids don't like their names. It'll end in a little bit."
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I was like, "It's a phase? Do you know how long it's been? About three years."
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That isn't so much a phase in my opinion as a new path.
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His birth name is Julian. That's what we've always called him.
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And that's what he used to respond to
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because it's his fucking name, right?
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He would also respond to variations of it.
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And then one day, about three years ago, I was like, "Hey, Julian."
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He was like, "Don't ever call me that. I hate that name."
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"When you say that name, I want to die."
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So now this kid will only talk to us
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if we call him by his self-imposed name,
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to use when addressing a small child?
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Is this The Shining? Because it feels like it.
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It feels like Jordan Peele's next movie.
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Like a fucking kid from the woods that walks into town
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I walk into my own house, and I go, "Is Teacher here?"
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And people have the balls to ask me. They're like, "Are you worried?"