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You know, Susan has been growing on me a lot the past few years. I used to despise it with a fiery passion, because as a kid I had a really awful daycare worker with the name - and plus, I thought Susannah was so much more beautiful.

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But more recently my hatred towards it has cooled. I'm coming to respect Susan's straightforward character. I'm starting to think Susannah is trying too hard to be pretty and likeable, and some kind of pity/admiration/affection is growing for Susan in my heart. Plus, I love the idea of a Susan called Sunny. Like, that is adorable.

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I'm not sure if Suzie/Sue are avoidable... all I can tell you is, nobody ever called that daycare worker anything but Susan in full. But then as an adult I also knew a Susan who was exclusively called Sue.

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I mean, yes, I'm sure at some point of a Susan's life, she will get called Susie, Sue, Suze, etc. by someone out there. Maybe you just have to be zen about it - like if it happens, whatever, it doesn't mean anything. Let it float away like a teacup in the ocean.