Welcome to Because Mom said so. We're the same moms you've grown to love but with

a new twist. Join us each week as we talk about topics related to womanhood, to motherhood,

and everything in between. I'm Jill, mother of three beautiful girls.

I'm Melissa, mother of Maddie and Mackenzie. I'm Kelly, mom of three, Brooke, Joshua,

and Paige. And I'm Holly, mom of three amazing kids,

Abyn, Nia, William. Welcome moms. Hi. Hi. How's it going here and you call EJ, Evan?

I'm like, wait, are you telling me what you saw? I know. You know what? He's at this age now

that he really goes by Evan. He doesn't go by EJ. So his friends all call him Evan, which

is so weird for me. And so when it's just odd, I call him EJ still and I mess up and I

now have to correct myself like, oh, I mean, Evan, sorry, Evan. That's so funny.

I love EJ. When did that happen, Holly? I would say it started happening and I don't know,

maybe like towards the end of high school and definitely by the time he was in college,

he doesn't go by EJ. They all know him by Evan. And so they know at his friends, no, I

call him EJ. So I think they mess with him. Like when they're calling him EJ, it's only

to make fun. It's only to make fun of him. I've made call him EJ. Well, I used to be

missy in school and it was MISSY. And then I changed to MISSIE because it was cute. And

then I turned then now I hate missy. So my name is Melissa.

I said, how you have that evolution? So everyone in the family and close friends, like you

all call him EJ, but no one else calls him EJ, just like close friends and family.

Yeah, our girls would never be able to call him Evan, just saying.

No. Sometimes it's hard when you meet someone and know someone as a name and then all the

sudden it's a little bit different, even from EJ to Evan. Like you always resort back

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