That I don’t think I’ve ever posted about why I am Tee.

And Tee I am. All over the ‘net.

On Mumsnet and elsewhere I am Tee2072. I can’t tell you what the numbers mean. It’s a secret. Really. It is.

But the Tee part of my name came about just about 10 or so years ago when my brother’s oldest daughter, S, was learning to talk.

I was living in California then, close by to them, and saw my niece several times a week. And was referred to as Aunty Robyn. And S would say ‘T!’

We assumed she just couldn’t say Aunty so all that came out was T!

I have a vague memory of discussing with my brother and sister in law whether or not we should encourage her to use my full name or not. And I realized I liked it that she had a name for me no one else had.

When my brother, who is a big old geek and hosts this site and my company website and blog and just generally keeps me up and running, set up our family domain, on which this blog sits, he asked me what I wanted my email address to be. And I said Tee.

And so TeeMail (see what I did there?) was born.

And then I joined some message board that needed a user name. And I chose Tee.

And now I am Tee2072 all over the ‘net.

I still have TeeMail.

This is Tee’s Blog.

My company is Designed To A Tee.

And lots and lots of people call me Tee.

All because a wonderful little girl, who is now 11 and starting middle school in the fall, couldn’t say Aunty.

Or so we presumed…