I had a very sexist driver's ed teacher in high school, who called all of the girls "sweetheart" or "honey" and all of the guys by some variation of their last name. somehow, perhaps by the look i gave him , he realized that it would be a BAD idea to call me "sweetie" and called me fultzie (my last name + "ie") instead. i didn't mind so much... at least he wasn't calling me "honey"! ew!

then my friends started calling me fultzie, and it stuck. i actually just got a birthday card (birthday yesterday!) from a high school friend of mine labeled "Fultzie"