Nickname

Some of you, okay, many of you call me Smels (at least that's how I write it. I guess it could be written as Smells, but...we'll just ignore that) Well, imagine my surprise when my niece walked in the room yesterday and addressed me as Smels. I responded and she was confused and told me she wasn't talking to me. I guess she calls her sister Valerie "Smells" as a nickname. Weird.