Do you have a nickname?

I don’t.
Can it be socially awkward? Are there people who feel too familiar when they use your nickname, like a coworker or maybe someone you just don’t like? Have you ever had to ask someone not to use a nickname? I live in a small town and it seems like almost everyone who was born here has one. It was made it really hard to learn names when I moved here. Many are funny and some are crude. Someone once tried to set me up with Pignuts.