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I love Candice. I prefer that spelling to Candace, though not to the point that I hate Candace or anything. I think Candy works fine on an adult, but if it were ever to prove burdensome, the bearer could just decide to go by the full name. The only Candice I've ever known (spelled that way) was always called Candice and never Candy. Candice is not a name that demands a short form, it trips off the tongue as easily as my name does, and I've never had a nickname. The fact that Candice is so similar to my own name, so similar that it would prohibit me from ever using it, and the fact that I love it, makes me wonder if I would love my own name if it weren't mine and it weren't dated.