I have a simple, five-letter, phonetically-spelled name. It is very unusual, but similar to other names that are not mine.
When I was a child, I was too shy to speak out. In my 20s I corrected mistakes almost always – exceptions being a “humorous” police officer in a foreign country where I was working and needed a driver’s license, and a friend of my mom’s who thought he was funny. It didn’t help. By my mid-30s, I just rolled with it.
Now I realize that there are often reasons, some good (poor hearing), some bad (can’t be bothered), some normal human (didn’t listen carefully enough). None of it is worth getting stressed over at this point, I’m nearly 60 with enough real problems to deal with. Plus, if they think they’re being funny, ignoring them is all they deserve.
I’m sorry, Huda, but it only gets better if you stop meeting new people, and that gets boring, fast.
I have a simple, five-letter, phonetically-spelled name. It is very unusual, but similar to other names that are not mine.
When I was a child, I was too shy to speak out. In my 20s I corrected mistakes almost always – exceptions being a “humorous” police officer in a foreign country where I was working and needed a driver’s license, and a friend of my mom’s who thought he was funny. It didn’t help. By my mid-30s, I just rolled with it.
Now I realize that there are often reasons, some good (poor hearing), some bad (can’t be bothered), some normal human (didn’t listen carefully enough). None of it is worth getting stressed over at this point, I’m nearly 60 with enough real problems to deal with. Plus, if they think they’re being funny, ignoring them is all they deserve.
I’m sorry, Huda, but it only gets better if you stop meeting new people, and that gets boring, fast.