One of my boys name is River. One of his teachers would call him a different body of water everyday like ocean, lake, etc to tease him. One day my kid told him if you want me to respond to you use my real name. I got an email from that teacher saying he respected him for advocating for himself and then apologized to my kid
2026-06-23 23:20:33
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KT :
As someone who’s real name is Katie, I’m constantly being told to use my real name when Katie is my real name.
2026-06-23 23:22:57
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xoxo._.bbrii :
My name is bri- ANNA I get bri-Awna all the time I don’t mind when ppl are reading it out loud to call me bc most ppl spell it the same way but insist the pronunciation is the different 🤨 anyway I started a new job at the hospital and when my new supervisor went to introduce me to everyone around the office she’d always say bri awna I would laugh and say well it’s actually this way she did this 5x by the time we got to the 6th person she was like I’ll just call you bri. Y’all these ppl just started calling me bri bri 😃 infront of these pts who also began to call me bri bri?!? Then I had a nurse I worked with who called me breyon. At tht point I just let her have I didn’t care what anyone called me. My mom came to relieve me for lunch abt a year later bc we worked together and heard her call me tht and was like tht girl name is not breyon and the nurse was so embarrassed 🤣
2026-06-27 03:35:37
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Still not your mom :
Or DOCTOR MARTIN
2026-06-24 00:13:20
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Barbara Branco :
My initials were BM🤦♀️
2026-06-23 23:36:00
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Reindeer :
On a different note. Registered Nurse name “Roxanne”. When I tell someone my name they sing the song. 🙄
2026-06-23 23:28:35
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nutty ninja :
Penny here. I’ve been discontinued, cancelled, taken out of circulation, etc.! You get the gist! Didn’t used to get many comments, but I apparently have a new found fame! 😂
2026-06-23 23:58:37
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Brandi Hatfield :
Tommy makes me feel like I can relate to you. Makes me more comfortable.
2026-06-25 19:08:55
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shelly :
I have a child named Michael- I always called him Mikey- im not allowed to call him Michael now because it causes him anxiety 😂 he is 34 😂😂😂🥰🥰
2026-06-24 21:11:16
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Kim :
I was a newer nurse and I introduced myself to a general surgeon who said, “you’re a nurse I don’t care what your name is”. Later that day, I had to call him for a wrong order he had written. I said, “I’m just a nurse, but your order needs to be clarified for incorrect dosing”. Years later, he remembered that.
2026-06-24 23:42:25
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allisonbarger2 :
My attending coincidentally is named Tommy Thomas. Hilarious
2026-06-24 21:10:12
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NCMom3 :
I understand. "Charlie" is in my family, people assume he is really "Charles", nope, just "Charlie". I have to correct people all the time.
2026-06-23 23:19:54
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Ondria :
All the time. Most of the time people call me Andrea instead of my name. I’ve even had people correct my spelling of my own name.
2026-06-23 23:40:17
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MK :
I always introduce myself as Mary Kathryn (that’s my full legal first name, I also have a separate middle name) and so many people then call me Mary. Like did I not just introduce myself as Mary Kathryn?
2026-06-27 13:23:59
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Marnie :
My name is Marnie. what do you think? 🤣🤣
I am now 56 years old, and I could care less what people say.
sorry this happened to you. ❤️
2026-06-23 23:17:16
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Diane :
A teacher argued with my daughter Nikki. We were young when we had her and named her after Nikki Sixx
2026-06-24 00:05:06
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SJK2012 :
My dad and grandpa are both Benny
2026-06-27 03:12:51
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KIA DENISE ✈️ :
My name is Kia…. I always hear, “what’s your real name?” 😂
2026-06-27 03:08:35
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@LoraAnne :
My cousin had a teacher tell him his last name was spelled wrong because it had an “ei” in it. The teacher said “e” can’t come before “i.”
2026-06-25 21:39:27
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user4147097449612 :
Damn if Tommy had a hard time with the name, imagine us immigrants 🤣🤣🤣 I hated the attention I got about my name ( throughout school years and nursing career). I hated being the center of attention during attendance and I have always been shy 😅 I did have a chance to change my name, but I couldn’t, that’s my identity, my origin , someone special named me. I am also 1st generation from my bloodline to move to US. I want to be easily traced if future generations want to know more about my journey in US. 😅 Anyway, bc I struggled with my name, I made sure I gave my children common popular names that are easy pronounced. 😁
2026-06-27 13:39:44
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Mara :
My name is Mara (rhymes with Tara) and I was told to go by Maura or Mary bc it was easier and I was like no my name is Mara
2026-06-24 23:02:46
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JomoaO'Be416 :
I have had people insist my full name is Patricia. I say "no. my birth certificate says Trisha. Its a different name" 🙄 why would you know my name better than i do?
2026-06-26 14:29:06
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Tina Louise Mills :
When my oldest son was in the second grade, he had to write a story about his family (one of those fill in the info sheets), obviously he included his little brother and I would say has an average name that’s spelt slightly different. Leevi. My oldest son got his recess taken away for ‘missspelling’ his brother’s name. 🥴
2026-06-24 23:22:13
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g00se_ifer :
I would feel much more comfortable with a Tommy than a Thomas
2026-06-26 01:27:47
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KSB_MD :
I love that you made eye contact with him when you said it 🍒 🎂
2026-06-26 12:29:01
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