“How do you pronounce that?”
1. Everyone wants to shorten your name, and you feel bad saying you prefer your actual name.
2. Which means you’ve had to deal with a lot of weird nicknames.
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3. School announcements were always awkward.
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4. Same for any formal situation in which your name is read out loud.
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(Like, say, graduation.)
5. Whenever you introduce yourself, you’re ready to answer “Oooh what is that?”
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6. And you’re used to people saying “Wait, lemme try it” as they turn the pronunciation of your name into this big thing.
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7. Good luck if you’re part of any team sport.
8. Or if you need to fill your name out on any standardized test forms.
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9. Spelling your name over the phone is always an ordeal.
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10. And you can always predict that the spelling will be botched, regardless.
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11. Any sort of official government documents make you uneasy because a misspelling feels somehow inevitable.
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12. And getting a formal, adult email address is tricky because it feels too long.
13. You fantasize about marrying someone with a short name even though you deep down also want to keep your name because its yours.
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14. (And hyphenating will be a bitch if you ever get married to someone with a last name longer than three letters.)
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15. Growing up, you were easily teased.
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(Mostly because the kids didn’t even know how to say your name.)
16. And you still feel inexplicably sad when someone you’ve known for a while misspells your name.
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17. You’ve envied people who only have one name, and considered being a pop star so you could justify having one.
18. Similarly, you’ve come to terms with the fact that your name is just too clunky to be cool.
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19. But eventually you learned to embrace the name you have, because at least it’s unique!!
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19 Struggles Anyone With A Long Name Understands
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