https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 01:40:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-correct-people-if-they-call-you-by-the-wrong-name#post-595577 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:30:28 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 595577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Someone called me Ginger last week.</p> <p>That's... not even close to my real name! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-correct-people-if-they-call-you-by-the-wrong-name#post-595466 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:55:29 +0000 Mrs. Tiger 595466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get referred to as mom, mommy, amma (which is Tamil, my DH is South Indian) by a variety of people when I really prefer momma/mama.. Oh well! The grandparents work out fine for us since one set gets English and the other gets Tamil :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-correct-people-if-they-call-you-by-the-wrong-name#post-595446 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:50:51 +0000 MrsStormy 595446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No not really, people often call me by a name very similar to mind, and sometimes people call me by DH's name (we both have unisex names) and even then I don't, I think its because I'm lazy and just simply don't care...... I once knew this guy and called him by the wrong name for MONTHS and no one bothered to correct me, I was horrified when I realized, I felt awful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-correct-people-if-they-call-you-by-the-wrong-name#post-595374 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:27:30 +0000 Bao 595374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>People always get my name wrong, and I sometimes correct them if it really matters...sometimes if it's not big deal I let it go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-correct-people-if-they-call-you-by-the-wrong-name#post-595370 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:26:21 +0000 MrsCastro 595370@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i use to all the time...but unless you are hispanic it is a given you will get it wrong...my name is not common at all, in fact i have never met anyone else with my name...now i dont even care, so you can imagine the names/ pronunciations they come up with at Starbucks... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-correct-people-if-they-call-you-by-the-wrong-name#post-595353 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:19:37 +0000 MediaNaranja 595353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@anonysquire: @photojane: I wonder why Wendy is so popular as a 'wrong' name, ha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-correct-people-if-they-call-you-by-the-wrong-name#post-595340 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:07:41 +0000 photojane 595340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MediaNaranja: hahaha.. that made me laugh out loud. </p> <p>This is a little bit different, but my FIL calls himself granddaddy all the time, but we don't want him to go by that (that's my dad's "name")... I keep trying to correct him, but he's not getting it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-correct-people-if-they-call-you-by-the-wrong-name#post-595288 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:45:29 +0000 anonysquire 595288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MediaNaranja: Lol I've been called Wendy also. My name is Lindsay so it really isn't too close. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-correct-people-if-they-call-you-by-the-wrong-name#post-595287 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:44:58 +0000 anbanan15 595287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. People get my name wrong all the time (it's not really uncommon or difficult) and I've just become numb to it and continue answering. My DH even calls me Aliza sometimes because he thinks it's himarious! (Epson rep called me this and after correcting him a billion of times he still kept calling me Aliza so DH somehow finds humor in that). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-correct-people-if-they-call-you-by-the-wrong-name#post-595286 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:44:40 +0000 MediaNaranja 595286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of my coworkers called me Wendy for 3 months like 6 months into my job. I would correct her every time. Wendy isn't even close to my real name, wtf. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-correct-people-if-they-call-you-by-the-wrong-name#post-595283 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:42:24 +0000 Dandelion 595283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only correct people when they call me Kate. I hate it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-correct-people-if-they-call-you-by-the-wrong-name#post-595282 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:42:13 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 595282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>People butcher my name all the time. Im pretty use to it so depending on who they are and the situation I will correct it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-correct-people-if-they-call-you-by-the-wrong-name#post-595272 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:37:01 +0000 anonysquire 595272@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't have the same situation but I never correct people when they call me my sisters name or when they call me by my husbands last name which I didnt take. Meh, I don't care enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-correct-people-if-they-call-you-by-the-wrong-name#post-595256 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:31:26 +0000 mediagirl 595256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom called my husband and me mom and pop today. I hate the name pop for dad. My brother goes by it. My husband does not. So, I corrected her. She blew me off! Meh. </p> <p>Do you correct people if they call you but the wrong "name?" Maybe just your parents? </p>