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Always using the wrong name!

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RedxRobin · 21/07/2025 12:17

This is partly a vent and partly an AIBU. Just had the DH's family to stay for the weekend - SiL can be quite challenging in many ways but has driven me nuts all weekend by saying DD's name wrong. DD has a very normal name which I wouldn't consider unusual and yet SiL keeps calling her a very similar name (think Amelia instead of Amelie). I keep correcting her but she still keeps doing it. 😤
DD is 6 now and it is getting to a point that I'm getting seriously pissed off with it. Do I need to let it go or should I make a bigger deal out of it? I just can't understand how someone seems to find it so difficult to get someone's name right!

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RedxRobin · 21/07/2025 12:25

I'm thinking I might ask MiL to have a word. I don't want to make a big deal but it's also getting to the point where it's a bit ridiculous!

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RedxRobin · 21/07/2025 12:24

AbzMoz · 21/07/2025 12:22

Is she doing it on purpose? Does she have a speech impediment or some other reason she can’t get this right?

I think the other adults and kids need to be part of the change of behavior ‘oh silly aunty Robin calling Amelia Amelie again, you’d think she’d have learned by now!’

She doesn't have a speech impediment. She's quite self involved and talks a lot so I think that she doesn't hear me when I correct her as she is too busy talking!

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thelakeisle · 21/07/2025 12:23

Definitely do this right back to SIL. Every single time.

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RedxRobin · 21/07/2025 12:23

ToClimb · 21/07/2025 12:20

I get it is annoying, but personally I wouldn't let it wind me up. If you must, correct her everytime, but I'd just let it go. There really is no point getting worked up about it. You can't control what SIL does but you can control your reaction.

I get what you say, but DD is now getting to an age where she doesn't like it but she feels too embarrassed to say anything but gets upset to me about it later.

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AbzMoz · 21/07/2025 12:22

Is she doing it on purpose? Does she have a speech impediment or some other reason she can’t get this right?

I think the other adults and kids need to be part of the change of behavior ‘oh silly aunty Robin calling Amelia Amelie again, you’d think she’d have learned by now!’

ToClimb · 21/07/2025 12:20

I get it is annoying, but personally I wouldn't let it wind me up. If you must, correct her everytime, but I'd just let it go. There really is no point getting worked up about it. You can't control what SIL does but you can control your reaction.

JackGrealishsCalves · 21/07/2025 12:19

Just start calling SIL by a different name

JackGrealishsCalves · 21/07/2025 12:19

Just start calling SIL by a different name

TerrorAustralis · 21/07/2025 12:19

Start calling her by a similar but incorrect name.

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