I probably am bu but still its annoying!

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its dd2s birthday today (good job I realised I had today off work because I was convinced it was next week poor deprived second child , dont know where that year went)

her Dads Dad has just dropped off some cards and presents, and they have her name wrong! and its the same every time. They put baby my name, when its actually baby my name-their name.

I know its not really important, and its more important that she has a good relationship with them but they do it every time, and its annoying. Am I being unreasonable to think that her family could get her name right?

Far too trivial in the scheme of things tbh- I'd have disowned most of the older generation of my lot based on getting names right
DS's maternal ggm knows I married and actually wrote 'sorry I don't know your last name' inside one card despite being told several times. Also would just write ds 1st name on envelope as she couldn't quite believe he could have his dad's surname as we weren't married!
My aunt still writes my maiden name on DS's envelopes (has dads surname)- she's 23.
Point is, they remember the event. That's enough for us, we just laugh about it.
Traditionally, people got married, took their dh's surname and gave it to their kids. Life is more complex now.

My own mum ALWAYS got my daughter's name wrong. In fact, the name she called her has now stuck as a nickname.

Mum died earlier this year. This nickname is one of the many things she left behind that make me glad she was around to see dd and get her name wrong.

Life's short. There are worse things your child's dgps could do. Get over it. YABU.

My granny put my ds's name in inverted comments in the congratulations card because she wasn't keen on the name!

OMG Again that actually made me snort with laughter.. Thats SOO 100% something my mother would do when i announced ds name (Conrad) she replied "THAT IS HORRIBLE!" geesh tnx mum and you did give me such a LOVELY name yourself (not)

Maybe they think having two surnames is stupid so are making a point but hey who cares they love her enough to have delivered card and presents!

BIG APOLOGIES TO EVERYONE! I did not read the thread properly at all i just scanned through it before rushing out the door this morning so sorry to wind everyone up. The fact that they forgot a hyphenated part of a surname on an envelope really i sno big deal at all and i wouldn't even bother to mention it. in my rushed state this morning i thought they had written the wrong first name on the inside of the card which i thought was disgusting but a surname on an envelop really, its not worth bothering yourself about. Just forget about it and least they remembered her birthday and are obviously loving grandparents to bring around gifts and cards for her and want to be part of her special day.

clpsmum I thought your first post was very funny and you were being sarcastic

My MIL never spells dds name right, there is only 3 letters in it, but she puts the dots above the e in the wrong place,
then when she someone else write it she tells them they have spelt it wrong

yabu

On the rare occasions when I hear from my XILs (we don't have kids), they address me as Mrs Ex - even though I didn't change my surname when I married. At least yours know your surname!

That's nothing - on DS's first birthday he had a card off my uncle with the wrong name (thanks to my gran, who always forgets the great-grandchildren's names, and calls the rest of us by each other's names. she's hopeless )

On his second birthday he had a card from DP's gran with the wrong name and wrong age! We just laughed it off.

Also, my mum is always forgetting that DS's surname is his dad's not mine. (Winds DP up a treat!)

Seriously, I think just get over it and as ItsGraceAgain said, at least they know your name!