my auntie keep calling my dd the wrong name on purpose, what would you do?

[kittenbaby]

yes and we will be seeing this aunt at christmas, dd is only 6 months so she won't know.

dd's name is saskia, not really that difficult to pronouce is it ?
the annoying thing about this aunt is that shes doing it on purpose

how would you handle it ?
id really apprieate any tips?

ah thanks everyone

pag thats just what im gonna do, diffuse it with humour and sort of take the pea back.
that might actually shut her old lol

Start calling your aunt 'Uncle.'

And put a t-shirt on Saskia with her name on it, perhaps spelt "Sasss - keee - ah"

lol excellent holly

say - I didn't know you had a speech impediment do you find it difficult saying anything else?

lol icarus
could also say i suppose its a difficult name to say when youve got denture lol
[she doesnt have dentures ] lol evil

yes this is def the way to go

Offer to find a good speech therapist for her.

lol stripey theses are soooo good

She's doing it for attention, so do what you'd do with any attention-seeking child and studiously ignore it. When she realises that she won't get a rise out of you chances are she'll give it up. If not, your dd will soon sort her out once she can speak for herself. (At least, she will if she's anything like my dd2, Ellen, who has a special condescending look she reserves for people who call her Helen!)

My DD is called that aswell .
i have just come to the conclusion that most people over 60 cannot say it her Gran included .
We comprimise and the oldies in our fmily all call her Sas.
My dad God love him before he died always called her by her middle name cos it was my Mums .

flossie do people react as if its a really unusal name to you ? i really don't think its that unusal and i certainly dont think its an odd or whackky name
have many people asked you why you choose that name ?

jingellbells yes she is doing it for attention,but however we react she we insist on making a song and dance out of it.

thought of another
mmmm have you thought about getting your hearing tested,you can get some really good hearing aids theses days lol very evil

Kittenbaby - why don't you give her a piece of card with Saskia written on it in phonics and explain (albeit very sarcastically) that as she was finding it soooo difficult to pronounce you thought that might help her - and do this in front of as many people as possible. Then if she does it again say 'you should have gone to specsavers, can you not read the card?' and basically belittle the old bag!

my dad who is deaf calls my dd a shortened version of her name
i quite like it but dd (5) hates it
she stamps her foot and stands in front of her grandad hands of hips shouting "CAN YOU HEAR ME THATS NOT MY NAME" and going red in the face
dad just laughs

lol little that is funny

yes im going to play her at her own game

thanks for all these suggestions
im gonna go in full of confidence with all these up my sleeve

if anyone can think of any others please do add them

i could also her son richard dick
as evryone calls him richard, but hes lovely so i wouldnt do that,but i bet if i started calling him dick, she wouldnt like it one bit

its quite funny to watch but dd is clearly upset and frustrated

I find it hard to believe that she does this on purpose, how can you be sure this is the case?

it's just rude isn't it, not to bother (provided you are of sound mind and hearing) to get someone's name right - and that goes for the spelling of the name too...grrrr

My Grandma hated the name my parents chose for me as not only was it not biblical, it was the title of a pop song (blasphemy of the highest order). She called me Ruth for the first year of my life (not even close to my real name) and then when confronted by my angry mother decided to relent and refer to me by my middle name. She bought all sorts of things for me with my middle name emblazoned on them.

Sure enough I just refused to respond when old enough.

darth if it was anyone else id think they just couldn't say saskia
but this aunt is very difficult at times and trys to put you down alot like with all the horrible comments shes made to me about bf
its kinda hard to explain

but trust me she is definatley doing it on purpose
when we told her dds name was saskia she screwed up her face and say ohh well might of known YOU couldnt of could her anything normal.
[if i didnt like a name a friend or relative had choosen i wouldnt be so rude.]

she acts
as if saskia was some kind of really really strange oddball name
i don't think it is
and i don't even think its difficult to say it sounds how its spelt

soh what happened when you refused to respond ?

does she think it's a bit 'posh' or something ?

yes merry thats exactley her problem

and thats why she want to try to put us down

how did you figure that one out?

she thinks im middleclass just because i bf
as well

but i don't really care about that, but it does bug me if she calls dd the wrong name

opps i ment to say called her

nail polish that will be my lo in a few years