"My name. My legal name is Katherine and I was called Katie my entire life. When I was 28/29 I started shifting over to Kate instead and didn't think it would be an issue since most of my friends and family were already calling me Kate half the time anyway.
I was wrong.
I'm 36 now, I've been introducing myself as Kate for at least 7 years, I sign cards as Kate, I've asked people to please call me Kate — it doesn't happen. My friends make an effort at least (probably a 60% success rate, but I started with them a lot later), but my mother (who previously called me Kate about 90% of the time) will only call me Katie now. My siblings continue to call me Katie and tell me it isn't a big deal.
I know it probably seems petty, but I mean I am asking you to please use a different diminutive of my legal name, one that is very similar to what you already called me, why can't this just happen? Why the need to double down on ignoring my request?" — u/katie-didnot
The Link LonkMarch 13, 2022 at 07:46AM
https://www.buzzfeed.com/abhaahad/hard-boundaries-people-ignore
Women Of Reddit Say People Don't Take These 24 Boundaries Seriously - BuzzFeed
https://news.google.com/search?q=hard&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en
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