Pet peeves... silly? rational?

[elusivek]

Okay, I'll admit, I am a very fussy person.

I have a lot of pet peeves. Some I know are irrational and stupid. But still.

The most recent one that came up... and that gets me each and every time...

My name. Yes. My name is Katherina. Yes. I go by Kat now. With my close friends, those that I've known since primary school, I go by Kata (it's got to do how they read "Katherina" in Canto-English). Within the family though, I go by Kati. I don't dislike it. It's what my family call me. Mom, Dad, Sister, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, they all call me Kati. Which is fine. I refer to myself as Kati when I'm talking to family too. I absolutely am cool with it.

But when someone outside of family calls me Kati, it just irks me. I get goosebumps... eeeeekkkk!!!! STOP IT!!!!! My close friends laugh at me, they know how I hate it. My good friend only annoyed me once by calling me that, and that was in jest too. So we are cool.

So, now, the people at the dog rescue place, one of the ladies started calling me Kati, but I never ever broadcasted that name to anyone ever. She's managed to get the whole group of people to call me that, and it's just simply all so yuckity goosebump-inducing wretchedly terrible sound to my ears.

It's gonna be rude and awkward to tell them to quit calling me that. Yet, I feel like quitting the organization purely because of that.

Yes, I know, it's irrational. Yes, I know, it's stupid. No, I can't get over it.

AAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Comments

[arrowwhiskers.livejournal.com]

I don't think this is irrational at all...names are very personal!!

I mean maybe I just think that cause I am definitely the same...only family is allowed to shorten my name to Rach, like the only people who use it besides my mother and some aunts/uncles are people who don't know me well and are trying to create artificial "buddy-ness" between us. All it really does though is make me take an instant dislike to that person...

A lot of my friends call me Rai, too, but sometimes my friends' parents have started to use it just because they're imitating what my friends said and that's weird too. Like...I'm sorry...but please don't...

[arrowwhiskers.livejournal.com]

Oh I meant to add to previous comment...if it's making you legit upset to be there because of what people are calling you I think it's totally reasonable to ask them to call you something else. It might be a little weird to bring it up but I think you can do it in a not rude way. It definitely seems like it'd be worth it in order to not be miserable.

[deadlevel.livejournal.com]

do the people at the rescue know that you hate that?

[katemacetak.livejournal.com]

Oh, I totally get it. My full name is similar to yours, Kathryn, but always go by Kate. I don't mind Katie either. But I flip out if someone calls my Kathryn or Kathy. I get that goosebump feeling too.

[imogen-blue.livejournal.com]

That's just wrong. It's your special family name. Plus, it's too familiar for strangers to use. Just politely say I prefer "Kat".

[chiiruchan.livejournal.com]

I would say a joke about a cat in a dog rescue place but you would hunt me down and bop me. ._.; *gets bopped in mind.* owo;;;;; >.<; I guess I could call you Notte...?

[speaksoftlylove.livejournal.com]

I get what you mean by that. Sometimes people call me Anjelica (Spanish pronunciation). My name is Anjelica and I go by either the English or the Spanish version, but I don't want non-Spanish speakers using the Spanish version. My parents purposely gave me a name that was in English and in Spanish so that I didn't have to have two different names (for example, my uncle goes by Javier with us, but Xavier outside of the home). And now these non-Spanish speaking people wanna sound cultured or something and call me Anjelica? UGH. Just say it in English or call me AJ!

People sometimes call me Angie, too, which I don't care for. I usually nip that in the bud by giving a laugh and saying "Angie?! ew!" playfully.

[sio-ma.livejournal.com]

I have many names too but not everybody can call me whatsoever they like