Today, I saw my original birth certificate and realised I’ve spent almost all my life misspelling my first name. Now I’m worried it might invalidate pretty much every legal document I’ve ever signed. FML
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Today, I found out I've been misspelling my middle name for 25 years. FML
Today, I was so nervous about a medical exam I was about to take, that I misspelled my own first name. It only has three letters. FML
Today, I noticed that I've been spelling my company's name wrong in my email signature for over a year. FML
Today, I realized I had misspelled "Education" on all the resumes I've been submitting. FML
Today, I found out the name on my driver's license is incorrect. I don't know what's worse: the fact the government can't even copy a goddamn name correctly, or that it took me three months to notice, when a cop nearly arrested me for carrying a "fake" license. FML
Today, I found out that the phrase I got tattooed on my lower back is misspelled. FML
Today, during a phone call, I broke down in tears because I was asked to spell my last name. It’s sixteen letters long and hyphenated, and I always end up having to spell it twice because they never get it right the first time. I’m tired. FML
Today, I found out that my birth date was entered incorrectly, and I’ve been believing that I am a year older than I really am. I’m actually 14, not 15. How did this happen? Both my parents and the doctor got the year of my birth wrong. FML
Today, I found out that my parents have been lying about my birthday. Now it makes sense how they "lost the birth certificate" or how many photos of me as a baby are dated before I was actually supposed to be born, because "the camera must've glitched, we must've confused the date we wrote in the back of that card." FML
Today, I realized that since I was in elementary school, my friends, my workmates, and even my family, all call me accidentally by someone else's name instead of my actual name. I'm 30 years-old. FML
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Yudith 28
Just officially change your name and your legal documents will become legal again.
Zebediabolical 45
It won't. As long as it matches the scrawl on your ID's, it's legal,
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Yudith 28
Just officially change your name and your legal documents will become legal again.
Zebediabolical 45
It won't. As long as it matches the scrawl on your ID's, it's legal,