How one small detail on a family invitation made me want to leave my long term boyfriend
- Woman shares disrespectful details on card
- Has planned her revenge
A young woman has been left fuming after receiving a greeting card from her partner of three years.
The young woman shared a photo of the envelope to a popular Facebook group, explaining: “That’s not my name, not even close.”
Her friend’s name appeared first on the white envelope, followed by “+ Maria.”
She noted that the family had spelled her name, Mareena, correctly for years, but one day she stopped spelling it.
“Last year they knew how to spell my name. Even before we had been together for a year, they had gotten me presents that I still have the tags from, proving that they know how to spell my name,” she fumed.
The woman said she has been with her partner for three years and they can spell her name
“Am I being dramatic or is it okay if I freak out?”
She went on to explain that she only felt like she was overreacting because she doesn’t like the family.
But hundreds of people seemed to be on her side, with many claiming the family was being deliberately rude.
“I’d be annoyed too – getting someone’s name right is the bare minimum of respect – especially if you know he or she knows that name,” one woman said.
“This is absolutely intentional. Discuss them as corrupted versions of their names. Just be calm and bold in retaliation,” another added.
A third asked if the family had allowed their five-year-old child to write on the envelope.
Some told her to send the family a group message asking ‘who is Maria?’.
Others shared similar stories.
‘I have been with my husband for ten years and my mother-in-law still misspells my name. We correct her, but she says it’s a nickname. She even had an argument with me once about the spelling,” one woman said.
And he added: ‘At our first baby shower seven years ago, she misspelled my name on the cake – even after I wrote it down for her.’
One woman said that “the thing with the wrong name” can be worse than bad spelling.
“When we had our daughter, one of the family members wrote down the name of my husband’s ex-girlfriend – they hadn’t been together in years,” said another.
“I’m 38. My own grandmother misspells my name everywhere,” said a third.
Rather than let the mess affect her relationship with her partner, the young woman has decided to misspell her in-laws’ name in the future.