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[quote=Anonymous]As I was reading along I had the same response as most PPs - this is sexist in a sad, out of date way.  But we all have these relatives, by blood or marriage (usually both), who are of an older generation and think very conventionally.  They're irritating, and sometimes offensive, but it's not your problem.  You're the one being fabulous with your career and your family and doing all this great stuff!  It's their loss.  They'll just hang out at home with their doilies and be outdated.  Don't bother trying to 'change' them.

Until you got to the name thing.  This exact thing happened to me, and honestly, this is my thought. Is it a mistake they might inadvertently make once?  Ok, sure.  Twice?  Maybe.  TEN YEARS WORTH???  That is some passive aggressive BS, but I will lose all faith in humankind if I believe that anyone could be that dumb.  It only happened a handful of times with my inlaws before I just asked DH to please gently and kindly remind his mother that my name was x.  It hasn't happened since.  They know it's not your name and they're being a$$holes.[/quote]

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