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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]no one cares or notices the exact spelling of your child's name. it only matters to you. what difference does it make[/quote]

OP here. You're all right, I see that, I really do. I don't notice as much if she texts FIRST to see if "Lindsay" wants to come over. But if I JUST texted "Lindsey" and it is right there in front of her...I just don't understand. [/quote]

Autocorrect remembers unique words you use a lot. Her autocorrect surely now fills in the version she initially used, and she's not typing out the misspelling every time. I feel like you're somewhat looking for reasons to assume she's doing this intentionally as a slight.

As for invitations etc., like the PP who said it won't stick, this mom likely has that same issue. I see how it can get to you but it sounds like the relationship is warm--because there ARE invitations, etc.

Have you ever corrected her? Did you do it early on? If not--that's an issue. A friend has a name that is pronounced a certain way and a person we both know always says it wrong. But she didn't correct this person at the start and now the wrong pronunciation is so ingrained, and he assumes it's right, I'm sure, as she has never corrected him on it. (Before someone asks, I tried to say, "Oh, it's X" giving the right pronunciation long ago, but he didn't seem to hear it and...she just won't correct him.) So if you haven't clearly said, by the way, it's spelled.... Then she likely has that very slightly wrong spelling ingrained. She'd probably be mortified to know how consistently she misspells it.

It's a bit strange to me that you wonder if it's passive-aggressive because you indicate no reason why she would have something against you or your child; wouldn't her being passive aggressive mean she was somehow resentful of you or trying to undermine you? Why? Like I said--this is annoying but do you really want to seek out an intentional slight here? Why be negative like that?[/quote]

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