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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

If it helps you to understand, I am a professional in my 40's who has many learning disabilities that are severe.  I LITERALLY could not see a difference in spelling in your OP and I read it twice. I finally used my fingers to cover the two names and showed myself one letter at a time to finally find the letters that didn't match.  I also didn't see the difference from the poster who used the Kristen/Kristin example.

I don't tell anyone I have learning disabilities. I just screw things up and apologize a lot when I figure it out or get called out on it.[/quote]

I was going to say the same exact thing as this op. I do not have a learning disability.  In fact, I am an English major, grammar girl, diagramming stickler.  HOWEVER, I have a daughter who has dyslexia (dyslexia is biological, but my daughter came to us via adoption) and so I have learned that there are those who really cannot see these things, op.  It has forced me to accept that it IS possible (even though it may test credulity, yours and mine) that others' brains do not see these things.  For real.  So, though I can understand your feelings, I really can, I might humbly suggest that we all have literacy skills on a spectrum, and it is entirely possible that she is in fact not doing it to annoy you.  
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My DH has mild dyslexia which mostly impacts his spelling.  I once spent several minutes with his written dinner order trying to figure out what "cuesadia" meant.  He relies on autocorrect and would literally never notice a misspelling like this.
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