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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, I’m legally Jennifer, but have gone by Jennie every day of my life. No one ever asks for clarification unless they have seen my full name in paperwork. I find it much more annoying to have a legal name I don’t use, and all the years of asking teachers or people who saw my paychecks to call me my “nickname”. Please name her Jennie! 😁

Something you might not expect… when my name is read by strangers in public (Starbucks, [b]doctors, someone reading my credit card, [/b]etc.) it’s mostly Jeannie. Sometimes Jenine, sometimes Janie, maybe 2-3 times out of every 10 does it come out as Jennie. This doesn’t bother me, I always answer to any of these names immediately. I do not respond to Jennifer, ever, just doesn’t register as someone talking to me.[/quote]

It says "Jennie" and not Jennifer on your credit card?  And your medical records?[/quote]

Yep, I actually have a mix of Jennie/Jennifer on these types of things. Like I said, sure is a pain to have a legal name I don’t use. One time I went round in circles on the phone with someone from my university  about the name on my diploma. She kept saying I needed Jennifer, and I kept asking “on the diploma I already have on my wall??” And explaining that I use Jennie professionally. It was probably the weirdest conversation I’ve had about my name because the diploma was months old and already in my possession. The end result was that I needed to send her an email with Jennie in the signature block to prove that’s what I use 🤷‍♀️[/quote]

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