The many struggles and phases of having a name that no one can ever seem to pronounce correctly.

1. When it's the beginning of the semester and you have to calm and prepare yourself for the next month of having to correct your professors and new peers on how to say your name correctly:

2. Then realizing that it isn't fun and you are already over telling people how to say it 10 minutes later:

Repeating it, and repeating it...and repeating it...

3. When your friends say your name incorrectly even after knowing you for MONTHS...or even YEARS:

I mean how...after all this time?!

4. When someone says, "I don't want to say your name like that so I'm gonna say it the wrong way":

5. When some continues to say your name wrong even after you have corrected them an endless amount of times:

6. WHEN PEOPLE SAY YOUR NAME INCORRECTLY JUST TO MAKE YOU ANGRY:

Yeah, it works.

7. When someone says they don't like your name or thinks it's weird:

Cool, thank you! Okay thanks, oh and thanks!

8. When you go out to get food and you have 0.3 seconds to decide if you want to go through the chaos of using your own name or creating a new one on the spot:

Cashier: "Can I have a name for the order?"

Me: "Uhhhhhhhhhh"

9. Then using your real name and having the cashier look at you like:

10. When someone asks why you have the odd name you were given:

11. When someone says they love your name:

12. When you meet someone else with the same name as you:

JK this has failed to happen to me yet but I can just imagine that this is what it feels like.

13. When your name can be difficult but it's worth it because you know how truly unique and beautiful it is: