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charloweenWhen I moved over to the UK, I had to set up all those official bits and pieces of life (as you do, when you move countries).
I use my middle name (I always have) but when you're registering for stuff using a birth certificate as ID it's the legal first name that gets recorded; sometimes the fight of, Yes I know what it says on the pages, but.... isn't worth it. Because really, it is my name. It's just not what I'm called.
This means when I deal with the bank, the doctor, etc., I have to remember not to give them the name that comes automatically. It's awkward to have that extra conversation about Whoops, meant to say that other thing.
...Which all leads to a odd feeling of triumph when I manage to say my own name without stumbling. Yeah! I avoided the awkward conversation! I remembered my official legal label!
Really, I'd be sunk as a spy.
I use my middle name (I always have) but when you're registering for stuff using a birth certificate as ID it's the legal first name that gets recorded; sometimes the fight of, Yes I know what it says on the pages, but.... isn't worth it. Because really, it is my name. It's just not what I'm called.
This means when I deal with the bank, the doctor, etc., I have to remember not to give them the name that comes automatically. It's awkward to have that extra conversation about Whoops, meant to say that other thing.
...Which all leads to a odd feeling of triumph when I manage to say my own name without stumbling. Yeah! I avoided the awkward conversation! I remembered my official legal label!
Really, I'd be sunk as a spy.
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Date: 2012-09-21 09:39 pm (UTC)This is like the inverse of me at VVC: I can remember which name to *provide*, but not always which name to *respond to*. Which you may have noticed. On occasion.
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Date: 2012-09-22 10:57 am (UTC)I do, at least, have the advantage of a fannish name that's close to what I'm used to being called. (When they print the badges correctly.)