Rita in New York

I have a sister-in-law, "Mary." We have known each other for years. Mary lives in California, but she often sends us e-mail, and each time she does she always misspells my name as "Ritha." (My name is Rita!) I have tried pointing this out, but she continues to do it. How can I make it clear that my name is spelt Rita without appearing too rude?


Leslie says...

Obviously, dearheart, you don't have enough going on in your life. If you did, you wouldn't be worried about how your sister-n-law misspells your name in a friggin e-mail. If you've spoken to her about it, and she still hasn't corrected it, so what! Does your self-respect, or self-esteem diminish because your name is misspelled? Can you not understand the rest of the e-mail because your name is misspelled? Do you have nightmares at night because your name is misspelled? Then it's not serious and it's time you act like it. Get a hobby, will ya?! (And fyi, I didn't flip out when you misspelled "spelt," did I? Follow my lead.)