So what the heck IS my name?
Most functional adults don't have a problem remembering their own name. I don't either, but I do have a lot of trouble remembering my exact name in a certain context.
The trouble started because as the oldest son, my parents gave me my father's first name, but called me by my middle name as I grew up. So, I have always gone by my middle name, Paul ( Read more... )
The trouble started because as the oldest son, my parents gave me my father's first name, but called me by my middle name as I grew up. So, I have always gone by my middle name, Paul ( Read more... )
i have a friend with a similar issue who had serious trouble with plane tickets because he had booked with a credit card which had one version of his name, yet his photo id had the other or something similar.
my wife's passport is a complete nightmare. before we got married she lost her passport which of course was in her maiden name. they issued a replacement but it was only supposed to be temporary so it expired after a year. of course she didn't find the old one (it had been stolen), and by the time the temporary one expired she was married so she sent the temporary one in for an extension. rather than issuing a new one they amended the old one (after various strange letters back and forth including her swearing that she had investigated the loss thoroughly, etc.) so that the photo page still has the wrong name and expiration date, stamped a big VOID on the note on the back page saying that the passport expired at the same time as on the photo page, and putting another note two pages further into the passport that the expiry date has been extended and her name has been changed. thus chaos ensues almost every time we try to check in for a flight or cross a border.
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