A while ago, I (16) was walking with my sister (17) back from the pool. I don’t know what we were talking about but somehow she ended up trying to spell my name.

My name is Nicholas by the way, a very common name (at least in the US).

She spelled it “Nickoles.” I told her she was wrong and then she tried “Nicholes,” “Nicholos,” “Nicholis,” and finally she spelled it correctly. It took her five tries to spell my name. Not only a common name, but the name of her brother.

I was hurt and got pretty mad. It seemed to show a lack of care and respect for me. What’s worse is that she can spell her friend’s names like Jerusha and Nevaeh.

My sister got extremely mad at me for getting mad at her and in the end, I got yelled at by both my sister and mother for a good while and then told that I shouldn’t be so mean to my sister for something so minor.

Let me note, I didn’t hit her or scream at her or anything terrible like that. The worst I did was yell once we started arguing about it and not talk to her for a few hours.

I honestly forgot about it for a good while but I remember the encounter and thought you all might be able to either confirm what I thought or explain why I was being an asshole.