Going by a different name in college?

aunt_bea
Fri, 13 Jul 2018 16:31:08 +0000

What I went by in high school is not the name I ended up with in college.
I have a name that was considered culturally difficult to pronounce. One of my professors became flustered because he kept messing it up and finally shouted out, “Oh for the love of Mike! I can’t say your name so I’m just gonna call you ______!” (I cleaned up what he actually said). The name stuck and I kept it for my business. People liked it, so I just went with it. When I met my husband, that’s the only name he knew me using.