It's only a name....

I know this is strange, but hey, it's me. Lots of things about me are "strange". If anything, I'm known to have my strong convictions and a passionate person...but yes, you can add strange to the list.

My name is Jennifer. My family (sisters, mother, sister in laws, mother in law) call me Jenny. My friends call me Jenn. People at work, they call me Jenn. When I introduce myself, I introduce myself as Jennifer; especially at work. I think deep down, it feels more professional than Jenn or Jenny. When I answer my work cell phone, I usually say, "Hello this is Jenny". I'm sure I confuse the hell out of people. Which one do you want? What is your NAME anyway? Am I calling you the wrong thing? One time, someone high enough up in the company, basically a co owner, called me on an issue. I did not know it was he who was calling me. I answered my desk phone in my office, "Thank you for calling PDQXYZ, this is Jenny, how can I help you?" to which he paused a long pause and then said laughing but frustrated in a way, "Which is it? I've never heard you call yourself Jenny before, is it Jenny, Jenn, or Jennifer? Have I been calling you the wrong name all these years?" You know, it took until that moment in time for me to realize that yes, indeed, I do tell different people, depending on their relation to me in my life, different names and expect them to call me only that name I give them. I would freak out if my husband suddenly started calling me Jennifer. Or if my mother started calling me Jenn. OR if someone at work, who better refer to me as Jenn, started calling me Jennifer. That would set me off. Isn't that funny? Really, the only person who can call me "Jennifer" is my mother when she's mad at me (then I'm in for it) OR the person I've just introduced myself to until they become familiar with me later to which they will be relegated to either Jenn or Jenny.

Sick. I'm a sick, twisted person. But in my head, it all makes perfect sense. Scary eh?

Very. It's only a name, Jenny, it's only a name (and by the way, when I talk to myself in my head, like if I'm having trouble with something, I'll say, what the heck, Jenny, come on, get it together. I call myself Jenny.---yes, I know, its' only a name...or is it?)

JENN
:)