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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/thrwaway2345654 on 2023-07-27 12:57:34+00:00.

For some context, my first name is made up of two words (For example Mary-Kate). The first word is a very feminine first name, and is often spelled wrong and/or mispronounced. When I was 10 years old I started going by a nickname of my second "first" name. (For example, if my name was Mary-Kate I would go exclusively by Katie).

Anyway, this summer I(16F) decided to work at a residential summer camp for people with disabilities. Its a camp that I went to as a kid and now 100% love. That specific camp hires most of its staff from many different countries. Out of 70 people I am one of 3 Americans, and also the youngest. That being said, the nickname that I preferred to be called by can be very difficult to say with particular accents, so I told many of the staff members that they could just call my by the first letter of my name.

However, one of my coworkers , "A" has one of those accents that make it very hard for her to say my name. Its important to note that I've known A for many years and she was one of my camp counselors when I was a camper. She asked me if she could call me by my first name, and I said yes.

Now, within the staff there are different departments. I work on a team with twelve people: 4 Mexicans, 1 South American, 1 from the Dominican Republic, 1 from Poland, 1 Indian, 1 American, 1 Jamaican, 1 from Namibia, and me. Out of all of those people, only one of them seems to have trouble with my name. I'll call him T(26M), from Namibia. He only ever calls me by the first letter which is completely fine with me and I totally understand that.

Anyway, two-ish weeks ago he overheard A call me by my first name. Ever since then, he's started bugging me about it. Making comments about how my first name is so pretty, asking what it means, bringing it up at random times. I could ignore all of that until he started whispering it to me as he walked past. He then started dropping hints that he also wanted to call me by my first name. I kept trying to tell him no, but he keeps bugging me. He just says that he struggles so much and 'its no big deal', but I really don't like it. So, AITA?