Does this sound rude?

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My new employer, via email, asked if I had something else I wanted to go by, other than my first name. I replied: I usually go by my middle name, but I'll go by [my first name].

Her response: "we can do your middle name, what is it"?.

How are YOU gonna pick what [b]I[/b] want to be called ( on my name badge)???

We are allowed to use middle names or nicknames but I am choosing to go by my real first name for once in my life...and she's basically saying no.

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curiosi · 61-69, F

We often project our own insecurities onto others without realizing it. It sounds as if she is insecure and thought you may be as well. Just trying to be polite by using your first name. In her heart she was trying to encourage you saying it's ok if you wish to change your mind.