My Last Name

I'm not going to lie, changing my last name from Allen to Kropf was a little weird. I waited at the social security building for 3 hours and was thinking the whole time that changing my name better be worth it (it is, of course! and i'm not exaggerating- i was at the social security building for 3 hours). Allen had its benefits. I was first in line for lunch at school. I sat in the front of class which I enjoyed. No one ever said my last name wrong. Allen is easy to say and easier to spell.

My favorite misspellings of my last name are:

Kroop
Cropp
Kropk
Krope
Croft
Kroph
Krof
Krops
Kruf
Krop
Kroff

Trying to spell my name over the phone is the worst. Example: today someone called and asked for my full name.
I say, "Carly K-R-O-P-F as in frank."
Long pause and silence. . ."How do you say that?"
"It sounds like Krof, the p is silent."
Long pause and more silence. .. "Oooh...Krops?"
It's always the F at the end that throws people off. For some reason Krops seems like a more normal last name that Kropf. So I just say yeah, that's it. It's much more difficult for people to grasp the name of Kropf than I expected!

My little brother Drew has come up with some sweet nicknames, though... (methamketamine, princess paige, kitty kitty sue, gray rare hair gare bear are his fav's for the family) In his letters to me he always adds something to my last name, like:

the kropf-idile hunters
oops i kropf-ed my pants
i'll kick your kropf
the kropfinators

But whatever you add to the end, or however you spell it or say it, I'm happy to be Mrs. Kropf, or Croft, or Krops...