Just wondering if this was only so terrible for you because they were “2 preety [sic] female colleagues.” I assume it would bother you regardless of who you were having difficulties introducing yourself to but then that would make the details of it being two pretty women irrelevant for the sake of your story’s impact. So I’m just curious about if that really has any impact on this being more upsetting than if it were anyone else you were trying to say your name to. Anyhow, I feel for you. Names have always been a particularly touchy subject for me and my stuttering. When my stuttering was at its worst there were certain friends names I couldn’t say and I wondered about what I would do if I had a name myself that was tough for me to say and I knew at that moment that I would have changed my name or would have invented a nickname. I was lucky and am glad it didn’t come to that but I don’t think it would have been a bad solution. The name worries have existed for decades. It just hasn’t been my name Ive been worried about saying- Before I ever met the woman who is now my wife I used to worry about saying my vows fluently. And when we made name lists for our children I had to take into account names that are (or could end up being) really difficult to say. Goodluck fellow stttrr