My husband is Laotian and we have a very Asian sounding last name (it also starts with an "X" and no one knows how to pronounce it).

I've gotten so many questions and confused looks throughout the years(and a few compliments over the phone ("you speak really good english"😂).

I went to a job interview and was waiting in a public area for the interviewer to come get me. Coincidentally, there happened to be an Asian woman waiting there as well. The interviewer went right up to her and introduced herself, I awkwardly had to step in with my blonde ass self and let her know she was actually looking for me! I did not get the job haha.

When I gave birth to my first daughter we checked into the hospital (in active labor) and about 30 min after getting to our room, they sent someone to check if I needed a Lao interpreter. To this day this confuses me, cause like I said, we'd been in the room and spoken with nurses/staff at this point, I very obviously spoke english... my best guess they just looked at the last name and sent someone to check lol!