Olson with an 'O' not an 'E'

Having had an odd spelled last name my entire life, I didn't imagine that this would continue into my married life. I was so eager to get married so I could have a different last name. I dreaded mine my entire life. From the mispronunciations to the misspellings, I didn't realize I would have this same issue once I was married. At my senior prom, my last name was so butchered in misspelling that it felt as though the people I had been going to school with for the last two years didn't even know my last name existed. Let's be honest, how do you get Pheltman out of Feldmann? There isn't even a 'T' and most people would think that a last name with a 'efff' sound would be an actual letter 'F' and not a 'PH'. Having grown up in a world where I had to constantly correct people and tell them that Feldmann had another 'N' on the end or that there is no 'I' in my name so it is not pronounced Fieldmann, it's remarkable to think that I'm back at square one after getting married. Don't get me wrong, it's selfish to think that after all this time I would still have an issue with it. I honestly, don't. It just cracks me up that my whole life I have been so eager to get rid of my last name and here I am struggling with the same last name issues as I did before I got married. I often tell people it's Olson but not spelled like the Olsen Twins. You would be surprised how many people don't know who Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are. 

So, here I am asking you, my fellow friends and blog onlookers, what is the best way to tell people how to spell my name without sounding like a complete jerk? Is it more proper to spell my name out each time, or should I just let them figure it out and correct them when they are wrong? Personally, when someone tells me their last name and I spell it wrong, upon them correcting me I don't have an issue with it as I am so familiar that names get messed up all the time. I guess I'm just curious as to how the rest of the world feels. :)

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