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Ever have that awkward moment where you bump into someone in town, you recognize their face yet can't put a name to it? Or that someone recognizes you and remembers you by name... but you can't remember them? How awkward is THAT?!

The other day at The Source I saw a kid I went to school with a year below me. I remembered his face but not his name. Funny thing was he saw it too! Before I left he paused and commented on us going to school together but that he couldn't remember my name. I agreed and then we finally got it sorted.

....this was followed by an awkward handshake.
 
This happened to me yesterday...
The EXACT same thing happened only at a different place. It was a kid a year below me in school. I was just sitting ther trying to recognize them, when my sister was like, "WTF are you doing?"
I guess I was trying to hard. XD
 
Yes, lots of time. So many people I haven't seen in so long and don't keep contact with suddenly appear right in front of me. Often I pretend not to see the person and just continue to be on my way. I'm always listening with my ear buds, so I can usually pass off potential calls for attention because I couldn't hear them.

If we didn't make the effort to keep touch, I don't think I should feel bad about forgetting people's details like their names and such. Especially if we didn't hang out during free-time and whatever :hmmm:
 
Oh yeah, that happens to me all the time. It's like you remember them and everything else, but just cant get the name. I had one guy just the other day pull one of these:

"Hey man, how's it goin?"

"OH SHIT! It's you, uh................................shit, I forgot your name. :ffs:"

It seems to happen alot to me, since I see so many damn people all the time. I really need to start remembering names or faces or something. :hmmm:
 
It happened again today at McD's, except with someone I didn't even remember. She looked at me and just seemed so overjoyed "Hey how's it going! Haven't seen you in a long time!!" ...I just kinda stood there shocked, and was unsure of how to answer.

Shame too, she was hot and I felt like I would remember those boo-.... her face.
 
This kinda happened the other day, though I just walked past the guy and it's still bugging me now

I walked past him in Ashton, noticed him, looked away, looked back and thought, I know you from somewhere.... he looked at me as well, but Im not sure if his puzzled expression was for the same reason as mine, or if he was wondering 'what the fucks that weirdo staring at'

AND IT'S DOINGMY HEAD IN BECAUSE I CAN'T PLACE WHERE I KNOW HIM FROM BUT I DEFINATELY KNOW HIS FACE. It's been pissing me off for days
 
I've never run into this problem for 2 reasons. The first being that I always remember a name and a face. The second being that I never run into old school buddies, and if I do, neither of us make the effort to mention it. So I don't feel the pain in this regard. :lew:

However, I do tend to forget names right after I meet a person. I guess going through the formality of shaking hands and such, I tend to lose the name in the process. Now this is something that can be quite embarrassing, as it seems like you didn't pay attention to anything they said. Once I do manage to get a grasp on the name though, I'll always remember it. :ryan:
 
It happens often for me, but I don't really call people by their names (I usually just say dude or mate or something) so it hasn't been too much of a problem, plus there's usually a third person that says the name after a while.

Something that does bother me is when someone comes and talks to me, and I don't know whether I've forgotten their name or if I don't know their name to start with.
 
I'm alright with names and if I do forget them I either ask or I just don't refer to them by a name until I remember it. I not very good with remembering people if we only meet briefly though.

There was one really odd case where there was someone at school who I kept bumping into. She knew my name and mentioned that we met in the sick room, but I couldn't remember ever meeting her at all, I felt bad about not remembering her name or meeting her so I looked it up in the year book...but I didn't know how to pronounce her name. So I went ages without referring to her by name.

There was another interesting case where I was at a Casino and as I was walking across this large dimly lit hall I saw a guy walking towards me who looked like someone I know. As we walked closer to each other we both started getting that 'hey I know you face'. It was only when we were a few meters apart that we realized that we didn't know each other.
 
I actually do have that problem. :hmmm: I remember faces better then I can remember names.


I can't exactly when it was but, some dude was like, hardcore staring at me and i was like O_O trying to avoid eye contact. I guess he was trying to figure out whether or not it was who he thought it was. Then i left the area and he was like right behind me. I kinda freaked out and I turned around and he was like: "You don't remember me? You look familiar." I was like, "uhhhh, nooo." I turned around and continued to walk. He did look familiar to me too but, I just couldn't remember his name. I told him he looked familiar but I wasn't too sure.

So I was about ready to leave the store and he goes: "Waaaaaaaiittt, you're Kaylee! Am I right?" It was soo awkward 'cause I couldn't for the life of me remember his damn name! It was as if he was a stalker. Eventually, he told me his name and we kind of started talking. Then i ended up leaving the store. Haven't seen him since. Before I left he was like: "Good seeing you." idunno, it was weird.
 
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I'm usually rather good with names. I've encountered someone I haven't seen for a few years and I instantly greeted him with: "Oh hi, Mark! Long time no see!" or something along those lines.

It's only sometimes that I've been faced with awkward moments where my memory totally lets me down. A few weeks ago in fact I was in the stores when this girl I thought at first was a complete stranger saw me and said to me: "Aren't you.....Olivia from....year 5 at school?". That was seven years ago. For her to recognise me and remember who I am was just impressive.

At that point, I completely stood there bewildered. Not only could I not remember who the heck she was, but I couldn't even recognise her face clearly at all. So all I was respond with was a: "Err...hi...yeah, it's been a while, hasn't it?" before forging an excuse and dashing off. I didn't feel like chatting. :lew:
 
That doesn't happen to me very often. It just happens with me. I'm really not that memorable a person, with my overly long red hair, broken glasses and all that.
 
The worst is not knowing how people know you. I went through a phase a couple of years ago when it seemed half the people in the street knew me well enough to call me Pooley, but I'd never seen them before in my life. Crazy times.
 
Happens quite often on nights out etc. Im never embarassed about it though. If someone says hello and i dont recognise them im perfectly happy to ask

who are you again?

It is annoying though when you pass somone in the street and you recognise their face but you just cant think who they are or where youv seen them before. It usually eats at me til i remember or forget about it days later -___-
 
Oh yes this does tend to happen often. Especially with that date that didn't work out and you see them on the street and they say hi, they remember your name. But for some reason you can't remember their name. But you don't want to ask because you will offend them.
 
This happened to me and my Mom once, we ran into an old teacher of ours from when me and my sisters were really young at our local Wal Mart, and she was calling me and my Mom by our names but I couldn't remember her name for the life of me -- luckily my Mom called out her name though XD-- I never liked that teacher that could probably be why I didn't remember her :hmph:
 
It could be that I'm the sort of person that tends to not carry herself seriously and spread herself thin to like a huge host of people, but I've rarely ever run into this problem. I've mixed up my friend's names before but I've never run into someone that I didn't remember. Then again, I only graduated from high school a few weeks ago so I still need to give myself a couple more years before I start displacing people. Lolz.

Still, I'm really good at putting a name to a face and vice versa. I normally recall people from like years and years ago perfectly while my mom or cousins will look at me like I've grown a third head. :hmmm:
 
Oh yes this does tend to happen often. Especially with that date that didn't work out and you see them on the street and they say hi, they remember your name. But for some reason you can't remember their name. But you don't want to ask because you will offend them.
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Indeed hahaha

yeah happens so many times...I never remember their names...most of them I ignore as they ignore me, but some of them actually try to talk to me, and I will response in a positive way etc...but always feel so damn embarrassed by not knowing what their names were/was...

I once called a dude with a wrong name....damn it I hate it when that happens :P
 
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I go through this a lot, most commonly when I encounter people from high school. I have a problem remembering faces and names unless it is someone I really know although I have a higher chance of remembering a face. Most of the time they will see me first and say something and I will reply back then ask who they are. They tell me and I will have a short conversation with them and get back to whatever I was doing. That's all really.
 
I think this has happened to me way too many times. :rage: In uni, I'd have a lot of classes and be able to interact with many different students in the span of four years. It's impossible to keep track of all their names. I'm pretty sure we're all in the same boat though. Most of them probably don't remember my name either. :wacky:

There was this really embarrassing time though, that I was introducing one friend to my classmate and I completely forgot his name. I just couldn't remember--I was standing there in mid-sentence for a good 10 seconds until finally he just introduced himself. I wanted to die right then and there. :rage:
 
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