Who are you again?

the other night, while attending our company's year-end party, someone asked me to dance. for the life of me, i could not remember his name although his face was vaguely familiar. (i blame the poor lighting because the whole ballroom was dimmed for the dance. lol ) though i gently refused, he started chatting with me a bit instead. then while chatting and mentioning other familiar names of our common acquaintances... it came back to me where and when i met the guy. hehe i just had to jog my memory a bit. most of the time i'm quite good at remembering people... more on the faces though than names. lol

Yeah. This happened to me several times and my friends always tease me because of this. I easily forget stuffs: people and the names of people, a lot. I also easily forget events, and also those "very significant" events are retained. LOL. If you ever met each other with companions, just smile and not introduce him. XD

Oh, this happened to me a million times. You see, I've had acquaintances since kindergarten who just happen to remember me until now. Unfortunately, they no longer ring a bell in my memory, so I just go, hi and smile.

hello shattered! it was just last night that i had experienced such a situation. This woman whom i had met a month ago seated herself beside me during a party. As i was with a friend, i could not introduce her to my companion, for the life of me i could not remember her name then. since she got to talking with me and no matter how hard i try to remember, i could not think of her name, i went straight at it. I asked her straight forward how to pronounce her name as i did not get it straight the first time. She told me it was Nancy. It was really hilarious. i had often been caught in the same situation before because i always forgot names of acquaintances who i barely see.

Oh yes this has happened to me many times with different people. I usually just straight away ask their name again and saying sorry for not remembering it well and at the same time I would give a very friendly smile showing that I was happy to meet the person again LOL. Usually this help me really fast and well. Thanks for sharing and have a nice day

it happens to me many times. i met a college classmate in a mall, he talked to me i remember his face but i really don't remember his name.he called me with my last name but i was so ashamed that i could not say his name coz i don't really ha an idea what's his name. then last Friday, there's a car stopped in front of and the driver open his window then say hi!..he looked so familiar to me but i don't know where we,what's his name, how we met.it's really shame that he/she could say my name but me, i could not even remember what's his name and all i can do is say hi and smile.answer his question but i can't asked him anything or something coz i don't know what to ask.

yes I had it happen to me but the person started talking about my husband and by the time i could get a word in I knew it was too late for me to ask who it was. I tried to take in every detail about him so that I could describe him to my husband when I got home but even after describing him perfectly I thought my husband did not know who it was either. To this day we dont know who it was and have not met him since. One of lifes mysteries now.

Hello Shattered, It's hard when you don't remember some one if you have known a lot of people in you're life.. I remember some people since child hood but unfortunately, they never fully remembered me.that's fine since they have gotten to know some people as well. But what surprises me actually is that my crush in elementary was actually working on a cable company in our subdivision. I thought she look liked her but when she asked me about the school i couldn't believe it.

I thought this only happens on me.Many instances happened that someone would talk to me and left me with a big question mark who was it?haha..well as this always happened to me so I learned my lesson well that I would ask their names before we part ways so I wont end up in a sleepless night reviewing my memories of acquaintances.

Far too many times than I can count. I'll be honest, unless I see a person on a regular basis, I could know them for years and might not recognize them off hand. It is really an awkward situation and I hope that there is a situation where I can figure out who they are, without revealing that I do not look who they are. Still it is frustrating when this does happen. Very frustrating indeed to say the very least.

Oh gosh yes it has happened to me several times and I am ashamed to say. My memory is immaculate but when it comes to names and titles my mind goes blank. When I have to introduce people and can't remember names I try to say hello everyone I want you to meet my friend and when the friend whom I can't remember the name immediately says hi and introduces their name. I find this has helped in several times, but do not know what I would do if I could not get a way with it. Be so embarrassed I suppose... LOL

Yeah it happened to me and I was really disappointed in myself for not remembering the name or where we met, but i knew the face since it's really so familiar. I just try to recall and try to remember all events in my past to picture out the face and think if i could remember the name. It's really difficult and embarrassing though, but my grandpa told me that you just have to pretend that you do remember that person. If you have to introduce i would pause a little for that person to fill in the blanks ahahah!

At my place we sometimes read a person by characters or signs. What we understand is if a persons name is so difficult to recall it is a sign that that so and so is a very calculative person. It could be an advantage as assets will be piling up but you want shopping you might have to use your own money ...

I experienced that. What I did was I told him a story that will made him tell his name. Somewhat like a game.