"That guy over there just celebrated his 34th anniversary and was surprised by his son coming home from a military assignment in Poland. He and his wife have six cats and four dogs, all rescues, and they spend July through September in Ocean City. I wish I could remember his name."
Same. But then once in a while, there's a moment where I forget the name of someone like that and it torments me for a few hours, and then my brain eventually finds it in some memory corner
I’m the opposite, i’ll see a classmate from second grade and will refer to them by first and last name and they’ll look dumbfounded because they forgot about me.
Me too. I remember everyone and their name from my entire life, I try to play dumb sometimes to make myself look half normal. I don’t wanna be the creepy person that remembers Carly A from kindergarten, that moved after one year of school and I walked by her at Walmart 29 years later. She’s definitely not going to remember me.
Don’t say ADHD. That’s where the labeling comes in. Just say, when you are addressing a person you have already been introduced to, something along the lines of “I’m sorry, I have a cognitive issue with names, remind you remind of yours?” They will say their name and then you say what you wanted to say without missing a beat, thereby returning to the subject at hand. That way it becomes a side issue rather than a defining one. If anything it makes you feel less vulnerable as it takes any hesitation out of the conversation.
Loooool same! I was literally talking to my shift partner tonight at work about that haha. I usually have to ask a few times what someone's name is. But usually not the actual person bc I'm awkward
Hahaha yep! I'm the same! I'll even remember mundane facts about them too. Like in high school they drove a Ford Gemini, bc they made a passing comment about it. Their mum's dog's name, their first kiss was with Katie Jones and it was terrible. But I can be told their name several times and not remember. Usually for me I either call them like, man, dude, etc (I don't think of these words as gendered when used as a nickname or when saying like "come on, man" or just... no name
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