Forgetting Names

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01 Oct 2008, 12:58 pm

i can't remember names... they are not logical and thus give no meaning.

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01 Oct 2008, 10:06 pm

Manders wrote:

Does it bother you when people don't remember your name? I actually left a party last night because of this. I was acquainted with every single person there, I had no trouble remembering their names, but mine was a mystery. :roll:

It may sound silly, but situations like those have always bothered me a lot. They've been pretty common, too. Am I really that unremarkable?

Does it bother anyone else this much?

You'd hate me, I can't remember names and faces to save my life.

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14 Dec 2008, 10:20 am

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Could anyone provide an effective strategy for asking people their names when you've met before?

THis works for me.

"Sorry I've lost my contacts, who are you?" (Should get you a name, though if you use it too much to the same person they might get suspicous,)

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14 Dec 2008, 12:18 pm

I have problems with remembering names... Is it just me or anyone else has it?

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14 Dec 2008, 6:35 pm

I just be blunt about it. As soon as i see someone i have met but whose name i can't remember i say something along the lines of "I'm sorry, but I can't remember your name," or "I keep forgetting your name." People are usually understanding of that.

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15 Dec 2008, 4:20 am

Some people I know, it's taken me literally years before I can remember their names. But I usually manage to fake it, just talk to them normally, you can usually have a conversation without mentioning the name of the person you're talking to.

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22 Dec 2008, 10:04 pm

I can be like this, I don't really get to 'know' someones name unless I am or get to being around them often, It can takes me weeks to learn everyones name at a new environment, it does bother me some, but I don't let it by too much.

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22 Dec 2008, 10:30 pm

I'm absolutely awful with recognizing people, and I tend to remember people by their clothes-it's extremely inconvenient as you can imagine.

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24 Dec 2008, 10:45 am

Doesn't bother me at all because I have issues remembering names myself. I never forget a face, but names are another issue altogether.

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