People who know you, but you don't know them

It's weird. There is a girl in town from California that went to the same school as me, but is six years older. Apparently, she's been hearing that we have to meet up again from more than a dozen people, and she remembers me from when we were kids (I guess). So she was hanging out with a guy today that I used to date (apparently, she has been friends with him for some time), and he had her call me from his phone.

She was all, like, "Remember the time..." blah blah blah and I had no idea what she was talking about.

I felt bad, but I flat out told her I didn't know who she was. She seems like a really nice girl though and has studied yoga all over India and the U.S.

I've been meeting up with a lot of people from my past that I don't remember and they remember me. Apparently, I make impressions and they don't...that's about all I can chalk it up to LOL

 

It's 'cause you're famous.

 

I get that alot in college...

Random people come up to me, completely random... out of everywhere, and just say "heeeyy... Pavel." I ofcourse kinda humour them... at least I don't have to pretend to know their name because I call everyone "man".

Hey man.

 

I've never really been a good liar, if someone knows me and I don't know them, I get this look on my face (deer in headlights, perhaps?) and this odd tone in my voice...as hard as I try to NOT do it, the more obvious it is.

I need to work on it.

 

I have people come up to me and know me and about me and I have NO IDEA who they are. I dont want to ask them, cus it would be rude, so I just smile and say hi! and hope that they move on! I know thats bad, but small town people know alot about everyone, and you bump into people multiple times, and sometimes you leave an imprint on them, and theyre just another face to you.

 

yeah, happens to me a lot......Everytime it's like "I know you, you played in that band" or "You went to school with...", it's pretty strange....I never thought I'm that famous, but I guess there hasn't been a girl to play in the bend in my town since.....well, I'm guessing, a lot....and that's why they all know me....

 

i was way too self absorbed to care about the people around me. thankfully i had susan, who remembers everyone. so when in doubt, i just asked her.

 

yeah, alot of times, I would mumble to my husband, "who the hell is this?" when theyre not looking, and hoping he knows!

 

lots of people come up to me who i dont' remember at all...i dont' hide the fact i dont' know them or remember them. people from late elementary school and middle school come up to me and i'm like, i have no idea who you are...

 

I feel like I'm from an INSANELY small town, because I've honestly never had that happen.

 

i dont know anyone

 

at the gym a week ago this woman came up and was like "hey how are your parents" and kept going on and on so I made up some stuff and finally she was like "your not amber are you" HAHAHA and I introduced myself and told her that it was nice talking to her LOL

 

well, sometimes it's nice to be remembered, but sucks that you can't remember them. though, there's that ego boost of knowing they made note of you, when you considered them beneath you to remember. and really, that's what it comes down to: you're important/interesting/memorable to them, they're not important/interesting/memorable to you. i got off on the notion a few times, but got over it. i wasn't mean, nasty or awful, i was just self-absorbed, or at least, totally absorbed by a very small world. i'm a happier person now. i can't tell you how good it feels to remember someone's name, when they can't remember yours, and ask them questions to show that you care and remember. i swear, it's my consuming passion now. it feels so good!

 

nah, arm-chair, self-absorbed psychologizing is an old tradition on these forums. i'm living proof.

 

nope. don't recall. sorry.

seriously.


AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAA!

 

annie if I see you, mention my name and mention an old post i hope you know who it is!!!!!

I mean, COME ON!!!










Just kidding, there is no way you could know!

 

*yawn*

Yup, I'm insecure...good observation

 

OCD. :H

 

i am from a smallish city. I left many years ago, and just recently moved back. People stop me all the time who know all sorts of things about me, and I don't remember them at all. I figure its one of two things:

1. I left the city, met knew people, saw things, experianced some of the world. They never left so its easier for them to remember things/people when because they are constantly being reminded of them (ie... the time I broke a guys nose at the 7-11 is easy for them to remember because they see that same 7-11 all the time where as I don't think about it much because I haven't seen that 7-11 in 10 years) OR

2. I did a lot of drugs and destroyed the brain cells that hold a lot of my memories from 10 years ago.

Its probably number 2, in all honesty.

 

I go to so many random parties, and this happends to me alot. Im always the one that goes around and talks to everyone at the parties and makes jokes and gets attention from most of the people.. But if someone does come up to me I dont know weeks down the road or longer, I'll get into a little conversation and then pull out my phone, get their number and then say, how do you spell your name? I forgot. It works every time lol.. except if their name is tom or somthing, then im fucked