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[–] 14 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Happens to me regularly, thanks to ADHD and a horrendous memory for faces.

My most embarassing memory is from my 2nd day at Uni, sitting next to a really nice woman, having a great chat. After a while I say, "btw, I'm SorryImLate" and she says, "I know, we sat together yesterday".

That ended both the conversation and a promising friendship 🫤

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    I once went to a friend's party and encountered someone I didn't know, so I introduced myself. A bit later we all got in the pool, wherein I saw someone I didn't know and introduced myself.

    It was the same person.

    Fortunately, she found it funny and my wife tells the story to this day.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Are we to gather that they became your wife?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    No, but I realized after I made that post that it did kind of read that way.

    At the time, the woman who is now my wife was a relatively fresh girlfriend. She moved to the area to be close to me (though we live in her hometown now) so I took her with me everywhere I could. This was especially true for social events; I don't have many social graces now, but I had even fewer back then and she often helped me recover whenever I made a faux pas. Also, I wanted her to be close with my friends.

    In this case, I hadn't yet heard of face blindness, but I had taken off my glasses to swim and, when I became flustered at my mistake, she explained to the new person that I just couldn't see her clearly to identify her. Also, the other person had put her hair up and changed clothes to prepare to swim; I didn't realize it then, but those two things were a lot of how I identify people, especially new people.

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