There's a lady that I see almost on a daily basis that knows my name. She says hi to me, I wave and say, "Hey! How are you!?" back. She knows my kids' names. And the thing is, I know WHERE I know her from. But I don't KNOW WHO SHE IS. She is the mom of some cub scouts in our cub scout pack. I even know which neighborhood she lives in. I know her dog's name (because she came into the vet on the same day we were there and picked up medication for her dog)! I see HER ALL THE TIME. But I do not know her name.
I even tried process of elimination. I dug up a cub scout program that had the boys' names listed to match her to her kids. (See, I'm serious about trying to stealthily find out who she is so that I will never have to admit I don't know her name!) But there were a few too many to reliably know which one was her. If you count the total amount of time I've known her, It's been about 7 or 8 months. But at the beginning I didn't realize she knew who I was and wasn't too concerned about needing to know her name. But then, she started chatting me up, saying hi and I was like, "Ooh, I should know her name. Oh, I'll figure it out soon enough." But then, I would forget until the next time I saw her and every avenue of "who is that" I tried to go down lead to a dead end. I don't know how many more options I have left other than just asking her outright what her name is. But it's been 7 or 8 months. She's going to know I haven't known her name for the whole time! 7 or 8 months is a long time!
2 comments:
oh my gosh, Lauren, you crack me up sometimes! You totally just admit to stuff that we all secretly keep hidden. Love it!! I ALSO have a lady like this, and haven't a clue....I see her all over and she knows all our names. My *trick* in the past is to hope that at some point I run into her with Bryan, give him the heads up, and then HE introduces himself. This forces her to introduce herself...then I can be like, "oh, sorry, ha ha, I should've introduced you two". Hasn't happened yet.
So silly, but it happens to me a lot as we move around. I really wish I was better at names !!
Volunteer to help with something at Cub Scouts that would require you making a sign up sheet for parents with name and phone number, like snacks or a bake sale or something (I don't exactly know what Cub Scouts do...)
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