Ok, so there is this guy in my math class. We talked, and I THOUGHT his name was Dan. Well I never had any situation arise that caused me too say his name. Then suddenly, in math one day, the teacher referred to another guy as Dan. Oh shit. A guy I talk to on a daily basis, and I don't know his fucking name.
I never ended up asking him his name though. Our teacher had to say it while passing back quizzes.
I mean its not really that big of a deal, but this happens to me a lot...and every time it becomes a really awkward situation where you try to avoid talking to them so you don't have to say their name

paper

13196 Posts

March 16 2008 02:12 GMT

lolol that happened to me recently

thought this guy's name was dylan ... was dominic o__O

Xeofreestyler

Belgium6755 Posts

March 16 2008 02:18 GMT

There's this guy I often see at parties. I'm always pretty drunk to the point of memoryloss, so every time I asked his name I didnt even remember. I know it after having seen him 20 times now though hahah

Fen

Australia1848 Posts

March 16 2008 02:23 GMT

Haha, it took me 8 Months of chemistry before finding out my lab partners name after looking at a piece of work that she had handed in (and had her name on). She called me by name the entire year, I never once said hers

fusionsdf

Canada15390 Posts

March 16 2008 02:25 GMT

I'm so used to it, it doesnt even bother me

Gyabo

United States329 Posts

March 16 2008 02:39 GMT

I know a girl who was in my physics class over a year ago whose told me her name several times and I still don't know what it is. How sad is that. It's some long and hard to pronounce Chinese name though.

micronesia

United States24495 Posts

March 16 2008 03:23 GMT

There were two guys in my study hall that sit next to each other... Mike and Allen. I couldn't tell them apart except by which seat they were sitting in for about 4 months.

Edit: More like 6 months... and even then I still have to think for a second. And no they are not related.

Krohm

Canada1857 Posts

March 16 2008 03:37 GMT

On March 16 2008 11:18 Xeofreestyler wrote:
There's this guy I often see at parties. I'm always pretty drunk to the point of memoryloss, so every time I asked his name I didnt even remember. I know it after having seen him 20 times now though hahah

Yeah thats pretty much the same deal as me.

I used to go to the bar all the time, and one night I ended up drinking with this guy. (Still have no idea what his name is.) But yeah ever since then we became buddies. And the few times I asked him name I would always forget. Eventually it just turned into calling him "Dude" or shit like that. I felt bad because he knew my name haha.

Falcynn

United States3597 Posts

March 16 2008 03:40 GMT

On March 16 2008 11:25 fusionsdf wrote:
I'm so used to it, it doesnt even bother me

Same with me, especially after you realize that it pretty much happens to everyone. In fact there have been many times where I can't remember a persons name and I just say "hey, I know I should know your name...but I forgot it, what is it again?" and usually they say something along the lines of "holy shit! I've been trying to remember your name this whole time too haha, my name's [whatever] by the way".

Tynuji

127 Posts

March 16 2008 03:48 GMT

#10

I called someone Chris to help me with something in my photography class and he replies:

"Okay sure, but my name is Steven."

In order not to look stupid, I said:

"I'm calling you Chris from now on."

o_O

DamageControL

United States4222 Posts

March 16 2008 04:41 GMT

#11

On March 16 2008 11:39 Gyabo wrote:
I know a girl who was in my physics class over a year ago whose told me her name several times and I still don't know what it is. How sad is that. It's some long and hard to pronounce Chinese name though.

yeah 'dans' name was something korean

ieatkids5

United States4628 Posts

March 16 2008 06:29 GMT

#12

Pretty much all Chinese names are only 2 syllables...

aeronexus

United States392 Posts

March 16 2008 08:27 GMT

#13

On March 16 2008 15:29 ieatkids5 wrote:

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Pretty much all Chinese names are only 2 syllables...

I for one do not trust people who eat children, tasty though they may be, especially with ketchup and relish... mmm...

Cube

Canada777 Posts

March 16 2008 09:28 GMT

#14

I forget names of people i talk to all the time, - i just call them "you" or "hey" until i remember.

pyrogenetix

United Arab Emirates5090 Posts

March 16 2008 13:04 GMT

#15

same for me but i think it goes for everyone, especially in uni where everyones meeting a lot of people and getting to know like 10 people everyday

DamageControL

United States4222 Posts

March 16 2008 16:47 GMT

#16

On March 16 2008 18:28 Cube wrote:
I forget names of people i talk to all the time, - i just call them "you" or "hey" until i remember.

It gets ackward after a while tho

randombum

United States2378 Posts

March 18 2008 03:11 GMT

#17

It is nothing to be embarrassed about, the second you forget their name you should go "um... I forgot their name." Anytime within the first month is acceptable. But you should do it the next time you see them. It is not difficult to ask.

That said, I seem to do this too. Its easier just to give them a nickname then. (Like I'm Chinese so ill say hey Lang-lui or lang-jai good looking girl, guy respectively.)

Scorpion

United States1974 Posts

March 18 2008 04:55 GMT

#18

I forgot my friend's name once, which is sad because we knew each other since 8th grade and I forgot his name during my junior year.

His name was Heron, but, for some reason, I guess I never really say his name a lot. We usually just go "DUDE!" and one of us is bound to turn around.

When I finally needed to call his name out, I just kind of said "Hey, you!" and fucking started laughing and said I forgot his name.

He just looked at me like "O_o Dude, Fonze, are you high?"

XD Sucks =[

Also, this girl who I met on this trip knows my name and always calls it out when she sees me, like "FONZEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!", but I don't even know her name.

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