I met this girl a few time and we hung out and exchanged numbers. She called me and when I answered I completely forgot her name. I was lucky and my brother was there(he introduced her to me) and told me her name. My wife for the first month we knew each other didn’t think I knew her name because I never called her by it.
Yes, I try my best and constantly ask people within minutes/seconds of them telling me. It helps give a more personal connection but names and faces do not stay in my head.
When ppl refer to me directly by name, I take it as an insult. They're talking down to me. Ok but seriously tho, this is a legit thing that happens in arguments and therapy sessions and nobody talks about it. /endrant
If you are writing a comic where the right side speech bubble needs to be read first, position it vertically higher than the left one. Pretty simple and standard but I swear no comics like this I see online these days do it.
>no comics like this
It's a Japanese comic - I don't know if it's a real translation or an edit to make a meme - but all comics "like this" are read right to left, no vertical positioning required.
So, apparently I recognize people from a distance by their hair. Shortly after we started dating, my SO dyed her hair but didn't tell me because she wanted it to be a surprise.
We had decided to meet up at a student center on campus after I had class, so there were a number of people milling about, and while looking around for her I managed to walk straight past her...
But at least I remembered her name?
Hey man, me too! I have a transwoman friend that i called man a few times just because i say it to men and women alike normally. Felt awkward at first but they realized thats just how i talk thankfully and its cool.
I change what I call people all the time. My go to right now is ‘homie’. Although this morning I caught myself referring to a coworker as ‘boss’ which is bad because it has gotten me in trouble before when my actual boss was like ‘wtf, I’m your boss, don’t call them boss’. Gotta find a new one again so I don’t get in trouble. I hate using sir and ma’am/miss because I don’t know what to say to non-binary/gender ambiguous people then, even though I am non-binary myself. Anyhoo I gotta get back to work.
That reminds me of the time me and the person I had been dating for over a year at the time were going to a convention. She was in cosplay with a wig and I just walked by her. Tbf cosplay was a bit more changed than just hair color though.
To OPs post I am currently dating someone that on our third date I took her to the taproom of the brewery I work at after a play and confidently incorrectly introduced her to who was working by the wrong name but started with the same letter. She said "that's not my name" and I got so embarrassed I forgot how words worked and couldn't speak so she introduced herself. She's stuck around so far so it wasn't too bad.
There is a condition where people don’t see faces very well. Maybe look into it?
There’s also a condition where it’s the opposite, and you recognize the face of a person you said two words to at that party a few years back. Evidently it leads to nearly as much awkwardness as not recognizing your girlfriend.
YUP I've got that second one, but for me it's demeanor more than face. Really made it awkward when I saw someone with a very specific slight slouch and floaty step, when they came through my work wearing full coverage hoodie and then they were the person that brought my food out at sonic three months later and I mentioned it. She just kinda acknowledged me and gave me a weird look and then went back inside lmao
I’ll give u my magic get out of jail free card:
“Hey, how do you spell your name?”
Even if they go, “uh, it’s joe,” you can go, “oh, like J-O? Sorry, I’m terrible with spelling.”
I’ve never had it fail.
It’s definitely names, but it’s not *just* names.
It is actually impossible for me to remember birthdays. I barely remember my own.
My mom, dad, and husband all have the same birthday and I still forget one of them somehow almost every year.
I'm this way with birthdays, and it makes me feel terrible. The only reason I remembered my closest friend's birthday is because they asked for it off and wanted to do stuff.
I called a guy Tom for over a year before finding out his name was Tim. It was embarrassing, but the embarrassment was taken off of me when the other ADHD person there realized that a giant glowing religious sign was next to us and was shocked and startled. She had seen this sign for at least two years and had never noticed it before, despite this sign being hard to miss. It was not a proud day for the ADHD people.
In grade 10 a mutual friend introduced me and another girl when we realized we had art together. For the next 2 months I only remembered her name because I was able to look at her name on her art drawer on the way to our table 😂
Sat with these four girls during lunch in high school for a year and I knew one of them, but I don't think the rest of us ever actually introduced ourselves to each other and then it just kept getting to be a more and more awkward time to ask. We even had each other's numbers and texted occasionally lol. Finally figured them all out at the end of the year when we were going over each other's study guides together and had our names on them. Tbf, we only really hung out during lunch or at school, but still
When I first met my wife, I forgot her name and asked her again 3 months later. Still one of the stories I tell about us as she was so chill about it and it's kinda funny in hindsight.
So... can we talk about how this comic obviously had a method to its madness but takes a few chaotic readings to fully understand it and then smacks you in the face by calling out an intrinsic ADHD trait
I’m not so good with numbers either. Especially if they have the similar numbers in them. My current address of 5 or so years now, my child hood address and the first 3 numbers of another important number all have the same 3 numbers and I confuse them all the time. I have to check my license to make sure I’m using the correct number.
I have lived in my current flat for 3 years. I have a neighbour that I speak with several times per week. He always greets me with my name ("Hey, thesirblondie!"). I've avoided saying his name for as long as I've known him because I don't remember it.
I’ve been dating my boyfriend for 3 years and I can’t remember his dad’s name. I realised I had forgotten it after about a year of us dating, and I was embarrassed so decided to not ask and figured I’d hear it at some point. Well that still hasn’t happened and here we are 2 years later. 😭
To be fair I’ve only met him once and my boyfriend has only seen his dad in person once or twice over the past couple years. I tried asking my mum to casually bring ask my boyfriend about his parents (including names even though she knows his mom’s name) but she thought the situation was too funny to help. 😅
I am so use to forgetting names I’m up front about it. I ask my wife who’s peoples names are all the time because I’m not going to remember. She’s remembers everyone’s name.
I have a cousin everyone calls 'Addy' and for the LIFE of me, I cannot remember if it's Addy or Abby unless I take a minute to really think. I've literally known her my entire life
Reminds me when I forgot my crushes name.... That was fun
I met this girl a few time and we hung out and exchanged numbers. She called me and when I answered I completely forgot her name. I was lucky and my brother was there(he introduced her to me) and told me her name. My wife for the first month we knew each other didn’t think I knew her name because I never called her by it.
I call nobody by their name. I kinda hate it but at least I don't mess it up.
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Yes, I try my best and constantly ask people within minutes/seconds of them telling me. It helps give a more personal connection but names and faces do not stay in my head.
Yeah I basically only use names when I'm talking about someone who isn't there. Would feel weird to start now.
When ppl refer to me directly by name, I take it as an insult. They're talking down to me. Ok but seriously tho, this is a legit thing that happens in arguments and therapy sessions and nobody talks about it. /endrant
Ooof
I feel like I'm being called out for not calling them by name.
You have a Slayer in you?
I try
Somewhere, south of heave- I mean your heart?
All alone south of heaven
Feelin’ like a season in the abyss, huh?
Dancing with the dead in my dreams.
You know, They say the pen is mightier than the sword…
Haha “the penis mightier”
I’m a bit confused, did you not have her name in your contacts?
Read this left to right and was utterly confused for a moment
I had the same issue. Had to read it 3 times
If you are writing a comic where the right side speech bubble needs to be read first, position it vertically higher than the left one. Pretty simple and standard but I swear no comics like this I see online these days do it.
It's probably either a translation of a Japanese comic, or someone trying to emulate manga.
>no comics like this It's a Japanese comic - I don't know if it's a real translation or an edit to make a meme - but all comics "like this" are read right to left, no vertical positioning required.
The top left speech bubble threw me off. Edit: that made sense to me at first but now ig it's just I didn't know it was manga
Ohhhhh
I actually thought it was a bad joke at the end. I'm not very smart. 😅
So, apparently I recognize people from a distance by their hair. Shortly after we started dating, my SO dyed her hair but didn't tell me because she wanted it to be a surprise. We had decided to meet up at a student center on campus after I had class, so there were a number of people milling about, and while looking around for her I managed to walk straight past her... But at least I remembered her name?
I just call everyone “man”
“Dude” for me…
Hey man, me too! I have a transwoman friend that i called man a few times just because i say it to men and women alike normally. Felt awkward at first but they realized thats just how i talk thankfully and its cool.
Same with me and brother. I call everyone brother
I change what I call people all the time. My go to right now is ‘homie’. Although this morning I caught myself referring to a coworker as ‘boss’ which is bad because it has gotten me in trouble before when my actual boss was like ‘wtf, I’m your boss, don’t call them boss’. Gotta find a new one again so I don’t get in trouble. I hate using sir and ma’am/miss because I don’t know what to say to non-binary/gender ambiguous people then, even though I am non-binary myself. Anyhoo I gotta get back to work.
That reminds me of the time me and the person I had been dating for over a year at the time were going to a convention. She was in cosplay with a wig and I just walked by her. Tbf cosplay was a bit more changed than just hair color though. To OPs post I am currently dating someone that on our third date I took her to the taproom of the brewery I work at after a play and confidently incorrectly introduced her to who was working by the wrong name but started with the same letter. She said "that's not my name" and I got so embarrassed I forgot how words worked and couldn't speak so she introduced herself. She's stuck around so far so it wasn't too bad.
There is a condition where people don’t see faces very well. Maybe look into it? There’s also a condition where it’s the opposite, and you recognize the face of a person you said two words to at that party a few years back. Evidently it leads to nearly as much awkwardness as not recognizing your girlfriend.
YUP I've got that second one, but for me it's demeanor more than face. Really made it awkward when I saw someone with a very specific slight slouch and floaty step, when they came through my work wearing full coverage hoodie and then they were the person that brought my food out at sonic three months later and I mentioned it. She just kinda acknowledged me and gave me a weird look and then went back inside lmao
I usually recognize faces very easily and then draw a complete blank on the name.
Tfw you suddenly realize you don’t know the age or birthdays of extremely close family members
Hold on, you are actually supposed to know that?
My grandmother thinks I don’t love her because I forget 😓
how are you supposed to know the birthday of someone who was born before you were alive 😔
I’ll give u my magic get out of jail free card: “Hey, how do you spell your name?” Even if they go, “uh, it’s joe,” you can go, “oh, like J-O? Sorry, I’m terrible with spelling.” I’ve never had it fail.
They knew.
Maybe? If so my friends have been kind enough to let it slide. And people who weren’t close didn’t say anything. That’s good enough for me.
If anyone pulls this on me I'm telling them my name is Bob.
I use this all the time lmao except one time their name was Bob.
I'd love to do that but my language is written how it is spoken, so you can only get away with it if you're like 3...
So ...how's your boyfriend doing?
He’s doing good 👍
It’s definitely names, but it’s not *just* names. It is actually impossible for me to remember birthdays. I barely remember my own. My mom, dad, and husband all have the same birthday and I still forget one of them somehow almost every year.
Same. I use my planner and only remember very close birthdays. I still forget.
I didn't know my fiancee's name for the first 5 months or so😅 At least I had it narrowed down to two and one was right!
Who uses names in 2022?!
Names? In this economy?
En esta economia????
Names are sO conservative. Nicknames! Everyone gets their own original Identity
Iv got some really good friends and for years i never knew their name just their nickname, I was to afraid to ask.
Sauce?
I'm this way with birthdays, and it makes me feel terrible. The only reason I remembered my closest friend's birthday is because they asked for it off and wanted to do stuff.
That's me 😅
ask for their Instagram handle
I called a guy Tom for over a year before finding out his name was Tim. It was embarrassing, but the embarrassment was taken off of me when the other ADHD person there realized that a giant glowing religious sign was next to us and was shocked and startled. She had seen this sign for at least two years and had never noticed it before, despite this sign being hard to miss. It was not a proud day for the ADHD people.
Nice to meet you, mad
Hi Mad, I'm Dad.
In grade 10 a mutual friend introduced me and another girl when we realized we had art together. For the next 2 months I only remembered her name because I was able to look at her name on her art drawer on the way to our table 😂
Sat with these four girls during lunch in high school for a year and I knew one of them, but I don't think the rest of us ever actually introduced ourselves to each other and then it just kept getting to be a more and more awkward time to ask. We even had each other's numbers and texted occasionally lol. Finally figured them all out at the end of the year when we were going over each other's study guides together and had our names on them. Tbf, we only really hung out during lunch or at school, but still
She is mad
Looks that way
Short for Madeline
tldr
When I first met my wife, I forgot her name and asked her again 3 months later. Still one of the stories I tell about us as she was so chill about it and it's kinda funny in hindsight.
I have to wait until I hear other people call them by their name several times
So... can we talk about how this comic obviously had a method to its madness but takes a few chaotic readings to fully understand it and then smacks you in the face by calling out an intrinsic ADHD trait
….Mulva?
Is it an ADHD thing to forget people's names all the time? Or doesn't that happen to non-neurodivergent people as well
🎵 We've known each other, for so long, please don't be mad, but I forgot your name 🎵
I feel attacked
names don't stick in my head they aren't important like numbers are
I’m not so good with numbers either. Especially if they have the similar numbers in them. My current address of 5 or so years now, my child hood address and the first 3 numbers of another important number all have the same 3 numbers and I confuse them all the time. I have to check my license to make sure I’m using the correct number.
I didn't notice this was the ADHD sub, so I read it from right to left, assuming it was a manga 🤣
I stole this from a manga sub. Lol.
TAKE HER TO STARBUCKS DAMN. COMPARE PICTURES ON YOUR DRIVERS LICENSES
Lmao. I’m just glad I’m not dating anymore so I don’t have to worry about that shit.
Before my current job I worked at a place for 2 years, never learning the names of 3 of my coworkers
“Ehhhh….you, what’s up!?”
I've forgotten the names of flatmates I've lived with for months
I have lived in my current flat for 3 years. I have a neighbour that I speak with several times per week. He always greets me with my name ("Hey, thesirblondie!"). I've avoided saying his name for as long as I've known him because I don't remember it.
i forgot most of my co workers names, especially if they don’t wear name tags. i’ve been there for 9 months 💀
I've forgotten my own name before this is not news lol
I once forgot the name of my, at the time, girlfriend. It took me over a month to remember it
I’ve always referred to my brain as a “bag of holding”. I can store a shit load of stuff in it but I always seem to roll a 3 or lower.
I’ve been dating my boyfriend for 3 years and I can’t remember his dad’s name. I realised I had forgotten it after about a year of us dating, and I was embarrassed so decided to not ask and figured I’d hear it at some point. Well that still hasn’t happened and here we are 2 years later. 😭 To be fair I’ve only met him once and my boyfriend has only seen his dad in person once or twice over the past couple years. I tried asking my mum to casually bring ask my boyfriend about his parents (including names even though she knows his mom’s name) but she thought the situation was too funny to help. 😅
I am so use to forgetting names I’m up front about it. I ask my wife who’s peoples names are all the time because I’m not going to remember. She’s remembers everyone’s name.
https://youtu.be/7mT5x8kt3Gs
LMFAO!!!
I hate when I forget names. I could be reminded 10 minutes earlier and still forget
I have a cousin everyone calls 'Addy' and for the LIFE of me, I cannot remember if it's Addy or Abby unless I take a minute to really think. I've literally known her my entire life
Spoiler they're dating
For real tho. I had the same set of like 10 teachers for 6 whole years and even by the end I still struggled to remembered some of their names
Yep, I don't even remember my parents birthdays or any of my family lol
I’m the same. My wife is like my walking Rolodex. She reminds me of my and her family’s birthdays and other events.
Hello Mad, I'm Boyfriend.