Tonight while I was at the store, I saw a girl I graduated from high school with. I recognized her, but I usually won't say anything to someone unless they look at me and an expression of recognition comes over their face. I saw her, she saw me, nothin. Not even a flicker of familiarity. I'm not offended, we weren't best friends, we didn't hang out with any of the same people. Now that I think of it, we may have gone our whole high school career without even having a class together. So riddle me this, is it freaky that I recognize people from forever ago? I mean, this happens a lot, whether it be people from high school or even some times from elementary school. Is it weird? Is my memory for names and faces abnormal or are the people who don't recognize me the weirdos?
Maybe I just look to different, although other than my ability to grow facial hair and my inability to grow it on top of my head, I don't look that different. Huh, who knows?
3 comments:
I know exactly how you feel! I always seem to remember people but, they never remember me! I am glad someone shares this interesting trait.
P.S. I recognized you when I saw you, how could I forget one of my first friends? :)
You're not a freak. I do the exact same thing. Maybe I'm a freak. Or maybe we're both freaks.
If it makes you feel any better, I still have our 2nd grade class memorized ... in alphabetical order. I believe we had to memorize everyone's names for a quiz. We also had to memorize the spelling of Kaaiakamanu for a spelling test.
Twenty-one years later, I thank Mrs. Frankman for the beginnings of my OCD.
Who'd you see at the store?
Yeah. I have it too...except for this one time I met a guy and a few weeks later he came up to me at a V-dance and I couldn't remember his name and he remembered mine. Pretty sure I will never forget it now.
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