Starting to scare myself

[IAM-LDS-2]

Yesterday while at a car show a guy walks up to me and says hello and calls me by my name . I'm looking at him and I realize I have no clue who he is . So I ask " do I know you ? ". He says " yes we have met and talked 4-5 times before " . More and more stuff seems to be missing from my recall bin . I just kinda shrug and sometimes make fun of myself when it happens , which seems to be more often lately . Hope it's just a sign of normal aging . I hope I'm not the only one experiencing this . You know the old misery likes company saying .How are you older guys guys handling this or am I alone .

 

[CR55]

You're not alone!! It's happened to me a few times and I'm still wondering how I know them.. maybe it's something in the Delaware water..

 

[kenny c]

it's not just the water in delaware . i have the same symptom, i think it's brought on by eating birthday cake.

 

[26Troadster]

there's times i wish i could forget some of them.

 

[cycledog]

Unfortunately I have an eidetic memory. More of a curse than a blessing.

 

[Tripper]

Tell me about it! I went to a company party with lots of our clients & people were constantly saying hi & calling me by name. I had NO clue who most of them were. I'm typically bad with names but pretty good with faces but I was totally clueless. I just returned their "hi" & kept on truckin'! [ddd[S

BoB

 

[RPM]

I have the same problem. Normal. for getting older I hope

 

[maverickmk]

there's times i wish i could forget some of them.

LOL, no kidding

Although my wife swears I have a selective memory [S

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

there's times i wish i could forget some of them.

Likewise, I wish some would forget they "know" me.

Of course, it's easier to remember a name when the face is, how should I say this... striking.

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[maverickmk]

Likewise, I wish some would forget they "know" me.

Of course, it's easier to remember a name when the face is, how should I say this... striking.

.

You'll never forget her name

 

[striptnut]

Yesterday while at a car show a guy walks up to me and says hello and calls me by my name . I'm looking at him and I realize I have no clue who he is . So I ask " do I know you ? ". He says " yes we have met and talked 4-5 times before " . More and more stuff seems to be missing from my recall bin . I just kinda shrug and sometimes make fun of myself when it happens , which seems to be more often lately . Hope it's just a sign of normal aging . I hope I'm not the only one experiencing this . You know the old misery likes company saying .How are you older guys guys handling this or am I alone .

* Yup ! Ive done this a few times myself! Atleast I think Ive done this before. Tell ya the truth- Im not sure, I cant remember.

 

[26Troadster]

You'll never forget her name

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[shakey56]

NO.....!

Not me! I never forget ....after we've met 30-40 times and maybe they've given me blood...or pulled me from a raging river.....I always remember them....everytime....almost.


Signed; Uhhhh....ME.

 

[Stroker McGurk]

I usually remember who they are after I embarrass myself and
they are walking away.......

 

[sgtpontiac]

Not really old age....

I've noticed lately that things that either are not truly important or that really interest me are the things I forgot the most...like that guy you've met before 4 or 5 times...if he was really something you wanted to remember, you would....or that conversation that your wife says she had with you that you don't recall....or that .........where the heck was I going with this??? Oh yeah....some things are just not high priority.....so you don't store them away anymore....I believe that is more the issue....what you wouldn't forget before but wasn't really important....are now the things you don't worry about enough to remember......

 

[GJunktionMike]

Well darn, I started reading at the first post and by the time I got to the end I forgot what the topic was [S

 

[earthman]

I don't have that problem, no one remembers my name. Sometimes when they ask my name to call me when the fast food is ready i tell them it's SATAN! (with a straight face)
Try it, it's hilarious (Billy will do it)

 

[UncleDonnie]

SSDD

I run across people I worked with at Boeing 30 years ago that still remember me and I'm clueless. It turns out we were good workplace friends and on the same crew for a year.

One of the reasons I'm unforgettable to these people was my drinking, it was a big time merit badge to live through going drinking with me after work.

After dying for an hour 2 1/2 years ago the doc was sure I was going to be a veg from lack of O2 but I'm here. Short term memory has taken a hit it I've noticed. Now some movies are almost new and unseen to me.

I may go over to the garden paver thread and talk about the medical stuff giving out. Hip so bad I had to sell all my manual shift rigs.

We outta have a meet n greet so we can compare surgery scares and medications.

Don