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How good are you at remembering names?
Posted by dialoguewithyou • 10/08/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: bloggers, brain, forgetfulness, memory
Forgetting people’s names within 30 seconds of being introduced to them is something that happens all the time with me.
I was wondering how many of you share this problem with me?
What do you do in such a situation?
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Yeah, if i'm with another friend then i would ask them what the persons name was. (the person that introduced us would surely know) lol x -
not really, miss whatsername... -
Not at all...I'm still calling my sis n law ...ted's brother's wife....I hate not remembering people's names -
i hate remembering people's name...yup m good at it..but i regret it.. -
Why is that?
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bcoz i still remember my each and every ex-girlfrnd's names...
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I am terrible at remembering names, but excellent at remembering faces.-
Same as me
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I'm better with faces than names. -
Pretty good. -
If I write it down I do better, or if I hear it repeated a few times. I seem to be concentrating on a lot of other things about a person when I am first meeting them.
I have gotten good at asking: "What was your name again? I so enjoyed meeting you the other day at...." People generally will tell you their name again. -
horrible, I normally remember faces, not names LOL -
It's a lot easier to remember faces than names.-
very true...but stuttering and panicking to remember names happens just so often with me.
Check out my post on this issue:
dialoguewithyou.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-to-re-boot-your-brain.html
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I forget names sometimes but I could be excuse. In my job, I meet over a hundred people a day and everday I meet a lot of Johns, Marys, Toms, Bettys, etc. Some of the people I meet are quite special and their name sticks in my head but like Onchong, it's easier for me to remember faces than their names. -
I'm terrible at remembering names so I do word association to help me remember...for example someone named Mike likes to cook so I picture Mike with a chef's hat on with Mike printed on his hat!
Corny but it works....I always remember faces~-
Word association....is a great tip.
Whenever I've been quick enough (cause I tend to forget names almost the very next second from hearing it) to associate the name with something easy to recall, I've done much better than I usually do.
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When I don't remember someone's name, I have to wait patiently ... for someone else to use the name.
I'll sometimes confuse the names with some that fit better, because the actual ones don't quite work. -
Terrible. And every day it gets worse. It's my age, gray cells rapidly dying. I laugh out loud, because the pauses in my conversation really strike me as funny. The odd thing is I can say someone's name one second and literally forget it the next. Dementia, here I come! -
Horrible horrible horrid....
I say 15 names before I get to the right one when yelling at my daughter.
ROFLMAO!
OOh oooh - But I have an uncanny recollection for voices (and strangely HOUSE STRUCTURE LAYOUTS... )-
Am already feeling much better after hearing from all my mates here....am not the only one who keeps forgetting names
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I remember names, but not faces. It's bloody useless having a collection of names and nobody to use them on. (That's why I like the net, you're all wearing name tags.)
Give you an example of how much I suck with faces: I started my studies one beautiful August 15th. (I can't really recall if it was beautiful, but let's, for the sake of the story claim it was, because nothing else worth mentioning happened that day.) Then, on October 30th, I walked to my class room only to find the door locked with a note that says: "Please join me in room 34" and signed by the teacher. A young fellow that had walked in just behind me commented on the note: "Oh, I see our class is moved." I looked at him, and I could have sworn I had never seen him before in my life. I later learned that he had started school in my class on August 15th that year.
A good friend of mine knows this of me, and she once saved my face when we were walking through our town and another class mate of mine, not hers, she had only seen him once, was walking towards us. She goes: "The guy there in a black coat is one of your class mates. Be prepared to say hello."
The sad thing is that these guys were actually kind of cute. Especially the later mentioned.
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I have never had this problem. For some reason, I have a photographic memory when it comes to people's names. I generally have a great memory anyway so that might be it.-
Wow! it must be amazing to remember all you see,hear or read at all times.
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I'm terrible at times. I mostly have to say someones name at least 3 times to remember it. -
I'm hard to remember names and numbers, but i always remember faces
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say .."Hey...buddy!!! long time no see..
1)I aint got your cell number."
2)How ya spell your name?
cleann...-
hahaha
i do same way... -
good one
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I am horrible with names and it's usually because I give them another name in my head (I tend to rename people I meet based upon who they remind me of). I either avoid using their name or just apologize for my forgetfulness and ask them for it again. -
I think everyone should be required to wear name tags.-
good idea
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I remember names on a mathematical equation of whether I will ever need to see them again. Of course, probability is not perfect, and I've bumped into neighbor's 2 years ago super bowl party guest's girlfriend at the grocery store. She said "Hey Beer Drinker" (which is when i looked at Polybore to ask him why we talk about ourselves like were aren't in the room) and I say Hey. Period.
I've gone on to ask the hot chicks what their names are again or ask other people nearby to introduce themselves to get the name for me again. Seems to work. -
you could do like Michael from the office and assign each person you meet an insulting nugget ...
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