I apologize. Profusely. You’re not forgettable. I, more often than not, forget. I can’t remember your name. I do remember your face (except for when I don’t). Sometimes I remember the place we met and bits of our conversation. Other times I have no memory at all of meeting you. This is especially difficult and downright embarrassing when you remember my name and other details. I apologize. Profusely. You are not forgettable. I am a person who forgets. It has always been this way with my brain. Some things, even obscure or unremarkable details, I retain. Other things (like names and vital information) I forget. It is as if they’ve been erased from memory, forever. (Except for a day or a week or so later when they pop up, long after I needed them to. Thanks, brain-of-Candelaria, for the delay. It’s too late now.) I apologize and promise to: Stop pretending to remember more than I do. It would just feel better to say, “I’m so sorry, I can’t remember your name” or “I don’t remember where we met, do you?” And smile and reconnect or tick you off because I don’t remember you. Again, I apologize. You’re unforgettable except when I forget. Handling Rejection: An Inspirational Essay
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We often pretend don’t we Candelaria, when confronted by memory loss.
I am terrible with names but very good with faces, so I have to own up and tell them I have forgotten their name.
We can’t all be Einstein’s!
Love the short, sharp post.
Hugs
Peggy xxxxx
Glad to know I’m not alone. Yes, it’s better to ‘fess up.
Thanks for commenting. Hugs, back.
Where do I know you from again? Oh I forget names all the time – to the point its concerning. But I always just admit it – some people are forgettable, usually relatives I find, lol.