Have you ever been out somewhere and a person comes up to you and says hello and calls you by name and you can’t begin to think of that persons name?

My parents are notorious about asking me “who is that?”.  Many times now I say to them before they have the chance “I don’t know who that is”.

I am so embarrassed that I can’t remember peoples names.

My excuse has been for years is that I work with a headset and computer in front of me and I can’t remember anything unless I have my computer in my face.  Yes, computers/databases have made me lazy when it comes to truly memorizing peoples names.

Last night while shopping at the big box store it happened to me twice.

At first I just acted like I knew the person (which I actually did) and tried to play it off.  I thought for a brief second and thought to myself –how fake! either you know the person or you don’t.

The way I handled the situation was to genuinely say “I’m embarrassed, but I can’t think of your name”.  I did that and felt much better.

People are so important to me and my family.  We love people and our relationships with various people.

One thing I am going to make a conscious effort to do is when I am in that situation to ASK their name and make another conscious effort to remember it.

What do you do when you can’t think of someone’s name and they know you?