better at remembering guys' names or girls'?

[Alpo]

On the TV show the NPC meets a guy in a casino. The man introduces himself as Stanley Kowalski. That sounded vaguely familiar but I couldn't place it. Then he introduced the girl with him - Blanche Dubois.

 

Oh. Streetcar. That's why his name sounded familiar.

 

But if he hadn't introduce her, I would have just continued watching the show vaguely wondering why his name was familiar.

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

 

Neither.  I have the Short Term Memory of a Gnat.  A very small flighty Gnat.  If I don't write it down, it's almost instantly lost forever.

[Boggus Deal #64218]

I never forget a girl’s name. First girl I kissed 53 years ago was Dawn Knight. Second was Melissa Leachman a year later. I can’t remember the customer I sold $5000 of oil to yesterday.

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

I'm terrible with names, unless I have a particular reason to remember it, or something about it sticks because it puts me in a mind of something. Heck, the first week or two after I met my wife I didn't remember her name.

[watab kid]

19 minutes ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:

I'm terrible with names, unless I have a particular reason to remember it, or something about it sticks because it puts me in a mind of something. Heck, the first week or two after I met my wife I didn't remember her name.

me too , ive had difficulty with names all my life - as i get to know you i will remember but if its a once and done , donbt count on me remembering - ill recall your face but not the name , its been a detriment to me all my life , but then ive never been a person that trys to impress with who i know even tho ive known a lot of influential people [it no longer matters so ill say it] i had dinner with both the general of the army and the surgeon general of the army at their brothers wedding - i was his room mate at college , having said that they were not that yet as they were serving in VN at the time and their father was a colonel in Stuttgart Germany then , we had a pleasant dinner and i liked them a lot , but it was the only time i ever spent with them , 

 

life has a way of dealing out moments , sometimes we see them sometimes we just experience them , my wife and i experienced this one without realizing what might happen in the future , 

[Pat Riot]

I am also terrible with names regardless of sex. 
Funny thing is if you tell me your dog’s name I only need to hear it once and I will not forget it. 
 

An old boss I had used this trick. If you introduced yourself and told him your name he would immediately respond calling you by name before saying the rest of whatever it was he had to say.

EXAMPLE:

Stranger: ”Hi, I’m Bill. I am here to inspect your…”

My Boss “Hi Bill, I am Bob. How can I help you Bill?”

 

This trick does work for me if I decide this is a person I need to remember. 

[Chantry]

I have trouble remembering my own name sometimes, fortunately my work email and instant messenger are there remind me!

[Rye Miles #13621]

I can equally forget male or female names! 

[Alpo]

6 hours ago, Pat Riot said:

An old boss I had used this trick. If you introduced yourself and told him your name he would immediately respond calling you by name before saying the rest of whatever it was he had to say.

In the movie BLAST FROM THE PAST, Brendan Fraser uses that trick. He was introduced to two guys at a bar, and he made a point of using their names when he spoke to them, and then he said that his mother told him that that made it easier to remember people's names - if you immediately said them back.

 

I've tried it. It works.

 

What works better though is if the name means something to you. I spoke to a guy that me and the dog had spoken to occasionally for over a year. That introduced myself I said I figured after all this time we all know each other's names. He told me his name in immediately I had no problem remembering it because it was my middle name. He told me his son's name and again it was not a problem because I have an uncle named that. His daughter on the other hand - I have the damndest time remembering her name.

[Pat Riot]

4 hours ago, Chantry said:

 

I have trouble remembering my own name sometimes

 

I never had a problem with my own name. My Mom & Dad used my full name often throughout my childhood so you could say they beat it into me. 

[Stump Water]

1 hour ago, Alpo said:

In the movie BLAST FROM THE PAST, Brendan Fraser uses that trick. He was introduced to two guys at a bar, and he made a point of using their names when he spoke to them, and then he said that his mother told him that that made it easier to remember people's names - if you immediately said them back.

 

I've tried it. It works.

 

It does work.  But ya gotta remember to do it. 🙄

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

I'm terrible with names.  Great with faces, though.

[Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L]

41 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

I'm terrible with names.  Great with faces, though.

Me too

[Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001]

got some cards with pics and my name on em 

 

 that way I know who I is 

 

            

[Rip Snorter]

3 minutes ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said:

got some cards with pics and my name on em 

 

 that way I know who I is 

 

            

Cheaper to use a Sharpie on the inside of your wrist- It pays to save!

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

30 minutes ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said:

got some cards with pics and my name on em 

 

 that way I know who I is 

 

            

When I transferred from Infantry to Air Wing in The Marines, as a Corporal I was tasked with Leading the other Marines, most of whom were Privates and PFCs fresh out of Boot Camp, in the same school, Aviation Ordnance. There were about 50 or so of us. When calling roll in the morning, somebody would inevitably not here when his name was called. After about the third time calling a name and not getting a response, I'd tell the Platoon, "If you can't remember your name, look at your I.D. Card!"  

[Subdeacon Joe]

People's names are a problem.  But if a person tells me the name of their dog. It sticks like hair to velcro.

[watab kid]

i like remembering girls looks , im not so much about remembering their names - OK half thats true - i like remembering their looks and do but i still have trouble with names and i wish that was not the case - i know i already posted above in similar fashion but yes i have forgotten 'girls' names just as quickly as 'boys 'names but yes i dont forget faces quite as quickly - even after they age - i still recognize some faces - not all - but some , maybe more than some , but as im getting older i find less interest in trying to remember more , 

 

my wife mentioned a game night event here with some prominent locals ... i agreed but to be truthful im not really up to those things any,ore - i can remember but sometimes it takes a bit to diig in the dusty drawers of my mind to find that file , i guess we shall see , her freinds and my friends dont coincide and b=neither believed we existed for many years , my friends often said that - once i met her friends they said it too , that was interesting , when we first married she met all my friends and went fishing with us as well as had them in our home for a weeks visit, i met her friends and we traveled about the state seeing the sights of their youth , they grew up here - i didnt , so i learned a lot of the local conditions , 

 

but later in our lives i got into things she had no interest in and worked part time at a gunclub that developed a lot of friendships she didnt share , she got into politics and developed a lot of friends in that area , we both were aware of each others friends but didnt intermingle them much , the local POW/MIA event wads the only cross over and that was her friends crossing into mine - worked fine , then the local radio  talk show host became a shared friend  and that started to merge our friends and acquaintances , we now share both and so far so good - finally after 35 years of marriage i think all of our friends know both of us first hand whether they like us or not 

 

came back to add that my cowboy friends have noted this as well but some now know and understand 

Edited February 19 by watab kid

[Blackwater 53393]

I used to be very self conscious of my lack of ability to remember someone’s name! People would come to the stage where I was performing, introducing themselves and asking for a particular song or for an autograph, (yeah, when you’re in a big production, even the backup singers and guests get asked) and I would see them later and could not remember their name!

 

The guy who was the headliner was a good friend too and he explained that I got introduced three or four times a show and everyone heard my name! There were only half a dozen or so people on stage, so it was easy for those in the audience to remember one or two names, but absolutely impossible for me to remember everyone I met over two or three nights at two dozen different venues!

 

He also explained that he used the same trick that Pat Riot described and that it helped some!

 

I’ve tried it and it does work, short term, and in a few cases has let me avoid embarrassing myself by having to admit that I don’t remember someone’s name!

 

I now excuse myself by saying that, “I remember your face, but your name escapes me!”

 

After all these years, it still bothers me…

 

 

Edited February 19 by Blackwater 53393

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

I'm so bad at it that when I have to I simply tell people, "I'm sorry, I know that we've met, but I'm just terrible with names." Nobody's even been offended or otherwise annoyed. 

[Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001]

It is easier to say , I am not good with names 

then tell em , I just don't care 

 

            🤣

[Eyesa Horg]

The worst for me is getting introduced to 4 or 5 people at the same time. I've forgotten the first by the time I hit 4 or 5. 😕

 

Back in my younger days, I could meet someone once and remember who they were years later!

Edited February 19 by Eyesa Horg
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[Alpo]

I recall Daddy telling me one time. Said somebody come up to him and said, "how do you spell your name?"

 

He told me that what it was was the guy had forgotten his name and was ashamed to admit that, so he asked how to spell it and that way he would find out what it was.

 

And Daddy would respond, "s m i t h, just like every other Smith!"

 

Our name is not Smith.

 

Tell me you forgot my name. But don't try to trick it out of me. It annoys.

[watab kid]

i am better at remebering things about girls than i am at remembering things about guys - names aside there are a lot of things i rememvber 

[Cactus Jack Calder]

An older gentleman was being interviewed for a Human Interest story by a local TV reporter. He was describing how he had used an unusual device to rescue an animal from a life threatening situation. Unfortunately when asked by the reporter for the name of the device he had trouble remembering.

However, he told the reporter, “Just give me a few seconds. I have a memory technique that will allow me to recall the name.” He then proceeded to mumble to himself. “Let’s see, it’s red, is soft in the right places, has sharp points but it smells sweet.” Then turning to his wife and ask, “Rose, what is the name of that thingy I used to rescue that animal?”
 

Yeah, yeah. I know, I’m a smart a$$! My wife told me that years ago.  😁
 

CJ

[watab kid]

i do have to admit that these days ive remet some folks id n=met before and they obviously didnt recall , im going to attribute it to the situations when we met , and the situations now , 

 

a lot of these were business related when i was working [i also didnt have a beard or long hair ] but now im retired and look different , the other asp[ect is that for a good 20 years =possibly more my wifes circle of friends didnt know =me in some cases of me , ill say the same of my circle of friends who often told me i was imagining her , but slowly after we retired our friends started meeting both of us - it has not changed the dynamics but my friends now know she exists and her friends are learning that , im not doing well with their names but i think ill catch on ,,,,,no really cute girls that stand out and thats disapointing , i generally catch those quickly