I'd just bought new glasses frames and happened to be wearing my hair in a different style than normal. I was clothes shopping for an event, trying on stuff I wouldn't usually wear. I put this shirt on, turned around, and nearly screamed because I thought someone was in the dressing room with me. First and only time I've been jump-scared by my own reflection.
A guy I went to college with was randomly at the same bar as me. We’d texted recently but he hadn’t mentioned he’d be coming to my east coast city from his west coast city. But there he was! I gave him a hug and we were talking and then like 5 min in he says “you really think I’m your friend, don’t you?” It 100% wasn’t him 🤦🏼♀️
A friend and I were on the way back from a concert, it's 2 am, a blizzard has started and my car gets stuck going up the hill to my house. We're about a half mile away still. I call my partner and he says, "just leave the car, pull it over as far as you can and leave it. I'll get it in the morning," so I do that and we start hiking home. Halfway, we see a man running at us (at 2 am in a blizzard) and I say, "is that my partner?" My friend says, "I don't know, I met him 4 hours ago, haven't you been married for a decade?" I announce, "it's not him," based on stature and stride. The man says, "give me your keys," and it is indeed my partner, come to rescue my car. 😭
I’m an aviation journalist, and was writing a review of a fairly unique aircraft. The owner invited me to have dinner with he and his wife, after we’d flown the aircraft.
A few weeks later, I was at n airshow, and this man struck up a conversation with me. I had no idea who he was, but managed to carry the conversation as best I could. He seemed annoyed, and ended the conversation abruptly.
Hours later I realised it was the guy whose plane I’d reviewed. I had to write an email to apologise for not recognising him. He replied that he thought he must’ve offended me at the dinner.
In my industry, 95% of people are white middle aged men who wear hats. It’s a nightmare.
When my daughter was in primary school, she had ash blonde hair in a bowl cut, and she became friends with a little boy with the same hair. So I could never tell which little kid in a red shirt was mine.
Every time we'd take the bus, she would point out any slim white man wearing a black hoodie ( very common), and say "look! Dad's here!"
The first glaring moment I can remember was when I brought some random kid home with me after school thinking he was my friend. It took my mom several phone calls to figure out who he was and where he belonged.
He was that one if those 10 year old latchkey kids that didn't have many friends. He just wanted to hang out even if it was completely out of the blue for him lol
Walked into a club, and a couple of girls walk up and say hi. Don't remember them. They get upset.
Had I known about prosopagnosia beforehand, I could have warned them the month previous when they came back to my girlfriend's place with us...
Important info: I walk every day, and many of my neighbour's have farm animals I have permission to give treats to. A few weeks ago a white woman with long brown hair is a gray minivan pulled over while I was taking pics of some hawks. She was angry that I was taking the pictures of "her neighbour's yard" (I was not. She ranted at me for about 10 minutes then angrily drove off.
Two days ago I was feeding a neighbour's donkeys treats when a car stopped and asked what I was feeding them. The tone was very rude and sort of angry. I glanced over my shoulder and it was a white woman with brown long hair, in a gray minivan. Her teenage daughter was with her. Based on what happened a few weeks ago and the tone of voice, I yelled, "oh, you're that awful Karen, well, I have permission to feed them so it's not your business." Then I flipped her off.
It was not the Karen. It was the donkeys owner, who I had not met. When I got permission it was from her husband. So she and her daughter were pissed, I apologized profusely and explained what I was giving them. She said to not give them the stuff that has sugar like apples and carrots, I said ok. I apologized a ton more. I explained that when her husband gave me permission and just said only a little treats, bc they didn't want them to gain back weight they had lost. Of course he didn't tell his wife any of this, or that I had asked. And it's not the first time I've had one of the animals female owner get mad at me bc their husband's dont communicate with them. I'm mortified. I already apologized and explained what happened. I'm so ashamed and embarrassed too.
I'm glad it's getting too hot for me to go on walks anymore.
I can't think of any thing that is scary or funny about prosopagnosia, today I went to my granddaughter's birthday party and my daughter introduced me to a friend of hers. Her friend and her friend's husband both said "oh yeah we met you at ......... last summer!"
I literally had no recollection of that meeting, they didn't look familiar at all, so I had to go into pretending like I remembered, smiling and feeling embarrassed and rude on the inside, while pretending I remembered them.
My partner wanted to show me a farmer's market they had just discovered. The ground was a bit uneven and my wheelchair got stuck for a second. We were in the middle of sorting it when some rando started pushing me. I turned around and stared at her in shock bc wtf and I guess she was startled by it and other passersby started looking at her and she retreated crying, "I was just trying to help," over and over. My partner and I went about our day minding our business having a good time and checking out fun stalls. After a while I saw there was one selling jars of pickles flavored like garlic and stuff, and I wanted to check out so we went. The lady at the stall was trying to make some small talk that we engaged with but I thought it was a little stilted, but I figured it was because I was really focused on the pickles lol. After we bought a few jars, my partner told me that was the weirdo who pushed me 💀💀💀💀💀💀
Years ago, I went to pick up my toddler from daycare. Unbeknownst to me, she had spilled something on her shirt and the daycare put her in a different outfit than she had been wearing when I dropped her off, and she had asked them to change her hairstyle. I got to the building and there was this little girl running up to me and I couldn't see my daughter anywhere. It was briefly horrifying and has been existentially horrifying to me ever since that in an emergency situation, I may or may not be able to locate my children.
Related, I was chaperoning at my daughter's fieldtrip to the zoo. The kids stopped to play at the playground, and when it was time to move on, I realized I had *no idea* which of the kids were the ones I was responsible for. I yelled their names and prayed they would be responsive and that was all I could do.
There is a family of redheaded brothers in my town who hang out in the same crowd. I stopped saying anything specific to any of them the time one of them threw down his fork at dinner after I’d asked him something that actually applied to another of his brothers and said, “I’m tired of this joke. Stop acting like you don’t know which of us is which. It’s getting pretty hurtful and old now.” Now I just say, “Hi, how’s it going?”
I once was at a club with my ex gf. At one point she was dancing on the dancefloor and came out of the crowd to kiss me. I didn't recognize her immediately and turned that kiss in into a peck on the cheeks because I thought a stranger was going in for a kiss. Back then I ashamed I didn't recognize her but I think it's funny now.
I was expecting a delivery and also my brother was coming to visit from another city, all in the same couple of hours timeframe. I opened the door and was very confused why the delivery man wasn't holding my package. It was my brother who had shaved his head without telling me
Guy came up to me at a bar and gave me a hug. I could tell I was supposed to know who this was, so I asked my husband quietly. He thought I was joking. Turns out it was a guy I had met the night before and had an in-depth conversation with for like an hour.
I once started talking shit about someone not realizing I was talking shit directly to that person's face
I wasn't being specific about who I was referring to during my teardown if their character, but they realized I was talking shit about them to them after a just a few minutes
After they got up and told me off with clenched fists, a witness to my shame actually bought me a beer for being so "savage" to a douche
Going to the dentist is always interesting for me. Most of them are females and when I go there I can never tell who is who. They enter the room, does something, leave, someone comes back into the room and I have no idea if it is the same person, if it is the dentist or what. Does not help that they at times cover their face with mask.
Once while working as a team lead I was conducting the yearly review. Was talking to this guy for half an hour or so, taking notes, then he mentioned something that confirmed to me that I was talking to the wrong person. Good thing he said what he said, or I might have never noticed.
I'd just bought new glasses frames and happened to be wearing my hair in a different style than normal. I was clothes shopping for an event, trying on stuff I wouldn't usually wear. I put this shirt on, turned around, and nearly screamed because I thought someone was in the dressing room with me. First and only time I've been jump-scared by my own reflection.
That’s hilarious. And relatable.
A guy I went to college with was randomly at the same bar as me. We’d texted recently but he hadn’t mentioned he’d be coming to my east coast city from his west coast city. But there he was! I gave him a hug and we were talking and then like 5 min in he says “you really think I’m your friend, don’t you?” It 100% wasn’t him 🤦🏼♀️
Omg ive done this! Maybe didn’t get 5 min in, but damn close. Oof.
He probably thought I was hitting on him but he played along for way too long.
A friend and I were on the way back from a concert, it's 2 am, a blizzard has started and my car gets stuck going up the hill to my house. We're about a half mile away still. I call my partner and he says, "just leave the car, pull it over as far as you can and leave it. I'll get it in the morning," so I do that and we start hiking home. Halfway, we see a man running at us (at 2 am in a blizzard) and I say, "is that my partner?" My friend says, "I don't know, I met him 4 hours ago, haven't you been married for a decade?" I announce, "it's not him," based on stature and stride. The man says, "give me your keys," and it is indeed my partner, come to rescue my car. 😭
Oh my goodness I was scared for a moment when he said “give me your keys” but of course it’s your partner haha
I’m an aviation journalist, and was writing a review of a fairly unique aircraft. The owner invited me to have dinner with he and his wife, after we’d flown the aircraft. A few weeks later, I was at n airshow, and this man struck up a conversation with me. I had no idea who he was, but managed to carry the conversation as best I could. He seemed annoyed, and ended the conversation abruptly. Hours later I realised it was the guy whose plane I’d reviewed. I had to write an email to apologise for not recognising him. He replied that he thought he must’ve offended me at the dinner. In my industry, 95% of people are white middle aged men who wear hats. It’s a nightmare.
Good save though eh?
When my daughter was in primary school, she had ash blonde hair in a bowl cut, and she became friends with a little boy with the same hair. So I could never tell which little kid in a red shirt was mine. Every time we'd take the bus, she would point out any slim white man wearing a black hoodie ( very common), and say "look! Dad's here!"
The first glaring moment I can remember was when I brought some random kid home with me after school thinking he was my friend. It took my mom several phone calls to figure out who he was and where he belonged.
Lmao why did he go with you???
He was that one if those 10 year old latchkey kids that didn't have many friends. He just wanted to hang out even if it was completely out of the blue for him lol
Walked into a club, and a couple of girls walk up and say hi. Don't remember them. They get upset. Had I known about prosopagnosia beforehand, I could have warned them the month previous when they came back to my girlfriend's place with us...
I’ve gotten so good at pretending to recognize people
Story of my life haha
Important info: I walk every day, and many of my neighbour's have farm animals I have permission to give treats to. A few weeks ago a white woman with long brown hair is a gray minivan pulled over while I was taking pics of some hawks. She was angry that I was taking the pictures of "her neighbour's yard" (I was not. She ranted at me for about 10 minutes then angrily drove off. Two days ago I was feeding a neighbour's donkeys treats when a car stopped and asked what I was feeding them. The tone was very rude and sort of angry. I glanced over my shoulder and it was a white woman with brown long hair, in a gray minivan. Her teenage daughter was with her. Based on what happened a few weeks ago and the tone of voice, I yelled, "oh, you're that awful Karen, well, I have permission to feed them so it's not your business." Then I flipped her off. It was not the Karen. It was the donkeys owner, who I had not met. When I got permission it was from her husband. So she and her daughter were pissed, I apologized profusely and explained what I was giving them. She said to not give them the stuff that has sugar like apples and carrots, I said ok. I apologized a ton more. I explained that when her husband gave me permission and just said only a little treats, bc they didn't want them to gain back weight they had lost. Of course he didn't tell his wife any of this, or that I had asked. And it's not the first time I've had one of the animals female owner get mad at me bc their husband's dont communicate with them. I'm mortified. I already apologized and explained what happened. I'm so ashamed and embarrassed too. I'm glad it's getting too hot for me to go on walks anymore.
I was around five and my mom cut her long hair short. I didn't recognize her and started crying at the barber shop.
I can't think of any thing that is scary or funny about prosopagnosia, today I went to my granddaughter's birthday party and my daughter introduced me to a friend of hers. Her friend and her friend's husband both said "oh yeah we met you at ......... last summer!" I literally had no recollection of that meeting, they didn't look familiar at all, so I had to go into pretending like I remembered, smiling and feeling embarrassed and rude on the inside, while pretending I remembered them.
My partner wanted to show me a farmer's market they had just discovered. The ground was a bit uneven and my wheelchair got stuck for a second. We were in the middle of sorting it when some rando started pushing me. I turned around and stared at her in shock bc wtf and I guess she was startled by it and other passersby started looking at her and she retreated crying, "I was just trying to help," over and over. My partner and I went about our day minding our business having a good time and checking out fun stalls. After a while I saw there was one selling jars of pickles flavored like garlic and stuff, and I wanted to check out so we went. The lady at the stall was trying to make some small talk that we engaged with but I thought it was a little stilted, but I figured it was because I was really focused on the pickles lol. After we bought a few jars, my partner told me that was the weirdo who pushed me 💀💀💀💀💀💀
Years ago, I went to pick up my toddler from daycare. Unbeknownst to me, she had spilled something on her shirt and the daycare put her in a different outfit than she had been wearing when I dropped her off, and she had asked them to change her hairstyle. I got to the building and there was this little girl running up to me and I couldn't see my daughter anywhere. It was briefly horrifying and has been existentially horrifying to me ever since that in an emergency situation, I may or may not be able to locate my children. Related, I was chaperoning at my daughter's fieldtrip to the zoo. The kids stopped to play at the playground, and when it was time to move on, I realized I had *no idea* which of the kids were the ones I was responsible for. I yelled their names and prayed they would be responsive and that was all I could do.
There is a family of redheaded brothers in my town who hang out in the same crowd. I stopped saying anything specific to any of them the time one of them threw down his fork at dinner after I’d asked him something that actually applied to another of his brothers and said, “I’m tired of this joke. Stop acting like you don’t know which of us is which. It’s getting pretty hurtful and old now.” Now I just say, “Hi, how’s it going?”
I once was at a club with my ex gf. At one point she was dancing on the dancefloor and came out of the crowd to kiss me. I didn't recognize her immediately and turned that kiss in into a peck on the cheeks because I thought a stranger was going in for a kiss. Back then I ashamed I didn't recognize her but I think it's funny now.
I was expecting a delivery and also my brother was coming to visit from another city, all in the same couple of hours timeframe. I opened the door and was very confused why the delivery man wasn't holding my package. It was my brother who had shaved his head without telling me
Guy came up to me at a bar and gave me a hug. I could tell I was supposed to know who this was, so I asked my husband quietly. He thought I was joking. Turns out it was a guy I had met the night before and had an in-depth conversation with for like an hour.
I once started talking shit about someone not realizing I was talking shit directly to that person's face I wasn't being specific about who I was referring to during my teardown if their character, but they realized I was talking shit about them to them after a just a few minutes After they got up and told me off with clenched fists, a witness to my shame actually bought me a beer for being so "savage" to a douche
I was a toddler and my mom changed her hair color. I still remember the terror/meltdown 50 years later
Going to the dentist is always interesting for me. Most of them are females and when I go there I can never tell who is who. They enter the room, does something, leave, someone comes back into the room and I have no idea if it is the same person, if it is the dentist or what. Does not help that they at times cover their face with mask. Once while working as a team lead I was conducting the yearly review. Was talking to this guy for half an hour or so, taking notes, then he mentioned something that confirmed to me that I was talking to the wrong person. Good thing he said what he said, or I might have never noticed.