@pathfinder @Dremmwel @hosford42 @ScottSoCal @LordCaramac @GTMLosAngeles @foolishowl @26pglt @actuallyautistic @neurodivergence I can picture people, but if I see people out of context, I’ll remember their face but not their name. I would’ve assumed that was “normal”, but now I have no idea. My idea of “normal”, for me, for people around me, some of whom are probably ND but don’t know it, is totally in the air. Hope my use of “normal” doesn’t offend anyone, but most of this is discombobulatingly new to me, & I’m becoming aware of my internalised ableism.
If I see people out of context (a co-worker at a grocery store) it's jarring, and I freeze up for a second. I'm supposed to know them, but this isn't right...
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I hate meeting people I know I "know" but can't remember how I know them because it can range from "I worked with them for years and they liked me and it's awkward I don't remember them" to "I slept with their girlfriend and they hate me and it's awkward I don't remember them".
j/k 😉
@axnxcamr @ScottSoCal @actuallyautistic @neurodivergence But it's absolutely true! It used to drive my ex-bf nuts when we were out and about and I'd be lost for how I knew someone.
Had I hit on them in a bar once upon a time, had I met them at a friend's party, or did I just work with them? He assumed I just thought they were cute and it was my excuse to stare at them.
Like I have the composure to come up with elaborate ruses like that. He should have known by then I would have just blurted that out.
I was joking about the girlfriend part, but I did go out a lot when I was younger and there is always a chance that I met the other person during one of those nights that "didn't go as planned", shall we say.
@ScottSoCal @actuallyautistic @neurodivergence
Yes, this! I ran into a former co-worker once in the grocery store. His was literally the cube next to mine for years, and I could not for the life of me remember his name or how I knew him. Mortifying. I just froze up completely.