I was seeing someone very casually for a few months about a decade ago. We probably saw shagged each other a dozen or so times.
I was at an event today with my friend and this man was there signing some stuff as he’s written a book. I thought it would be amusing to buy his book and ask him to address it to the pet name he used to call me. Not a sex name or anything, he misheard my name when we first met, thought I was called Umbobo when I actually have a very boring English name.
I queue up, he says hello, I ask him to address it to Umbobo, he asks how to spell it, I spell it, he tells me to have a lovely day and off I go. There was absolutely no recognition at all! My friend thought it was fucking hilarious and I sort of laughed it off but am a little bit gutted.
He was the only really casual relationship I’ve ever had and I do did remember it fondly. I guess if you’ve been shagging a different person every couple of months for the last decade though you can’t be expected to remember them all. I like to think I was one of the memorable ones though. Or at least the nickname would have jogged his memory. Pfft.