I have name changed for this as I'm sure you'll understand.
Something really bizarre happened the other day. I was in a department store in the centre of my small city. I heard someone call my name, and turned to see a woman looking at me in a friendly yet quizzical way. She asked how I am and we exchanged a couple of pleasantries until I confessed I just couldn’t place her. She told me her name, and said she was struggling to think where we’d met too.
I asked if she was a service user of where I work. Nope! She asked if I knew so-and-so or had connections to a nearby bigger city, where she then said she’s moved to.
She then clicked her fingers and said we’d matched on Tinder. I was once on Tinder, but as a woman looking for a man (who incidentally I found, and have now been happily dating for over a year). I am entirely heterosexual.
Two older women who I presume were her relatives then appeared round the corner and she quickly said “Nice to bump into you, you really are beautiful!” and dashed off towards them.
What the hell went on here? If she hadn’t known my name, I’d have thought it was mistaken identity or some weird scam. We’re both very distinctive in an otherwise very homogeneous city (but don’t belong to the same minority as each other). She was also extremely beautiful, and had a massive scar down her face. I’m not brilliant with faces and names, but she had such a presence that I’m sure I’d have remembered hers.
My name is fairly unusual but not massively so. You’d all know how to spell/ pronounce it, but it's not in the top 100 for my generation. Also, she looked mid twenties, I'm in my 40s, so it's unlikely we've met though everyday life such as kids or social circles. Help!