This has been happening for years, but it's becoming more and more perplexing. (I'm a regular, but have name changed. Not that anyone would recognise me! )
No-one seems ever to remember or recognise me, despite having met me and (in many cases) spent a lot of time with me.
I live in an expatriate community in China, wear very distinctive black glasses, am tall, have a Liverpudlian accent, and dark red hair. Quite striking, you'd think. Seemingly not!
Some recent incidents:
- I spent a whole evening drinking with an Irish guy who had come to take part in an event I was in. The following day, at the event, he came up and introduced himself to me, as if he'd never seen me before in his life.
- I took part in a 24-hour theater event with work (I'm a writer), and met one of the other participants at a dinner a month or two later. She didn't bloody recognise me, despite our having spent 24 hours in close proximity!
- As part of a group I help out with, I was introduced to another member to discuss some business over coffee one afternoon. At a group event last night, she introduced herself and shook my hand as if I was a total stranger.
Does anyone else have this, or is it just me being paranoid??