He says we dated

[Seeleyboo]

So this guy runs up to me. He knows my name etc. Do you remember me. hmmmm no. Sure you do we dated. Huh. AIBU to say wtaf

Eh?

Maybe he has a false memory

No ywnbu.

Is that what you actually said to him ? Wtaf ?

Maybe he has lost weight and or had drastic plastic surgery.
Or maybe he warped into someone else’s body.....

Maybe he is from an alternate reality.

Depends if dated = shagged tbh....
Would that change things?

Never saw him before in my life. But he knew my name and where I once lived.

Have you dated a lot of men? There was an episode of Sex and the City about that.

I've never seen it. But no, I haven't. Never had a one night stand either. Only relationships I've had are long term and I can remember them all just dont even recall him anywhere. He knew things from my past and it's made me very . Could he be a stalker. Or maybe he was infatuated in the past and has just seen me again. I've even asked old school friends but other than the obvious boys called Paul no one knows him from my description.

Ooh, this has just reminded me of something! I was out shopping in town one day years ago and a random man came up to me and asked me something about myself as though he knew me. He got it wrong, but asked ne a few more questions, also wrong. And then he just came out with my name, completely correct! I was on my own so he wouldn’t have heard anyone else say it. I was very freaked out!

What did you say to him?

Could it be someone having a laugh?

Say he was friends with one of your mates who spotted you when you were out. Your mutual friend says ‘that’s Seeleyboo over there. She used to live in X town and likes dogs. Go and pretend you know her, it will be really funny”

Prank? Someone put him up to it?

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Could he have been catfished on some dating site by somewhere by someone using your pictures?
That happened to me once, I'm not that pretty or fascinating so no idea why they picked me to use. Was very creepy on many levels

I sometimes find myself in conversations with people who claim to know me. My standard question in such situations is 'Did I shag you?' because it scares off the chancers.

He came running and calling me so I stopped. And he was out of breath. He was very friendly. HI seeley isn't it. Omg Seeley how are you. I said sorry. He said, it's me Paul, we dated. I said sorry again. He said you don't remember me do you. It's Paul. You lived at x and worked at x and went to x school. Cue more confusion. I'm so sorry Paul but I don't remember you. Yes you do, we dated. You had a dog x breed and his name was x. Just so much stuff.

Some short-lived thing from school!??

Was he your primary school boyfriend? I “dated” a boy in primary- well, we met out of school one day and went on the swings together. In my mind he was my boyfriend, I’m pretty sure i do not register anywhere in his mental list of boyfriends.

That is weird though OP...

A friend of mine was having her lunch staring at a guy that she was convinced she recognised, couldn't work out how, wondered if they'd got together at some point. It was a couple of hours later when she realised it was her ex-husband . It had been 20 years!

How does he claim to know you, apart from by dating you? Odd for a short term friend/acquaintance to know where you lived, worked and went to school. Is all this stuff findable on your social media? Could it be an admirer trying it on, having looked you up? Weird.

I once had a very drunk much younger man come up to me and ask me if I remembered him, I was a bit . It turned out that I taught him when he was 5.

@billybagpuss Hahahaha

Weird! A prank maybe?

Did you go to any summer camps or something like that, or have holiday flings as a young adult? I used to go to Irish college and would 'date' boys while I was there that I completely forgot about and never saw again. If they had a better memory than me they might remember things like dogs' names etc.

What happened then? Did he just walk away when it was clear that you didn't know him? Did it seem like he wanted something from you, to meet again, get your phone number or something?