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AIBU to feel unsettled after guessing a child's name exactly?

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Sam155320 · 24/04/2026 22:30

Just finished work and was making my way home when I saw 2 young girls with their parents selling few things for charity. Gave them money and one of the older girls said to me guess my name with a clue I give you something for free. Before she said clue I guessed her name like I was drawn towards her. They were all amazed. But it made me feel unsettled.

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FTMaz · Yesterday 14:17

AntiqueBabyLoanSmurf · Yesterday 13:46

Surely that applies to all of us (including you and me) who chose to read and participate in this thread (and most others on MN) too?!

Possibly 😂

EnterSandfan · Yesterday 14:40

Father Jemima Racktool

KarminaBurana · Yesterday 16:58

EnterSandfan · Yesterday 14:40

Father Jemima Racktool

Fr. Odo Komodo

exaltedwombat · Yesterday 16:59

I was working with a reasonably well-known soprano. ’You’ll never guess the nickname I had at school!’ ‘Was it budgie?’ She was quite put out. But she DOES look a bit like a budgerigar. Sorry.

Doing school project gigs in East London primary schools. We needed a ‘bit of a lad’ type to take a compère role. ‘Anyone here called Alfie?’ There often was….

Wooky073 · Yesterday 21:06

have a look at quantum entanglement - its eye opening

Deboragh · Yesterday 21:38

Sam155320 · 24/04/2026 22:30

Just finished work and was making my way home when I saw 2 young girls with their parents selling few things for charity. Gave them money and one of the older girls said to me guess my name with a clue I give you something for free. Before she said clue I guessed her name like I was drawn towards her. They were all amazed. But it made me feel unsettled.

Chardonnay!!??

Deboragh · Yesterday 21:42

KarminaBurana · Yesterday 16:58

Fr. Odo Komodo

Chewie Louie

KarminaBurana · Yesterday 22:12

Deboragh · Yesterday 21:42

Chewie Louie

Johnny Hellzapoppin

PinkCatCushion · Yesterday 22:27

MsMarple · 24/04/2026 23:12

Was it Rumplestiltskin?!

😆

PhilosophicalCheeseSandwich · Yesterday 22:31

It's a ploy to get you to buy something else from them - who would ever take something for free from children selling things for charity?

NormasArse · Yesterday 22:38

ginasevern · Yesterday 13:51

Whilst shopping in Waitrose last year I saw a woman that I thought was someone I knew. I went up to her and said "hello Dorothy" but when she fully turned to look at me, I realised it wasn't Dorothy. (Although she did look and dress rather like her). The woman realised I'd made a mistake but was quite taken aback because her name was indeed Dorothy.

Something similar happened to me in Sainsburys. I saw what I thought was my friend leaning into a freezer, so waited for her to pop back up and said, Hey, Emma!

It wasn’t Emma, or anyone called Emma, so I felt a bit embarrassed.

InterestedDad37 · Yesterday 23:03

OP, and ideas for the next EuroMillions? 🤔

ApricotTulip · Yesterday 23:10

truepenguin · Yesterday 00:24

It wasn't really her name. They would have said yes to anything you guessed.

I agree

SemiRetiredLoveGoddeess · Today 03:41

Did you say yes you must be the only child who is named after

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch) on Anglesey.

I think they were just having a joke Kids do that sort of thing

Mcoco · Today 08:36

I imagine just pure coincidence OP! But incase its not how about playing the lottery!

Winter2020 · Today 16:57

AntiqueBabyLoanSmurf · Yesterday 13:44

It is impressive, of course; but a lot of it hinges on whether it was the PIN as assigned at random by the bank's computer, or if he'd changed it to something more memorable himself. If the latter, many people choose significant years - and unless they're a history buff, it's probably one in their own life; so the proportion of PINs that begin with 19 or 20 must be far higher than any other two numbers.

Not quite the same thing, but a little bit like with the lottery, where people very frequently choose birthdays; so far more people will pick numbers up to 31 than the higher ones.

Also with things like 'favourite' numbers, if people asked you to guess theirs. Theoretically, there are infinite possibilities, but the chances of their favourite number being 48653215675198 are pretty slim! Almost all of them will be between 1 and 10 - with probably 80% of them being number 7.

Edited

If the man pretended the pin number guess was right and kept that pretence going for the entire time they worked together I would find that man hilarious!

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