Would you want to know if you were recognised??

[JeremyVile]

Because I think i know someone on MN from RL, well actually i know i do, we used to work together.
My first thought when i realised was "ooh how exciting i'll give her a nudge".
We used to get on really well but i wouldn't say we were friends as such. We had a laugh at work but that was it. She left and we didn't stay in touch.
But she's a regular poster and some of her posts have been fairly personal. The last thing i would want is for her to be embarrassed, and i know that for a lot of people the beauty of MN is that its anonymous.
It would be great to catch up and i would certainly have no intention of bringing up any of her issues but my over-riding feeling is that its probably best left alone just incase.
So if it were you would you want to know?
I cant really answer my own question as i'm a cowardly name-changer for really personal issues !(for the very fact that someone may know me in RL who i wouldn't otherwise have chosen to share my problems with).

If it were me I'd want to know
Send her a CAT

Yes I would want to know, Ormirian kindly outed herself quite quickly- I wouldnt mind but I'd feel bad if I found out later say at a meet up and didnt know

We had this type of thread before and I think the conclusion was to leave it.

You could mention where you used to work in one of your posts and see if she takes the initiative. But from previous experience I don't think MNetters like to be "outed".

Then again, if you make it clear to her that you may know who she is at least it gives her a chance to change her name.

Hmmmmm. Ok, mind change here, CAT her and say that you "think" you may have both worked at the same company once. She how she responds to that.