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Forgetting a girl's name

Morro
edited July 2008 in General
Well, I think I'm screwed. I met a girl and got her number and put it in my phone, but I just put the letter "J" in the name field. Not sure why, I was pretty drunk at the time. :p Anyway, I remember her enough to know that I liked her, but I am damned if I know the name. There's nobody I can ask, either. This blows. :(

Well, I might as well call and bite the bullet. I could try to slide by with a casual "hey J-dog!' or something, but that would be lame. Just gotta own up and ask. Nothing to lose, I suppose. hehe.

Comments

  • mrbubbles
    edited July 2008
    Phonebook? Facebook?
  • Lixie
    edited July 2008
    Here's what you do--phone her, and when she picks up (say some generic greeting like, "hey!"), tell her who you are and (right away) tell her that your buddy wouldn't believe that you met such a gorgeous girl. Then have someone else there (a friend who is a girl, preferably), hand the phone over. Have her say something like, "this is Clara, who am I speaking to?"

    Then have them chat a little before handing the phone back to you while your friend mouths the name.

    Because honestly, she might not hang up on you if you say that you don't remember her name.... but you will give her a lasting impression that you're a drunk playboy.

    But who knows, she might be looking for one of those!
  • Morro
    edited July 2008
    Here's what you do--phone her, and when she picks up (say some generic greeting like, "hey!"), tell her who you are and (right away) tell her that your buddy wouldn't believe that you met such a gorgeous girl. Then have someone else there (a friend who is a girl, preferably), hand the phone over. Have her say something like, "this is Clara, who am I speaking to?"
    That's actually pretty smart. Hmmm....
  • anonsxc
    edited July 2008
    or call with a diff # to ask her name pretending to be a telemarketer or some bs
  • Broken Lizard
    edited July 2008
    she's probably hideous, you were drunk at the time right?
  • Morro
    edited July 2008
    I just realized, maybe it's Lixie! :o Your name starts with a J, doesn't it? =P
  • Makall
    edited July 2008
    You need to social engineer her name and 3 sizes.
  • Ether
    edited July 2008
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=4_VkNa7alqI - clips from a Seinfeld episode.
  • DaNoobie
    edited July 2008
    hey Lixie, is your name Clara?
  • DaNoobie
    edited July 2008
    Ether;32940 said:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=4_VkNa7alqI - clips from a Seinfeld episode.
    I was wondering what Dolores rhymed with
    and then it hit me, kids can be so mean :(
  • randomuser
    edited July 2008
    its probably best to say you find her really interesting and make some compliment about her to distract her when you say you forget her name

    honesty works well, and it shows youre an honest person if you just admit it but include a compliment therein or joke about it
  • Kevin M.Kevin M.
    edited July 2008
    I think forgetting a girls name is the one thing worse then forgetting their birthday lol...call her from some anonymous number using a fake voice or do what Lixie said...
  • siuying
    edited July 2008
    hmm.. i remember bumping into a guy i met through a friend at a gathering once at the mall or something.. and he's like "hey" and i said "hi" and we talked for a bit before he said "your name's anna right?" and i smiled and said.. "no it's fiona" and he looked kinda dumbfounded on the spot and replied "oh.. okay" and we continued talking with me occasionally poking fun at him for forgetting my name.. but yeah.. we just laughed it off.. =P it's not like it doesn't happen to people sometimes.. =)
  • randomuser
    edited July 2008
    i agree with the above ^ if you act sincere about caring about not knowing what her name is itll look good to her

    also, using the schemes the other people listed, girls arent all stupid she might figure it out
  • Magnificent_BastardMagnificent_Bastard
    edited July 2008
    Morro;32931 said:
    I just realized, maybe it's Lixie! :o Your name starts with a J, doesn't it? =P
    DaNoobie;32946 said:
    hey Lixie, is your name Clara?
    ????
  • Morro
    edited July 2008
    lol...
  • SpectreFire
    edited July 2008
    Oh, this is perfect, I just saw an interview with Ricky Gervais when he talked about just such a situation.

    Call her up, and tell her that you think you might've mispelt her name, and then ask her how to spell it.

    Bang, you have her name.
  • Shi2
    edited July 2008
    SpectreFire;32976 said:
    Oh, this is perfect, I just saw an interview with Ricky Gervais when he talked about just such a situation.

    Call her up, and tell her that you think you might've mispelt her name, and then ask her how to spell it.

    Bang, you have her name.
    What if her name was Jill or Jane? She'll think he's an idiot for "thinking" that he misspelled her name.
  • Iran1988
    edited July 2008
    lmao.

    Maybe its Jenna, Jeanie, Jordan , Jo... and so on.
  • Kingsley
    edited July 2008
    I think Lixie's idea will work.

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