Whenever I chat with my best friend from high school and reference someone from our school days, she almost unfailingly does not remember who I am referencing. Another good guy friend’s the same way - less with people, but more with situations. I am terrible with names of new people, but don’t forget that type of stuff ever, so it is hard for me to reconcile that in my head!
Do you have a good or bad memory? Do you have an area that is better or worse than others? Has it ever bitten you in the butt?
I have a spotty memory. I could be introduced to you and half a minute later not remember your name. Some say that people who have trouble remembering names of people they have just been introduced to are narcissistic or have no empathy, self-centered, whatever you want to call it, but I just have a bad memory for names.
I can't remember the name of my first roommate at Iowa State, for example. To be fair, he was only a roommate for a quarter before he dropped out. I had three different roommates, my first three quarters at Iowa State. My second one was a farmer's kid who only enrolled for the winter quarter every year because he had to help on the farm in spring and fall.
My last year there, I had two roommates, but I only remember the name of one of them. I remember the names of every kid in my high school graduating class, however. (There were only 40 of us,)
