FYI: If someone ever hands over their phone for *YOU* to put your number in, you are also expected to put your name in. It's the best way to hide this awkward conversation gymnastics.

When someone tells me their name for the first time I group them in my mind with other people with the same name, or think of a song that uses their name, or make up a little rhyme about it. Anything to increase the number of connections their name has in my brain.

I once was introducing my friends to someone and the second I went to introduce one of my good friends, his name completely left my brain. It was like, "and this is my good friend.... uh..."

I used to work in kindergarten classrooms and daycares, and even though I would see these same kids everyday I would inevitably forget their names, I would just draw a complete blank. Fellow staff would tease me if they heard me call a kid Miss or Mister because they knew it was because I had forgotten their name

I'm faceblind. I don't recognize anyone. True story - saw someone at mall - said, "I know I know you, could you remind me of your name?" "I'm Marla, your cousin..." We got a good laugh.

I’m going to start wearing name tags! I do love when I call people at restaurants and retail by their name. They look at me like “I know you?” No, you’re wearing a name tag!

Just own up and say, "I'm so sorry, but I've forgotten your name." There's no shame. If you feel the need, then also say, "I'm really bad with names." Nothing wrong with that. I do it all the time and it's better than the truth. Which is, I couldn't possibly care any less about you or your name because you mean nothing to me. I'm a terrible person. But at least I admit it.

Someone called me by the wrong name and I looked at them confused, then I said my name. They replied “oh…yes! Oh my god, you look so much like someone else I know, I though you were them”

In college, I realized that I called all of my professors “excuse me” or that was how I began most conversations outside of the classroom.

I have never been to this side of. Situation, what exactly must be going on in your head while remembering a person's name. Not only wil I remember the personage, but what we spoke, where we met, and given more time I wil even be able to picture what they wore. Attimes a curse mind up

I don't get it - if I don't remember somebody's name, I just tell them so. Everybody is more or less stressed out and some details, like names, tend to escape the overworked brain. No big deal, happens to most of us at some point. I'd rather remember our conversation and the things they told me than their name - the person is more important than the "label"...

Slightly different to this post, but how to find out someone’s age (has been used successfully by me). If they have a job, ask them this: ‘How long have you been doing your job?’ And then later, ‘how old were you when you started working here?’. Put the two numbers together and bingo, you have their age.

*laughs in teacher*