Remembering People’s Names When You Meet

Oh crap!!! Here I go again. I’m at a fairly informal gathering. I see people everywhere but I can’t remember the names. My palms are sweating and I feel dizzy. I’ve already escaped the 5,4,3,2,1 count of going up to someone to say hi without thinking about it. I feel like an idiot.  Oh no, here comes 2 people I recognize there faces, but I don’t’ remember their names.  What do I do?  Oh wait their pausing, maybe they forgot my name… Nope they were just grabbing an hors d’oeuvre. I’m toast. “Hi –J- How are you? How’s your son and daughters?”  Oh, my life just ended, I know it did. I’m so embarrassed, am I blushing? How the hell do I get out of this? There’s the bathroom. No, that won’t work I just used it on the way in.  Dale Carnegie where are you? Here goes nothing… or maybe everything… Who can tell?

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