adventures in prosopagnosia (maybe)
When I was looking for something at the drug store, I heard some guy in back of me say "hi". My first instinct was to assume he was on his cellphone and ignore him. Then he said it again so I thought that might be a "polite" way of saying, "get out of my way". So I moved. Then he looked at me and said Hi again, so I said hi back. Then he asked "are you off from school?" I just nodded. I was kind of puzzled at this point He didn't really look familiar but his voice sounded like this guy I knew in hi school. Something about hi tone made me think it wasn't him, unless he changed a lot. I don't know whether or not it's sad that I remember voices and tones better then faces. Would it be expected that someone I hadn't seen since hi school would say something like "don't you recognize me? I’m..."? I honestly don't know the answer. Maybe it was somebody I've never seen before making Smalltalk at the drugstore. I don't know how common that is in this age bracket either.

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Poor dear.
I understand where you're coming from. I meant it more when I was a kid. He's never been in my life, and at this point, I don't even know how I'd have him in my life, even if he weren't in as horrible mental shape as he is. It'd probably be easier then, but I'm just not ready to have him. That was part of the problem with what I was saying; I would have only been saying it to be cruel.
Yes, I like All-Bran a lot.
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