A Case of Mistaken Identity
Posted by nathan on 29 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: my life., thoughts on life.
Friday night Emily and I went to Target (one of our favorite date night destinations), and when we went through the checkout, Emily was looking at something else, so I checked out by myself. As I was walking up to the checkout station, I looked over and saw a girl I hadn’t seen in about 8 or 9 years. She used to date one of my best friends in high school.
As we made eye contact, I perked up, gave her a big smile and said, ‘Hi, how are you?’
To which, she just looked at me like she had no idea who I was, and that I had just flirted with her. I wanted to say, ‘No, no, I wasn’t flirting–I’m Nathan Diehl, you remember? …Come meet my wife.’ But I thought better of it, and just let it go.
Then about 15 seconds later, I hear, ‘Well, hi Nathan. Do you remember who I am?’ I turned around and it was this girl’s mother, who was also my second grade teacher. We chatted for a few passing moments, and I looked at her two daughters. Apparently, the two daughters look a lot alike, especially when it’s been 8 or 9 years. I had said hello to the wrong daughter. Right family, wrong sister.
As we said goodbye, I gave the sister I knew a big smile and hello, realizing that now the first daughter no longer thought I was weird–I actually knew her, which wasn’t completely true, because I knew her mum and sister, but still, it did make me feel better.
Anything like that ever happened to you?
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on 29 Oct 2007 at 1:31 pm 1.
Penny said …
Yes! Just recently this happeden to me. Holly’s friend, Candace, in showchoir was disappointedly rude to me. She looked right at me, but she totally ignored me. Acted like she didn’t even know me! Turns out it was her freshman sister, who is in the group for the first time. When I saw the real Candace, she smiled and said hello. Holly, Candace, and Candace’s mother got a good chuckle out of that!