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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/gandubazaar on 2025-06-22 05:06:26+00:00.

Being bad with names sort of runs in my family. My dad is notoriously bad with them, so it’s only fair it was passed on to me, his first born daughter.

For context, It is currently finals season here at University. And i had a pretty bad thermodynamics paper going on today. Out of sheer overconfidence and my love for procrastination, i pushed studying for this thinking my biology subjects demanded more efforts. Bad, bad idea, as i now had a day and a half to cover 5 units filled with nothing but differential equation after differential equation.

My best friend here majors in comp science. So i know quite a few of their friends and vibe with them. For some reason, we never actually exchanged names for a while as our conversations were pretty lighthearted, and knowing each other’s name just didn’t strike to us as relevant information. Names were eventually exchanged, tho.

So an hour prior to the exam, feeling quite like Schrodinger’s orange cat ( i didn’t know if I’d flunk the paper or ace it until i saw it, and orange because not one braincell was working in my favor at that moment), i ran into my mutual friends.

Of course i forgot their names. I was keeping conversation, begging my mind to retrieve their names, and it just wasn’t working out. Apparently this was very visible on my face, and their next question was-

‘Do you know our names?’

I internally died at that moment. Tried to come up with a coherent sentance and the only thing coming out of my mouth was confused noises. My best friend had gone to grab a bite to eat prior to the exam so no way i could use his help either. I just stood there, blank. They laughed their lungs out, and told me it’s okay. I profusely apologised and went to write my final, halfway through which i remembered their names. (horrible exam, btw).

I told this to my friend- he laughed until he cried. Might not be that major of a fuck up, but i quite nearlt wanted to emulate an ostrich bury my head in the floor.

TLDR: forgot names of not one, but a group of people who I’ve interacted with for a while. Stood there silent for a good amount of time while questioned. Was very embarrassing.