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[haddon9]

I would have been annoyed but yes you are being overly sensitive.  I often forget people's names and it can be embarrassing but guess what?....so do many people!

As for being "quizzed". It sounds like they were joking.

[We rescue cats]

Absolutely not, but the person that chose to speak up that way should be. And most likely everyone that heard it is ashamed for the offender. 

[DSD2]

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@jlkz wrote:

@jellyBEAN 

Absolutely not: the person who pointed out that you had called her the wrong name while out walking is the one who should have been embarrassed for not correcting you the first time !   

Obviously someone who needed to be the center of attention at your expense...she should apologize to you.

After many decades of being in hot spots in different types of organizations, I have found using my quick sense of humor deflected a lot of nonsense and game playing.  If it was a situation in which I was the leader, I remained the leader.

Whoever was introducing you should have had the sense to quickly smooth over the inappropriate remark with a nod to how easy it is to mistake someone's name...that's why they created name tags, lol !

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Well said @jlkz @jellyBEAN, don't let someone's unkind remark put you off from the chance to form other friendships. Good luck!!

[DSD2]

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@on the bay wrote:

I do think it is being overly sensitive. It would have been more embarrasing if she didn't tell you and you kept calling her by the wtong name only for others or her to correct you later on.

I can imagine myself saying Oh I'm so sorry and also saying what I say often-

If you remember your own name you are doing ok and there may be some days, you can't remember that!

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So true!! 

[pigletsmom2]

I'm not really understanding when you called her the wrong name? Previously when you were out walking? In that case she's kind of a jerk to bring it up at a different event but I wouldn't lose sleep over it. If you called her the wrong name at this event then I'd just accpet the correction. 

[Isobel Archer]

Yeah I'm confused too.  If you said Hello ______ at the party when you recognized her and she corrected you, that's one thing.  But if it was previously on a walk and she is now introducing herself to the group, there was clearly no need to say that at some previous time you called her by the wrong name.  I mean she just told everyone her name and unless you then called her something else, why did she feel the need to do this?  

[JeanLouiseFinch]

She's the one with the problem. Not you.  

[RescueLover]

@jellyBEAN 🌻


I would have told that lady…


I’m So Sorry I’m bad at names, but yet if someone tells me their dog’s name
I’ll NEVER forget it !! 😜



AND for ME that would be the truth ! 😂

[50Mickey]

I wouldn't say that you are being overly sensitive. You may be a sensitive person and how you feel is just how you feel. The person who corrected you in front of the group should be embarrassed. Correcting another out loud in front of a group is a huge no no whether it be for not remembering a name, mispronouncing a word or making a grammatical error. The. person who did this sounds like a real pill. 

[on the bay]

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@DSD2 wrote:

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@on the bay wrote:

I do think it is being overly sensitive. It would have been more embarrasing if she didn't tell you and you kept calling her by the wtong name only for others or her to correct you later on.

I can imagine myself saying Oh I'm so sorry and also saying what I say often-

If you remember your own name you are doing ok and there may be some days, you can't remember that!

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So true!! 

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@DSD2,

I edited this post because reading the op it again, that person did say it in a rude and embarrassing way, and like she didn't care if she hurt @jellyBEAN's feelings, or embarrassed her. She could have just said her correct name quietly instead of saying "you said... and my name is.." So I don't think I like her lol! I'm sensitive too but still I would have laughed. Then maybe she would be embarrassed for saying it in a rude way! But probably not. She doesn't sound like a sensitive person.