Forgot her name??

LegacyUser

Met someone a week or so ago got the number etc and we have been texting but I was a tad drunk now I cant remember her name haha i'v asked her out tomorrow night what will I do?

Katgurl

have you tried dialling straight into her voicemail to see if she's changed it.

otherwise you could try asking her what her full name is / come clean (she will prob see funny side) immediately / enlist the help of a 3rd party to drop over introduce him or herself (although that's a bit complicated)

i'd prob come clean, it IS kinda funny

LadyJ

What name did you save the number under?

LegacyUser

Hi, female here. I think that is hilarious! Problem is not every girl would laugh. I was so drunk once that I didn't remember what the guy looked like, although had his name etc.. I had to turn up and hope for the best. luckily there was only one guy in his 20's standing at the bar alone...
you could phone her when you think she might not answer, does she have her name on the voicemail message?
you could google her number on the slightest off chance she was her details online for some reason
or, you could come clean, and if she has half a sense of humour she will laugh at you, and it could be a good ice breaker and something to joke about....

Aloysius Flyte

Google her number?
Might come up in a search?

or else, get a friend ring from a restricted number and say something like, hi is this Jane? and she'll say no, then your friend says well who is this then?

Or else, just tell the truth

irish_goat

Aloysius Flyte wrote: »

or else, get a friend ring from a restricted number and say something like, hi is this Jane? and she'll say no, then your friend says well who is this then?

Best plan by a mile.

the_god_swan

Aloysius Flyte wrote: »

or else, get a friend ring from a restricted number and say something like, hi is this Jane? and she'll say no, then your friend says well who is this then?

I totally hate when people do that, and make a point of telling the person that my name is unnecessary to them if Im not who they are looking for.

Brimmy

Go on the date. Refer to yourself by name in stories. Chances are she'll do the same. If not grab her passport/student ID playfully at some stage if she goes up to get drinks or to get into the bar etc. It's not that hard really.

LegacyUser

OP here Haha all good sugestions, i tried google, voicemail isn't set up and I didn't save the name I just dialed the number guess ill come clean and see what happens I wonder how long I would get away with it without knowing her name haha keep the ideas coming thanks for the help.

Thanks to the female poster as well could be a good ice breaker alright to be honest now that you mention it I can't remember what she looks like either guess I better get to the bar first so she has to find me. Disaster!!!

Banter Joe

You could ask her offhand how to spell it to make sure it's right in your phone.

If it's something simple then, try and pass it off as a joke and hope for the best!

Alicat

Ring her to clarify some details...quick phone call. Then ring her back a minute or two later...when she answers, say "{insert someone else's name}?" as if you're confused and it doesn't sound like the person you intended to ring

With any luck she'll say "No silly, it's {her name}, sure I was just talking to you!"

And then you say " Ah {her name}, sorry, I pressed dial on the wrong number."


There is a great chance that mightn't work but that's what I'd try :pac:

surfjunkie

i once heard that there are two types of people in the world.
the first person can't remember your name and will hope to get by without using it in the hope that it will come up in conversation. the other person just asks straight out, 'im sorry i cant remember your name...'

say this to the girl and add, 'i'm the second person' and hope she sees the funny side and respects your honesty

Otis Driftwood

I take it you havnt spoken to her since you met?

So you have been texting a number,that you got when you were drunk,whose name you cant remember,and have arranged to go on a date with this person.

Whats to say she didnt give you the number of her 20 stone gay BFF?

The point Im making OP,is that when you discover/remember a number in your phone,always,ALWAYS,ask them their name in the first text or 2.

Rookie mistake.

And Im just messing with your head re the 20 stone friend,I hope.;)

LegacyUser

haha ah no i know is a real number from the text i do remember some stuff just not the important stuff Ill just come clean feck it its the best way and if she doesn't see the funny side good luck haha thanks for all your help

bp

I really want to come on this date too as you try and figure out who the girl is and then what her name is!

I am female too and would say honestly is the best policy and then you will know from the outset if she is a good sense of humour! Maybe she doesn't know your name either!!!

Op it happens to the best of us, I'm terrible with names and generally give people names based upon where I meet them or soemthing like that. I've been out with HMV girl and Cuba girl in the past year nad while I have been with Cuba Girl for the past 8 months she's still Cuba Girl in my phone. Just come out and ask her, her name, it's the easiest thing to do. Most people will see the funny side.

pisslips

Buddy, I was seeing and living with a girl for a couple of months and I forgot her name, mid conversation one day, it was fine though she knows what I'm like.

You can't blame someone for not remembering your name. Anyway, I usually go whole conversations without mentioning the other person's/people's name/s, although it get's impossible with a large group.

One on one you'll never need to mention her name, if you have to introduce people, just introduce one person and then start talking about something new...even if they notice just act very non-chalant, casual people get away with murder.

~nop~

So what happened???

peekyboo

ask her to add you on facebook/bebo and get her name that way?

petethebrick

Brimmy wrote: »

Go on the date. Refer to yourself by name in stories. Chances are she'll do the same. If not grab her passport/student ID playfully at some stage if she goes up to get drinks or to get into the bar etc. It's not that hard really.

Be careful trying this - I got caught

Was in the same situation as you except on the second date.
Despite my best efforts i couldn't find out her name on the first one.
The longer it went on the worse it got. I then made up some excuse to ask her to see her student card but she wouldn't show it cos she said it was a bad photo or something. She came back from the toilet at one stage to find me rooting through her handbag looking for it. I claimed I heard her phone ringing (stupid excuse I know) but the problem was she had her phone with her.
There was no third date.

redapple

petethebrick wrote: »

Be careful trying this - I got caught

Was in the same situation as you except on the second date.
Despite my best efforts i couldn't find out her name on the first one.
The longer it went on the worse it got. I then made up some excuse to ask her to see her student card but she wouldn't show it cos she said it was a bad photo or something. She came back from the toilet at one stage to find me rooting through her handbag looking for it. I claimed I heard her phone ringing (stupid excuse I know) but the problem was she had her phone with her.
There was no third date.

Ha! Thats brilliant. She must have thought you were some crazy thief.

PirateShampoo

Aloysius Flyte wrote: »

Google her number?
Might come up in a search?

or else, get a friend ring from a restricted number and say something like, hi is this Jane? and she'll say no, then your friend says well who is this then?

Or else, just tell the truth

Lol this actually works, just googled my number and a add for a car i was trying to sell came up.

messrs

sent her txt and ask for her email add as you have some funny joke mails you want ot send her - chances are her email mite be her name and then you would no!

LegacyUser

Next time she texts you text her back asking who it is, that you lost all the contacts off your phone and don't recognize the number.That's of course if it isn't blatantly obvious that it's her....otherwise she will think you have a number of girls texting you.

The Big Red Button

This happened a friend of mine, he met a girl on a night out and met up with her five or six times over the next month, still not knowing her name!

He was in the car with her one day and she was putting in petrol, and asked him to run in to the shop for her to pay for it. He refused (she wasn't too impressed with that!) and when she went in, he found her driving license in the glovebox and got the name off that.

All well and good - except it was her sister's license, who shared the car with the girl! He was in such a panic to get the name he barely even looked at the photo. So she came back out to the car, and - eager to show off that he actually knew her name - he called her by her sisters name. She was understandably furious, so he had to come clean in the end.

That was two years ago and they're still together and very happy

Alicat wrote: »

Ring her to clarify some details...quick phone call. Then ring her back a minute or two later...when she answers, say "{insert someone else's name}?" as if you're confused and it doesn't sound like the person you intended to ring

With any luck she'll say "No silly, it's {her name}, sure I was just talking to you!"

And then you say " Ah {her name}, sorry, I pressed dial on the wrong number."


There is a great chance that mightn't work but that's what I'd try :pac:

I think that's the best idea so far.

Alternatively, when you meet her, you could say that you just got a new phone and lost all your numbers, and give the phone to her to put in her name and number?

LegacyUser

text her and get her email address..this might contain her name...

If it doesnt then just send her an email and make sure you put something in the email so she will have to reply...On return of the email you will get her name!

LegacyUser

Unregistered wrote: »

now that you mention it I can't remember what she looks like either

So you don't remember her name or what she looks like? Why are you going out with her again??!?!?!?!

LegacyUser

nah see the best thing to do is to go say,charmingly of course,"i love the way u pronounce your name"or something along those lines,morph it in to the conversation,and then she'll go"what,ciara??" sorted mate...