Name dropping

It is very frustrating when you bump into someone that you haven’t seen for a long time, and you find that you just can’t remember their name. So you chat to them for a while, and hope that something comes up in the conversation to remind you and then sometimes you say goodbye still none the wiser. I once made the mistake of saying “I’m really sorry, I’ve forgotten your name” to someone I hadn’t seen for a few years only to receive a glare and the response “It’s Tessa, and you only lived with me for two years!” Oops!