A few weeks ago, I attended a target shooting activity with a friend. There were probably 40 people there. Pretty good turnout. I was clearly a new face, and there were plenty of new friends made, which was then verified by a few facebook friend adds.
One of these new friends has been inviting me to everything. I didn't realize I was missing out on so much! Fun little events - dancing lessons, bbqs, firesides. Haven't gone to any of them, but it was sure nice of this chap to invite me and let me know what was going on.
Last week, a few of us ended up at a kind of super lame game night. I was chatting with a few people and this "new" friend comes in and I act friendly to him, as he's gone out of his way to invite me to things. He didn't seem to appreciate it and then came up to me and asked what my name was.
Now, I don't want to be ungrateful or act like I am superior to remembering names, but wouldn't it seem right to remember someone's name if you had been inviting them to multiple activities for several weeks?
Just a thought. I know I need to do a better job of reaching out to others and also not discrediting others efforts. In a general conference address, someone commenting about the quality of interaction we have with others via the internet. Clearly, we're all connecting well right now :0) But have we replaced a lot of real interactions with others with methods that cheapen our mortal experience of knowing others?
Ultimately, I am glad he admitted in some way to remembering me. There's nothing worse than a new friend add, and then when you see them, they act like they don't know you. We are silly people.
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