I must have a very ‘common’ face, because even though I have lived in various places, everywhere I have been mistaken for someone else, even had a guy come up to me and start talking to me like he knew me his whole life and it took him at least a couple on minutes before he realized I was not his friend.................
my brother and i look a lot alike and he has had some embarrassing situations with strangers coming up to him and massaging his shoulders... hehehe
Only time I ever got thrown out of a bar it was a case of mistaken identity. The lady server could not be convinced I was someone other than who she thought I was.
Another guy rolls his car window down and starts talking to me like I was his good friend Jim. Lol. It’s happened a few other times too. Poor bastards who look like me.
You and me both. It happens to some of us quite regularly. I’ve even had some people adamantly tell me they know me somehow.
On top of that, I’m also kind of a “super-recognizer” myself. It’s a blessing and a curse. I can match famous people’s kid pictures even though I never saw them when they were young. It drives my husband nuts. (Me too, sometimes.)
So if you come up to me and say that I look familiar, and I don’t recognize you, it means I’ve never met you or seen you. I guarantee it.
One woman was so heartbroken that we hadn’t met that I came up with an excuse. I asked if her if the idea of alternate universes was plausible. I told her maybe we met in our dreams in an alternate universe. She accepted that and finally left me alone.
About 2 years ago, I was shopping in a grocery store.
While in the produce section, I looked over and saw my Dad looking at the apples.
I stopped breathing for a few seconds.
My Dad’s been dead since 2011.
This stranger was the spittin’ image of him, though.
I had to stop him and tell him this -thanking him for reminding me how much I missed him.
I was sad the rest of the week...