Hehe!  That's always a nice thing to hear. :)

 LOL!  That's hilarious. It always amuses me when people don't feel like they can just come out and ask. :D

Such a timely post--tonight at dinner at a local restaurant a girl walks up to me that I very much recognize, but can't place from where it is I know her. She says, "Holy crap--I didn't even recognize you--you look phenomenal!" I thank her and make small tal****il she reveals that she used to work at Gold's gym where I go and she tells me she had left many months back and was now working at this restaurant. Let me tell you, when the gym girl tells you she doesn't recognize you, that is some good stuff! 

I do marvel at how some folks change and literally look like different people. Some people hold onto the core of their appearance.  I think I fall somewhere in between, but then again I've looked at this face for 41 years, so maybe I'm jaded!

Thanks for the fun post!

Denise

Ummmm...not really not recognizing me but...

There is this tiny hole-in-the wall sushi place I frequented pre-op (the kind of place where the owner remembers you and already knows what you want to order). Anyway a few months ago I went back in there for the first time post-op (I'd had sushi, just not there) and the owner was like "Oh my gosh...what happened to you????"

That made me smile. At four years out those moments are few and far between.

I teach at a high school. I used to teach at the middle school that feeds into my current school. One day I was doing hall duty and chatting with my fellow teachers. I laughed about something (I have a very distinctive laugh). A kid walking by stopped and stared at me. He said, "Who are you?" I told him my name and he got the biggest grin. He said he did not recognize me but knew it was my laugh.

2 teachers on my hall teach seniors. I was big when I had them in middle school. Both teachers said their seniors were talking about me and my weight loss this week. So funny!!

Laura

It happens a lot at work for me. I work in a bank. I will see employees that work at other braches that I know, and they will ask,
" can I help you?" And I'll give them a minute and sometimes they can figure out who I am and other times someone will have to tell them, " that's Sally!".

Customers are confused, too. Especially if I have my hair up. I had a customer give me her id and said, "here's my id since you have never waited on me before", and I have to tell them I actually know who you are, you just don't recognize ME!

The most interesting is when you pass a mirror and don't recognise yourself!

There was a meeting at my son's school recently and when I raised my hand to ask a question, the woman that was leading the meeting (who has always called me Shannon, even though I've reminded her many times over the years that my name is Sharon) asked, looking at me straight in the face...."and you are"? She had no clue who I was, so I replied,..."it's Sharon, not Shannon". lol, couldn't resist.