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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2009 14:17:23 GMT
Some people just have that certain something that leave us with an impression or memory that is hard to forget. And I find these are the type of people that are unusual in some way, they just stay in our minds for some reason.
Have you ever been on your travels and met someone along the way that you have never forgotten? Ever wondered why? What was different about them among all the others that you have come across?
I guess the same could be said for people we get to know over the internet on forums likes this one. They may not be the ones who are the most prolific in their writings or try and make themselves stand out in some way, or the 'loudest', but for some reason they DO stand out, and are remembered and missed if they happen to be away or leave.
Any thoughts on this at all?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2009 15:34:15 GMT
I have clicked with a few people in my travels, yet I have never stayed in touch with any of them. I think that's what makes them stay in my mind -- the fact that the shine never had a chance to wear off.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2009 17:09:40 GMT
I have clicked with a few people in my travels, yet I have never stayed in touch with any of them. I think that's what makes them stay in my mind -- the fact that the shine never had a chance to wear off. I can't think of a better way to put it. Have thought about many though. I think it is probably one of the reasons why I have no earthly desire to join Facebook. "How can I miss you if you won't go away?"(Dan Hicks) |
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Post by BigIain on Jul 14, 2009 17:39:59 GMT
I agree that some people do indeed leave an impression. I guess that everyone does so to some degree? But we remember the stronger impressions for longer. I have met some outstandingly good and bad types on my travels and indeed in real life in the past few years.
I tend to disengage with the bad impression types quite early on, but will continue to seek out the company of the interesting or fascinating people.
I do tend to think that I could meet someone tomorrow and they would pigeon-hole me on the basis of what they see. If I met someone tonight they would think badly of me because I am heavily influenced by stuff that is going on and which they will never know about. If they had met me two years ago then I would have been a different person.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2009 12:09:29 GMT
Not everyone leaves an impression on us, Iain, no.
Some just go under the radar, so to speak and are quickly forgotten.
I hope you can find the strength to handle whatever it is that is not going right in your life right now. Keep your chin up.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2009 7:18:54 GMT
Sometimes I come across an old address book and am astonished that I used to stay in touch with some of the people in it. I generally don't even remember how I got rid of them. And of course, sometimes I don't even remember who they were.
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Post by lola on Sept 23, 2009 13:08:18 GMT
The first person who springs to mind is the old guy in Chaumussay who thought I had picked one of his apples (when for once I was innocent) and rushed out to scold me. He softened up when he realized I was an ignorant foreigner, and told me I could have les tombées. I haven't kept in touch with him.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2009 13:45:55 GMT
There is a gentleman that I see each visit to NY ,I ALWAYS run into him,never fails. Each time I see him , without fail,he will go into this whole vivid recall of me shooting pool in one of the most infamous "sailor" type barrooms in Sag Harbor. I know I went there on occassion, but to hear him tell it ,I was some type of fixture there. I have no recollection of him whatsoever.
It has come to be an annual event,his whole spiel,and will include other people in the conversation that happen to be around. "Remember the Black Buoy?....." I dread the day my mother is around when he starts in on this. I will kick him in the shins ahead of time lest my mother hear that her little Casimira stepped foot into the Black Buoy.
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Post by rikita on Sept 25, 2009 6:27:15 GMT
many many... in most cases i never tried to stay in touch, in some i did, but they never answered, in others they did but i was too lazy to answer... but i do remember them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2009 6:39:12 GMT
Often it is the wrong people who try to stay in touch with me, although I was mildly surprised and pleased recently to receive a tentative e-mail from friends who had moved away and not stayed in touch about 7 or 8 years ago. And it wasn't even to tell me that they were arriving in Paris and needed a place to stay, just a friendly revival of contact.
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Post by lola on Sept 25, 2009 14:10:11 GMT
Once at an impressionable age, I was in Boulder CO standing in a crowd watching some dancers. I made a comment, and a male stranger next to me said, "You're a Virgo, aren't you?" Correct. Made me think there might be something to astrology, at least as far as personality types. None of it makes logical sense, of course. Later, when I read about the types, I craved a sign with more pizazz.
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