In college I occasionally mixed up a couple similar looking girls.
I ended up marrying one of them.
It worked out pretty well for me but I don’t think it’s a universally applicable heuristic.
More like “If I can’t keep two people straight, marry one of them. That ought to provide compelling incentives to do so, not to mention ample opportunity for increased familiarity.”
Ha! I also went on a date with someone I had mixed up with his roommate, but it went badly. Took me half the date to catch on. I just thought he was more boring than I remembered.
Nope, I just hid from him for the rest of summer camp, so he wouldn’t try to follow up. I also did not confess: thinking I had the same prof for both my epidemiology classes until Thanksgiving when I found out there were two separate people.
I once was telling my Democratic Rhetoric prof how glad I was I dropped Abstract Algebra and realized mid paragraph I was talking to my Abstract Algebra prof and switched to “because I just don’t have time to do it justice and I think I’ll be able to make time next year.”
I once was telling my Democratic Rhetoric prof how glad I was I dropped Abstract Algebra and realized mid paragraph I was talking to my Abstract Algebra prof and switched to “because I just don’t have time to do it justice and I think I’ll be able to make time next year.”
In college I occasionally mixed up a couple similar looking girls. I ended up marrying one of them. It worked out pretty well for me but I don’t think it’s a universally applicable heuristic.
So… your system is “if two people look the same, add ‘Am I married to this person?’ as a differentiating criterion”? Welp, new pickup line.
More like “If I can’t keep two people straight, marry one of them. That ought to provide compelling incentives to do so, not to mention ample opportunity for increased familiarity.”
Ha! I also went on a date with someone I had mixed up with his roommate, but it went badly. Took me half the date to catch on. I just thought he was more boring than I remembered.
Wow. Did you confess the mixup or what?
Nope, I just hid from him for the rest of summer camp, so he wouldn’t try to follow up. I also did not confess: thinking I had the same prof for both my epidemiology classes until Thanksgiving when I found out there were two separate people.
I once was telling my Democratic Rhetoric prof how glad I was I dropped Abstract Algebra and realized mid paragraph I was talking to my Abstract Algebra prof and switched to “because I just don’t have time to do it justice and I think I’ll be able to make time next year.”
Oh my...
At least it wasn’t the morning after.