What do you do?????

It seems like lately I have been running into people a lot that have NO idea who I am!!!!  Yes, I know I have changed... but come on have I really changed that much???  Usually it happens at work with parents or former students... and I have to tell them who I am.  One day I had a parent ask me if "I" still worked there.  I said yeah you're talking to her!! 

However, the other day when I was at Walmart I passed a teacher I use to work with 3 times in the aisle and she never recognized me... I decided it was easier to just keep walking then to explain who I was.  There is also a cashier there whose children went to my school... she spent many hours in my office discussing one of her boys and yes she does not recognize me either!!!!  Then today I had to pick the kids up early at school for an appt. and the Asst. Principal came over to the car to tell me that she had seen me several times this year and had no idea who I was until she saw me with my kids today!   I have known her for almost 10 years!!! 

So I guess I am just wondering how you all who have lost a lot of weight handle these situations.   Do you find it's easier to just keep walking like I did or do you stop and reintroduce yourself???

depends on where i am, if i have the time, if i wanna be bothered etc lol.  When im back 'home' in beaumont, this happens all the time. Seriously,its just depends on if I want to deal with it or not. Sometimes I reintroduce myself, sometimes I just walk on  by
See, told you that you looked fabulous!!!

Yes you were full of the sweet ,sweet compliments!!!  It's hard for me to accept a compliment... still working on that!

I guess back when I had surgery I never really thought about what it would be like once I lost the weight....  I mean I dreamed about the what if's but really never thought I would make it to this point! 

It is for me too.Especially since i still see the 350+ person! Youre doing great, keep up the good work!!!

I guess that "vision" of ourselves probably never really goes away!!!  Thanks for all the support!  Again I am just so glad I got to hang out with you last weekend... I really enjoyed getting to know everyone better!

anytime girl!!! Had fun myself. Looks like we gotta get Karla to invite us back :)

I'm a lot like Liz - sometimes I bother some times I just keep walking - of course we have moved a lot so I don't run into as many people that knew me

did have a funny when a friends hubby asked her who was holding Tim's kids - now this is a man that was one of my peeps last deployment and saw me at minimum once a day for an entire year

sometimes it worth the bother other times its not

sorry guess we aren't giving you very good answers on this one

I don't know if I'm really looking for an answer.... but rather wanting to know if this is normal and happens to everyone.  Ya know...

It just wasn't something I ever thought about happening... so it's been an adjustment!

Paige,

It has happened to me a couple times. Usually it is folks that I haven't seen in a couple years. At first, they would look at me and then just walk by. I thought they were just being rude.  But then I have had one or two come back to me a few minutes later and say they simply did not know who I was.    But ya know, sometimes it's a good thing because there are folks that I would just as soon not explain or reintroduce myself.

And yes, my dear, you look FABO!!! IF I hadn't seen updated pics since last November when I met you, I wouldn't recognize you.

Yeah I thought people were being rude too until it dawned on me they didn't know who I was!!!  And yes it is nice when certain people don't know you!!!!!!

Thanks for the kind words!!!