I stood and talked to someone for about ten minutes once before I realised he wasn’t the person I thought. I thought he was the father of my then partner, but i

I stood and talked to someone for about ten minutes once before I realised he wasn’t the person I thought. I thought he was the father of my then partner, but it turned out he was an old teacher I’d had. In that particular meeting, I think I got away with it, but there have been times where I haven’t. I have such trouble with recognising faces - including knowing I know them - but mistaking them for someone else - that I have to actively check myself before I engage with people who I’m not very familiar with. So if you know me but don’t see me often, if you bump into me and find the conversation seems awfully generic, sorry about that. One thing I’ve learned is that a person’s voice is much easier for me to recognise. This means I try to exchange pleasantries - even with people I know well enough that I should recognise them. I hope it comes across as friendly and jovial - which it is - but I also need the interaction to jog my memory.