Last Friday I was at a bar with some friends when “Neal” joined us. He brought his lady friend who I immediately recognized. Now this is landmark for me. I rarely remember people. But I knew I had seen her before. And I assumed I must have seen her with “Neal” the last time we hung out.

So I said as much after Neal and “Mindy” sat down with us.

Me: “Hey, how are you? It’s nice to see you again.”

Mindy: “Oh, have we met before?”

Here was my chance to just say, “Oh, el oh el, probably not. Jay kay. I’m Cazey.” Instead, I persisted in my ignorant ways and said, “Yeah, I think you were with Neal last time I saw him.