wino

Do a white pages reverse look up. You can do it online.

  hubman

Reverse look-up doesn’t work for cell numbers.

Is there a mutual friend he can ask? How about pretend to have a brain-fart and can’t remember? That might backfire if she doesn’t play along and tell him. Or how about be playful and call her a bunch of names obviously not hers (Bertha, Wanda, etc) until she blurts out her name?

Yeah, I’m not very helpful, am I?

  Danielle

I have done this before. Ugggg!
Ask her if she has any nicknames or what her close friends and family call her. Usually it is some shortened version of her real name.
Or ask her what her full name is. Like he wants to know what her middle and last name are.

  Lola

How about something like this….

“Uh. Can I ask you a personal question? It’s something I know I really should’ve asked you awhile ago, like after text #2, but what’s your name? I’m rubbish with names, and I know you’ve told me yours before, but I’ve searched all recesses of my mind, and I’m coming up with nothing. I really like you and I think you’re smokin’ hot, and I want to be able to whisper your name in your ear, as I brush aside your hair. So, please tell me your name so I can stop feeling like a schmuck and start showering you with kisses.”

I think she’ll appreciate the honesty!

  Professor Fate

Three ways that have worked for me in the past (And a bonus I have never tried)….

Ask her for her email address (people do still use email don’t they). Send her something sweet or cutesy or racy. When she responds you could have her name (unless she uses some anonymous address).

[This requires a real-time action.] Tell her that she has a secret admirer and he is trying to send her flowers. Get the delivery address. Then tell her that are having a brain fart on her name and you want to get it right. Ask her to spell it so she gets her flowers.

The easiest way I found is to have her personalize her contact info in his phone. Make a big show out of deleting her contact info. Then let her reset it up.

A bonus one:
Say you tried to friend her on facebook, but can’t find her. Then ask for the email she used to set it up or exact spelling of her name because you obviously have it wrong. If she doesn’t have one, get together and help her set one up.

  Professor Fate

Or what Lola said

  viemoira

I guess I’d question what he put in for a name for her contact? I’d start there but no clue beyond that…

  Vixen

Prof Fate- the FB thing is actually something that I had suggested to him, haha. Bc I think that is something I would do.

Great suggestions! I especially like asking her to input her own contact info!

  Vixen

Danielle- good suggestions! I could see either of those work.

Lola, the honesty thing might work…. He’d have to be very confident. I’d be too embarrassed (lol).

  Chapter Two- BFD

I am AWFUL with names- absolutely terrible. I have people spell it exactly for me, explaining that noone’s name is ever spelled the same anyway and I want to get it exactly right. Even if it something like Sue…. then you can laugh it off as saying “wow, that would have been hard to screw up huh? I’m such a dork!” Then get it in the damn contacts on your phone and remember!!!!

  Kenny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1g5iPdwTL4

  Westcoast Weirdo

This reminds me of the Seinfeld episode *snort*.

  MinorityReport

I like Lola’s idea. :)
But the FB thing works too.

  iwonderifsheis

So, Vixen – Which one did you try and how’d it work out for you?

  Vixen

I’ve never been in this situation before, so I wouldn’t know.