Contacts You Love… and Don’t Remember Meeting

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in college, it’s that half of the contacts in my phone are people I don’t know. I may have known them for the length of a drink or a line outside my favorite bar, but memory fades with last call.

In any case, what makes the randoms in my phone stand out is how they’re entered as a contact… affectionately re-named, if you will.

We all do it, and I really do lament my memory slipping, but as I was going through my contacts list the other day, I couldn’t help but crack up at some of the best names I found in my phone. After which I was reminded of some of the better names and numbers taken down by some of my friends.

With no further ado, the best contacts I completely forgot about, and you likely have in your phone too (please note that actual names have been changed on the off chance any of these people remember exchanging numbers with me or my friends):

1. John Cinco de Mayo

Ah, yes, you remember the Cinco de Mayo story. What a glorious and drunken event. He’s still in my phone, identified by when I met him. This can also occur with cities and venues as well (see below)…

2. Ben Skeeps?

I didn’t even have this guy’s number until he texted me about four days later, reminding me that he was Ben, and we met (apparently) at a regular haunt of mine in undergrad. The question mark implies that I really didn’t remember him… read it as “I guess?”

3. Danger

I have never called this number. All I know is it’s from my hometown, may involve a mistyping or T-9 error on my part, but I want to say it’s not a good endorsement.

4. Tim Don’t Pick Up

No joke, my friend has this guy in her phone because he has a tendency to call. Often. Persistence will not be paying him profits anytime soon, but it’s a warning to not lead him on or he won’t go away.

5. D5zkn3 (or something equivalent)

No. Idea. We may or may not have made out at the bar (a sure sign of classiness), but I wouldn’t even be able to tell you which bar because, at the time, I was too much of a mess to READ LETTERS. Contacts like this happen when blackout sets in…. very bad.

6. Cute Kevin

Oh, him I remember. He was cute. And his name was Kevin. Duhhh.

I’ve cleaned out my contacts, what about you? What are some of the best names in your phone?

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