Is mistaken identity scary to you
Like just the idea that someone could mistake you for someone else and harm you or even kill you.
26-30, F
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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
It is because there are a number of women that look similar enough to me that strangers have approached me and called me by their names. It happened 3 times in one week over 10 years ago, and I’ve learned to ask what the women do for a living and know that they are different. A restaurant hostess, a school teacher, a nurse at the hospital, a belt buckle factory worker etc. One couple even thought I was the woman’s niece when I was working as a greeter. They acted hurt like I was disowning them when I told them I wasn’t her niece. And one time I went to a laundromat and was unloading my clothes out of the car and two police officers were standing together looking at me and then at each other several times. I kind of thought they were looking at me like I was some kind of suspect.
Firestarter · 26-30, F
@cherokeepatti That is scary.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Firestarter Imagine how many innocent people may have been put in jail or prison based solely on eye-witnesses identifying them as a criminal....it is very frightening. Someone I knew very told me he saw me at a football stadium in another city about 70 miles away. He knew I had picked up his niece and took her to my home for a weekend visit but when I came back on Sunday he told me he saw me at the stadium sitting two rows behind him. He called my name a few times and said I ignored him. I told him he knew better because I was at home. He said “ Same hairstyle, same glasses, she looked just like you.”
Firestarter · 26-30, F
@cherokeepatti Yes I watched a show were that happened, and it was 2 men, and they both even had the same name! And I forgot what they said, but I think it is a number they give them in prison they go by that instead of their face or name.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Firestarter Oh yeah and in 5th grade I lived in Kansas. We had two 5th grade classrooms and a girl that could have been my twin (except she wore eyeglasses) was in the other classroom. One day she got sick & ran out into the hallway and threw up. The next day other kids were telling me they saw me throw up in the hallway. You could expect one or two doppelgängers in a lifetime but this is way too common for me.