I sometimes get this ‘knowing’ feeling in my gut, and it is accurate. On three occasion, I had a gut feel for a person’s name, and, it was correct.
One time, after boarding a plane, started chatting with the person sitting next to me. About half way through the conversation, I asked them “Who is Marie?” She was surprised and asked me how I knew her middle name (we had not exchanged names, a name came to me, gut feeling, and turned out to be her name).
On another occasion, I was talking to a person I just met and they somehow started sharing with me a relationship story, asking for advice. In the middle of their story, I said, “Is the other person’s name Andy?” …. And, she responded “How did you know? Do you know him?”
The last one was at an airport food court. There was a lady sitting across the table, and, I ‘felt’ her name. I wanted to check the accuracy of the feeling I had and started a conversation. I then said “Please don’t be alarmed if I am accurate, but, would like to guess your name.” She gave me permission to try. The name I spoke was her name! She jumped out of her seat and demanded to know who I was! I had to reassure her that I was just a ‘normal’ person passing through for a connection flight. I had to show her my state and work IDs to reassure her.
Have you had similar experiences or ‘knowing’ moments?
One time, after boarding a plane, started chatting with the person sitting next to me. About half way through the conversation, I asked them “Who is Marie?” She was surprised and asked me how I knew her middle name (we had not exchanged names, a name came to me, gut feeling, and turned out to be her name).
On another occasion, I was talking to a person I just met and they somehow started sharing with me a relationship story, asking for advice. In the middle of their story, I said, “Is the other person’s name Andy?” …. And, she responded “How did you know? Do you know him?”
The last one was at an airport food court. There was a lady sitting across the table, and, I ‘felt’ her name. I wanted to check the accuracy of the feeling I had and started a conversation. I then said “Please don’t be alarmed if I am accurate, but, would like to guess your name.” She gave me permission to try. The name I spoke was her name! She jumped out of her seat and demanded to know who I was! I had to reassure her that I was just a ‘normal’ person passing through for a connection flight. I had to show her my state and work IDs to reassure her.
Have you had similar experiences or ‘knowing’ moments?