What should I do if I run into an old friend at the store?

[MasonBW]

So I was at the grocery store yesterday and I saw someone I’m almost positive was an old friend from high school, but I just completely froze and pretended to be really interested in the soup cans. Now I can’t stop wondering if it was actually them and why I have this automatic reflex to avoid a potentially nice interaction. Does this ever happen to anyone else?

[Aurora_R]

That freeze in the grocery store sounds familiar you end up staring at soup cans and not the person and then you wonder if it was them

[PaulVJ]

Could be you were hoping it was them and your brain filled the gap with a familiar face I doubt you froze for nothing though

[James_J]

I got similar after a reunion thing and I was unsure if it was them or just a vibe from someone similar I left and then felt silly later

[KevinH]

Yeah I bail on awkward moments too and then wander if I should have said hi its a pain but you move on

[Michael_H]

If it was them a quick hey later could clear it up or it might just stay as a what if either way not a big deal

[Robert_T]

Part of me wonders why we overthink it the whole premise of a sighting feels like a soap opera but usually its nothing

[MasonJ]

Next time try a simple nod and see what happens maybe it will jog a memory or not either way the moment passes