• silverwhisper said on Jan 16, 2008....

  o god yes, i do that all the damned time! i swear i should take ginkgo biloba or whatever that stuff is!
  
  ed

• uniquely-ironic said on Jan 16, 2008....

  SW - really? that surprises me.  I'd think that would be a "fact" securly squirreled away in everyone's head.

• silverwhisper said on Jan 16, 2008....

  apparently, too many squirrels got at my facts!
  
  ed

• beyondtheveil said on Jan 16, 2008....

  unique- One time, years ago, I stood motionless for a few seconds trying to decide between two numbers which was my age.
  
  I think the reason for this is I don't pay any attention to my birthday. I never understood why anyone would want to celebrate getting older. Numerous times I've awakened to a new day and didn't realize it was my birthday until someone, usually my wife, mentioned it.
  
  Her side of the family celebrates everything, including my birthday. I stick around for the food and gifts.
  

• uniquely-ironic said on Jan 16, 2008....

  SW - so you own squirrel trampled facts.  Hmmmmm.
   
  BTV - I've seen someone do that "deer in the headlights" thing on age.  I insist on food everytime I'm forced to get another year older.

• tizzygirl said on Jan 16, 2008....

  Oh my god yes I have!  A lot of the time if I've just had a birthday I forget I'm a year older....but I remember after I turned 16 time started to fly by and so many people in your life ask how old you are in those years and I swear I thought I was 16 for 2 years until I reached another milestone of 18!  My boyfriend however just rounds up to the nearest "old" age mark and tells everyone he's that old even if he's 3 years away from it still!  I'll remind him that he's not that old yet...he always says "close enough" so most the time I'm pretty sure he has no idea how old he actually is....lucky he has me to keep track!

• uniquely-ironic said on Jan 16, 2008....

  tizzy - I've forgotten how old my daughter was.  Well, actually I thought she was a year or two younger.  But that may have been me living in denial. (what? me have kids that old?!  nah!)

• destinydiva said on Jan 16, 2008....

  always!!!  seriously..
  tho I'm sure I'm safe this year!!  its hard to lose track of 30:-) xx
  
  
  

• uniquely-ironic said on Jan 16, 2008....

  destiny - wow, this is more common than I thought!  I remember 30, I think I was morning sick.

• evil_twin said on Jan 16, 2008....

  I actually have forgotten this. I even forgot what year I was born once. I had to really think about it. I'm glad it's not just me who does this!
  
  -evil_twin LA
  

• uniquely-ironic said on Jan 16, 2008....

  ET - LOL you forgot the year you were born?!  I can't say that I have.  Hmmmm, maybe I'm just a little fixated with age.

• evil_twin said on Jan 16, 2008....

  Well it was the strangest thing. I turned 28 last year and for some reason I was fixated on the number 8. So when I filled out a form, I listed my  birthdate as 1978 instead of 1979. I have no idea why, and I stared at it for awhile and I realized, "hey, that's wrong!" Maybe I need more sleep? :-P
  
  -evil_twin LA
  

• uniquely-ironic said on Jan 16, 2008....

  ET - It's definately a possibility. :)  I am pretty good with dates in general.  I build up little stories in my head so that when you say a key word it trips the whole story and I can remember a specific date.  Yet another weird unique quality of my strange mind.

• Mr_Box said on Jan 16, 2008....

  Lately I remember pretty well how old I am. Being 30 is easy to remember. But there was this one time last year when I tried to buy cigarettes.

  The clerk looked at me and asked me how old I was. I responded to them that I was 18. What I meant to say was that I was OVER 18 but it didn't work out that way.

  Then I changed it and said I was 29. She just stared at me so I handed over my ID. If I didn't even know how old I was, then how could she trust me right?

• TinSoldier said on Jan 16, 2008....

  Sometimes I might lose a year (as in, forget that I had a birthday and am now a year older) but for the most part, yes I keep track.

• nursecutie said on Jan 16, 2008....

  I always remember how old I am.......so far! I think maybe the older you get, the easier it is to look track of it.....LOL My parents forget how old I am though. My last birthday was 26 but my dad insisted it was my 25th! He had to do the math.....LOL!
   
  xxoo natalie xxoo

• Twylarants said on Jan 16, 2008....

   Do I ever lose track of how old I am?  I wish.
    No, seriously, every few years I dig out my birth certificate hoping to find a mistake on it.
   I do, really!  I want to see 1953 0r 4 or any year after 1949.
  My husband use to do what Tizzy's bf does, round up to the next year. Don't even try doing that to me!  He's 2 1/2 years older than I am, so for 6 months he's 3 years older than I am and I don't let him forget it the whole 6 months.
  I don't celebrate my birthday, don't want cards, presents, reminders, don't even want to think about it.  I have a pic of me at 35 on the fridge and that's the way I want to remember me, young, good looking...hair on my head... I'm delusional but happier that way.
  

• Fallyn said on Jan 16, 2008....

  um...today i was actually thinking about this
  
  it's my birthday in a week or so....and i can't remember if i'm actually 32 and will be turning 33, or if i'm 31 and turning 32.
  
  i think i'm turning 33....but i can't remember.
  

• queenparanoia said on Jan 17, 2008....

  nope i'm still young... but that was funny though... =)

• Me-Myself&I said on Jan 17, 2008....

  no, but i don't feel or act my age....at lest i don't think i do.....but i have alot of miles under my belt.

• hidufel said on Jan 17, 2008....

  i do on occasion forget.

• uniquely-ironic said on Jan 17, 2008....

  JBox - LOL, you kinda did yourself in there.  I always looked younger than I was, so I made sure that people carding me knew just how old I was.  Looking back, I probably should have enjoyed looking that young.
   
  TS - That seems more reasonable to me.  I mean, if you're really busy, it MIGHT slip your mind that you just had a birthday.
   
  nurse - I'm guilty of that recently.  Tried to keep my daughter younger.  It seemed more like a subconscious attempt to live in denial about my age.
   
  Twyla - LOL "I'm delusional but happier that way".  I know what you mean.  Mentally I picture myself in my early 30s, so imagine the shock when I'm forced to look into the mirror?!!
   
  Fallyn - I don't get it .......  really.  Okay, maybe some people really do lose track.
   
  queen - younger and your mind is much more spry apparently.  Yes, it did crack me up that he knew I'd be keeping track of his age.
   
  MM&I - but do you keep track of the "mileage"?  I'm a big believer in acting younger than you are, just to keep the old age out.
   
   
   
   
   

• wakingharmony said on Jan 17, 2008....

  UI Yep I do Sometimes... but I don't worry about it. My sister was doing it at 30 lol and I had to inform her she wasn't as old as she thought! 

• Carlar95 said on Jan 17, 2008....

  I have never ever forgotten! I can't imagine forgetting.

• uniquely-ironic said on Jan 17, 2008....

  waking - LOL that's sad. (to have to tell your sister she wasn't that old)
   
  Carlar - We are the same that way.

• crybabylu said on Jan 19, 2008....

  No, I wish I could.

• Fallyn said on Jan 24, 2008....

  i'm turning 32.
  
  
  

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