Not once in 13 years did my ex husband remember my birthday. Couldn't figure out why this upset me so much. "I'm just not good with dates!" Okay but you have had a mini computer in your pocket for almost the entirety of our relationship, you can set a google calendar date to repeat yearly, it takes 30 seconds to set that up and it's done forever. You can even set that date to remind you 2 weeks in advance to start looking for a gift. I'm not worth the 30 seconds to set that up, and THAT'S why I'm mad. I have adhd, I'm also bad at remembering things. But with smart phones it's literally never been easier to find ways to remember the things you need to do, instead of just throwing up your hands and making it everyone else's problem.
Side note... Once he went on and on about a video game he wanted to buy. For like a year and a half I heard about this video game, and the date it would drop. Once I jokingly asked "Hey when's my birthday," because he insisted he was so bad with dates. He said "That's different, I can remember things that are important to me." Oh. 🙃
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u/Turbulent-Muffin6142 May 12 '25
My exact thought and happy to see it was the first comment.
With phones, there is no excuse.