Is it normal to forget your own age? - eviltoast

I’m still in my 20s, but as of a few years ago I started forgetting what’s my exact age. I always have to stop and recalculate it each time someone asks me. I get asked fairly infrequently, but when I do it’s a bit weird/embarrassing that I have to say “wait, let me calculate”. (I know when I was born, of course.)

It seems as if there’s no good reason I’d remember it, since it changes all the time and it is rarely mentioned in practice. But others, including people much older than myself, know their own age immediately.

I’m also terrible at remembering people’s names, I don’t know if that could be related?

  • unmagical@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    My birthday never changes, but my age changes every year. I forget it for like 9 months of the year.

    • FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee
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      8 months ago

      I have an august birthday and I keep forgetting sometimes until like January or something of next year then I just go have another and the cycle repeats