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I'm like that too, always struggled with dates, must be some kind of datum-dyslexia.
But until now, thanks to Google calendar, I had some narrow escapes 
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As long as I remember the wife's birthday I'm OK, all the rest she will remind me.
Pro:
- Better than google calendar because it self programs and self recharges
- seems to find own way home (i.e. no need for 'where's my phone' app)
- free/bonus cooking app (do ask - not all models have this)
Con:
- makes me do other things I don't feel like doing yet,
- way more expensive.
- been told difficult to upgrade but not tried that yet
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Herself's birthday is January 1st: no Google Calendar Event is required!
(A serious amount of planning to get a present so close to Christmas is however ... 
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Or the trick question "you know when my birthday is, right?"
"Uhhh... Sure I do?"
I never remember the exact date.
It took me about 25 years to get my parents birthdays right, what makes any girl think I can remember hers faster?
And I'm now at an age that by the time I'll remember hers I'll be forgetting it pretty soon as well 
Ah well, no such worries if you're single 
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Hint: Google calendar.
Set up an event, that repeats each year, and add a "Notification" or two: one a week before, one two days before, and leave at least one on the day.
That way, every year you get a timely reminder to get a card, flowers, present, book a restaurant - whatever floats the boat here - and reminder that it's still upcoming.
Works for me, and you get less hassle - every time I find out a birthday, in it goes just in case.
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And not come out of it without scars...nope.
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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0x01AA wrote: I don't really care about such Dates except my only son ones
Sheesh...Did you explain to your wife then that's the reason you forgot hers? I'm sure that would've made it okay...
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Yes
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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Bad Boy!
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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My condolences, they say elephants have good memory, but it's nothing compared to a wife and a forgotten birthday. Decades from now, you (and everyone within earshot) will still be hearing about it.
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It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Yes, once, but she forgot mine first, so it was easy to explain.
CQ de W5ALT
Walt Fair, Jr., P. E.
Comport Computing
Specializing in Technical Engineering Software
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Lucky man 
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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It's her fault for letting you forget! Hope it wasn't a 'major' one.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Quote: Hope it wasn't a 'major' one
If I can't remember day (range 1...31) and month (range 1....12), how should I remember the year (range: open) 
Just checked: Year % 10 -> 9 something relieved
Next year I think my Membership at cp ends in case same happens again
It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Not a problem I have ever had - the wife tells me where we are going for her birthday and my birthday and the kids birthdays and the grand kids birthdays. A nice meal out is about the only celebration of birthdays we have.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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An ex-colleague of mine forgot his brother's birthday - his TWIN brother!
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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It does not solve my Problem, but it answers my question
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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Okay, so the last of my tribe will get her license in late May or early June. The Honda CR-V in the family has been claimed by her - no problem - but that means I need a daily driver. We're talking East Coast USA, and I'm an old fart < 60.
Now I'm a *seriously* cheap bastard when it comes to cars - my mandatory requirements are reliability, a sunroof, and A/C. After that, I'm not allowed to drive anything red, and I won't drive purple.
I can work myself into a mess shopping for cars. The lady of my life says that it must be in this decade, so it's 2010+. Is there an official name for being able to shop forever but never make a decision?
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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charlieg wrote: Is there an official name for being able to shop forever but never make a decision?
"Saving"?
Well, maybe not time...
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Not just you. One of my current autos is a 1998 Toyota Sienna. Wife won't let go and I won't argue. Go to the nearest Car Max, not necessarily to purchase but to shop. Many models of many brands for tire kicking. Some decent deals as well. We sold a 20 year old Lincoln at one, not great but fair and little risk. Also visit edmunds.com (among others), Internet shopping eliminates a lot of the haggling. You still get hosed but won't notice so much.
If you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, perhaps you don't understand the situation.
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I don't know the name for that and I'm not sure it's a disorder. It sounds like just plain, old indecision to me.
FWIW, I am a big fan of Hondas. I currently have two of them, both with more than 90K miles, and there have been no problems with either of them. As added bonuses, they get rather good gas mileage for vehicles of their types and they are made* in the USA. I have a Ridgeline and a Pilot.
* made == assembled. The components come from all over the planet.
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charlieg wrote: I'm not allowed to drive anything red
I feel like there's a story here that needs to be shared 
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So do I.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
The metaphorical solid rear-end expulsions have impacted the metaphorical motorized bladed rotating air movement mechanism.
Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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