Re: What's the worst thing you have ever forgotten?

[Anonymous]

MerryMac, I can totally relate. It’s almost like as soon as a thing has lost its relevance to the here and now, we dispose of it. We “archive” it – so we can remember it if someone else mentions it – but it’s like we remove the memory tags from it and just stow it in long-term storage, filed under “probably will never use again”. So we learn from our experiences (usually) and discard them. Probably a useful skill when you think about it.

Then again it makes me look like an idiot when a doctor asks me if my kid has ever had this illness or that injury, and if so when? Hell if I know! After they’ve healed up from it, I forget. “Has your son ever had a serious injury.” “Nope, nothing I can think of.” “Uh…I broke my leg when I was 5, Mom.” “Well…you didn’t define ‘serious!'” Nice comeback there, Erin. *blush and rolling eyes*

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