To worry that I keep forgetting how old I am?

[LucinaLu]

Sounds very silly and most of the time I brush it off as quirky but today I genuinely had to calculate my age based on my year of birth to figure out how old I’ll be next week. I’ll be 33. I will most likely forget again by tomorrow, that’s what always happens. I have twin 18mo babies and yes things can get very stressful. I read a lot of articles like “mums of twins will definitely relate to THIS” but to be honest I’ve never heard of other parents in general forgetting their age. It’s such a personal thing I see it as being like forgetting your hair colour. AIBU to worry? Is it a sign of something else? Or is this extremely normal and just not talked about a lot?

What I'm getting at the moment is what month it is. But not in a "is it February or March?" Kind it way. As in - is it September? Is it December? Where the fuck are we?

I have to actually stop still and think hard for a few seconds to figure out where we even are on the calendar.

I have a 14 month old who hates sleep.

I've not remembered my age since I was about 22. I often have to work it out in my head.

I always forget. Past 30 and since having a baby, i keep forgetting lol

Completely normal! I'm 41 I think! But very often think I'm 42 (actually, maybe I am!! I'm one or the other! I know I'm not 43 yet and I'm not 40!)

If I was still in my 30s I wouldnt worry about a few years here and there TBH. Wait until you get to 40! Seriously age is just a number really .You are as old as you feel IMO .

I’m in my forties & I often have to work out out, I spent months saying I was 48 (at the time) only to find out I’m actually 48 later this year, bonus!

Perfectly natural, I remain when I was a child noticing that adults often were unsure what age they were and being puzzled, not now. After about 25/30 I think age becomes less meaningful for most.

I forget all the time. I have also forgotten it's my birthday.

I told someone I was 28 the other day... im 35!! it often takes maths to remember how old I am but tbf I don't need to remember very often so...

Since turning 40 it always takes me 30 seconds or so to remember or work out how old I am. Difficult to remember off top of my head.

I don’t keep track of my age. I often get confused and have to do a quick calculation.

Wait until you have grandchildren. They know exactly how old you are and have no filter so everyone in the vicinity knows too!

I do this and I'm 29

I was thinking exactly this yesterday, I couldn’t remember if I was 41 or 42! Glad to hear it’s normal.

I woke up last birthday convinced I was 54 and only 6 years to go before I can take early retirement. I was well disappointed when I realised I was only 53.

When someone asks my age I often have to think about it before I answer!

In my volunteering role my first question to people is how old they are. Quite a lot of people have to think about it before answering. It's not that unusual.

I always get my age wrong. Obviously I go for the younger age!

Another person who often has to think and has before actually used an online calculator thing to check. Kept doubting myself. It worked it out to the minute or something, I just wanted the year Doesn't help that 2020 still sounds futuristic to me. Where are our hover boards!

I forget my age all the time and with a baby I often woke up struggling to remember if I had a boy or girl. Even once forgot where baby was and got into a right panic, was with grandparents at their house as planned.

I think this just happens to everyone after about 25/30. It used to feel very important before then how old I was. Now I am just generally adult. The exact number doesn't affect anything at all. So I forget quote frequently.

God I regularly have to revert to the age calculator thingy to remind myself. I always doubt myself and get it wrong. My default age is for some random reason is 28.... I however am actually 33.

I lost track of my age pre kids, so I can't even blame them! Must have been mid twenties I struggled to remember, and now at 32? 33? Somewhere around there, I'll regularly have to work it out when someone asks me, and then I'll forget in again by the next day. Yes everyone I know thinks it's hilarious and doesn't understand how I can forget, but I guess it's just not something I think about regularly enough to remember! You aren't alone op

It must start about age 30. I’ll also be 33 in a few weeks and whenever anyone asks I need to count too.

The brain fog I get from having Crohn’s is terrible though. When I worked full time, I regularly had to stop the car on the way home from work, to check my phone and find out what day it was so I knew whether to pick DD up at nursery or my mums.

Luckily I now work part time and from home, so every instruction I get is via email. DP has learned when he asks me to do something for our business he HAS to text me, even if he has told me face to face or on the phone already, because I’ll forget. I have umpteen reminders about things on my phone, a giant calendar in the kitchen etc still forgot parents info might at DDs school a few weeks ago 😖

Nightmare.

I forget too. The good news is that I often overestimate and then feel like I’ve earned back a bonus year or two all at once when I work it out properly!

I'm the same age as op and regularly forget. Normal.