I have a few memories of my childhood that are our go to stories as a family when talking about our childhood. But a couple of years ago the stories changed and I just can't explain it.
I know people remember the same event differently but these event used to be remembered the same and then suddenly they are remembered differently.
one was when me and my sister found £100 scratch card in a phone box. My parents let us buy a toy and a lolly each and kept the rest. Us sisters used to talk about it all the time! How it was unfair that they kept the money and only let us have about £10 of it.
But about 2 years ago she said that we never found the scratch card, my dad found cash and we didn't get the toy and lolly that day.
We had spoken about it the year before and now everyone's memory is different. my parents swear blind im making it up and so does my sister.
I would be inclined to agree, but the story has been told over and over and now its changed.
Another story is when I fell in a patch of stingers just before leaving for our family holiday and so we left late.
I know it was me because it really hurt and I have been careful about hedgerows since... But my sister and my mum swear it was actually my sister. Again, we have spoken about it before. How can they forget?
If the stories hadn't been mentioned in years then I would accept it but these are OUR stories. our family shared laughs.
I just feel cheated! and like my memory is in question. I just can't explain it.
Has anyone one else have something that just can't be explained? Where you know you're right?