[EN/PT-BR] The day I forgot my mother's birthday!

Our mind is a labyrinth of ideas and thoughts and at times, we receive so much information, we have so much to remember that we end up forgetting something and the worst of all is that what we forget is not always something trivial, something unimportant. You already understand what I mean, don't you? At times we forget something very important, be it a birthday, an appointment, someone's name, things like that and all this creates a very annoying and embarrassing situation. Who has never been through this? My experience with forgetfulness was not the best!
My daughter was born on August 9th and so far so good, but my mother was also born on August 9th and last year (in 2024), believe it or not, I forgot to wish my mother a happy birthday! Gosh, it was a very annoying and tense situation, because my mother was very upset with me (and rightly so) because of it. It was something that, after I realized exactly, I asked myself: what do you mean? How could I forget my mother's birthday? It was really complicated that month and I had to apologize to her.
The funniest thing about all this is that, as I said, my daughter has the same birthday as my mother and, believe it or not, I said “happy birthday” to my daughter, we went out as a family to eat something on the street, it was really fun, really cool, but the memory blackout simply happened, I literally forgot my mother's birthday, I didn't say anything on WhatsApp or Instagram, nothing! Nowhere! The other day, when I said “good morning” to her, I was greeted by a very disgruntled lecture from her and I had to apologize a lot and explain the inexplicable… that was really bad.

Apart from the fact that I was upset with my mother and myself, this showed me that I need to slow down sometimes. I remember that at that time last year things were tight, I was thinking a lot about my finances, I had a lot on my mind, so that ended up blinding me, making me forget my own mother's birthday. Now, why didn't I forget about my daughter? Maybe because I live with her, because I see her all the time, so that helped me remember. Since my mother hasn't lived with me for a while now, I see her a lot less.
What I learned from this was that our minds are flawed, they forget things and, even if they are super mega hyper important things, we can simply forget. After this, I reinforced writing everything down in files on my computers and WhatsApp. I write down everything that is important or set alarms to help me remember, especially if they are important things, like birthdays or the death of someone important to me. Sometimes we don't forget because we want to, but tiredness, the multitasking life we live in, forces us too much and, as a result, at some point we forget something.
Life will not stop, screens will not stop, and having 200 things to do in a day will not stop either. So, we have to always try to use technology or even a simple piece of paper and pencil and write things down, have the visual that we have some important commitment to remember and be very careful not to forget. We know very well that forgetting an important date can mean the end of a relationship or a friendship, so when we remember something, we show, above all, affection and respect for the parties involved.

A nossa mente é um labirinto de ideias e pensamentos e em alguns momentos, recebemos tanta informação, temos tanta coisa para lembrar que acabamos esquecendo de algo e o pior de tudo é que nem sempre o que esquecemos é algo trivial, algo sem importância. Já está entendendo o que quero dizer, não é? Em certos momentos esquecemos de algo muito importante, seja um aniversário, um compromisso, o nome de uma pessoa, coisas do tipo e isso tudo cria uma situação muito chata e constrangedora. Quem nunca passou por isso? A minha experiência com esquecimento não foi das melhores!
A minha filha nasceu no dia 9 de agosto e até aí tudo bem, mas a minha mãe também nasceu no dia 9 de agosto e no ano passado (em 2024), acreditem, esqueci de dar um feliz aniversário para a minha mãe! Caramba, foi uma situação muito chata e muito tensa, porque a minha mãe ficou muito incomodada comigo (e com toda razão) por conta disso. Foi uma coisa que, depois que percebi com exatidão, me perguntei: como assim? Como pude esquecer o aniversário da minha mãe? Foi bem complicado aquele mês e tive que solicitar um senhor perdão para ela.
O mais engraçado disso tudo é que, como eu disse, minha filha faz aniversário no mesmo dia que a minha mãe e por incrível que pareça falei “feliz aniversário” para a minha filha, saímos em família para comer algo na rua, foi bem divertido, bem legal mesmo, mas, o apagão de memória simplesmente aconteceu, literalmente esqueci do aniversário da minha mãe, não falei nada pelo WhatsApp ou Instagram, nada! Em nenhum lugar! No outro dia, quando falei “bom dia” para ela, fui recebido por um sermão bem descontente dela e tive que solicitar muitas desculpas e explicar o inexplicável… foi bem ruim isso.

Tirando que fiquei na “bad” com a minha mãe e comigo mesmo, isso me mostrou ser preciso desacelerar às vezes. Lembro que naquela época do ano passado as coisas estavam apertadas, estava muito pensativo por conta do meu financeiro, muita coisa na minha cabeça, então isso acabou que me cegou, me fez esquecer do aniversário da minha própria mãe. Agora, o porquê de não ter esquecido da minha filha? Talvez por conviver com ela, por ver ela o tempo todo, então isso me ajudou a lembrar. Como a minha mãe não mora mais comigo há algum tempo, vejo ela bem menos.
O que aprendi com isso foi que a nossa cabeça é falha, ela esquece as coisas e, por mais que sejam coisas super mega hiper importantes, podemos simplesmente esquecer. Depois deste fato, reforcei anotar as coisas tudo em arquivos nos meus computadores e WhatsApp. Tudo o que é importante eu anoto ou coloco alarmes para me ajudar a lembrar, principalmente se forem coisas importantes, como as datas de aniversário ou falecimento de alguém importante para mim. Às vezes não esquecemos porque queremos, mas o cansaço, a vida em multitarefa em que vivemos nos força demais e, com isso, uma hora esquecemos de algo.
A vida não vai parar, as telas não vão parar, ter 200 coisas para fazer em um dia também não. Então, temos que tentar sempre usar a tecnologia ou até mesmo um simples papel com lápis e anotar as coisas, ter o visual de que temos algum compromisso importante para lembrar e ter todo o cuidado para não esquecer. Sabemos bem que esquecer uma data importante pode ser o fim de um relacionamento, de uma amizade, então, quando lembramos de algo, demonstramos, além de tudo, carinho e respeito pelas partes envolvidas.


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I also forget a lot of people's birthdays except for close family and friends.
Coworker's birthdays, I forget every time lol.
At least I don't forget my dad's. When I celebrate my birthday, I celebrate his, too.
Haha your birthday went well with your father's then. My daughter's birthday is the same as my mother's, but I made that mistake last year, it was a mental blackout, good thing I don't forget it anymore, because my mother was very upset with me and that got me down too.
We live, we learn. :)
Absolutely! Life is an evolution haha. Cheers!
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truly we forget the important things too, it is good that you have learnt from this and have a better way to keep you reminded of all important activities going on.
Exactly, I can't keep forgetting the birthdays of the people I love, especially if it's a close family member like my mother. A big hug.
The issue of birthdays is a reason I've taken to viewings statuses on WhatsApp. In case I forget, I'll find it there when they post it and immediately do the needful, or Facebook will notify me. If I don't get it on Facebook or WhatsApp, then we're probably not close enough for you to be mad at me.
Still, forgetting your Mom's birthday is also understandable. Especially when you have so much to do.
Facebook has always helped me with dates, I remember not missing a birthday with it in its heyday, now that almost no one I know uses Facebook, I don't use it much either, but this function of showing birthdays helped a lot, it was a blessing not to forget haha.
Now I need to write everything down in a few places, at least those of the people closest to me, I don't want to forget their birthdays. 😅
Hehe... Google Calendar can also help out. I think there's a feature where you register birthdays on calendars and it'll send you a notification on that day.
It's a good idea, I'll look into it, if I can create these reminders it'll help a lot! It's really good!
A vida é tão agitada que por vezes esquecemos as coisas.
As vezes o stress do dia, a rotina, a correria que estamos obrigados a fazer, e a quantidade de tarefas fazem com que por vezes a nossa mente tenha lapsos, e isso faz parte da vida, apenas temos de ter estratégias para lidarmos com algo que vai acontecer algumas vezes na nossa vida.
Pois é, acho que foi correria e stress naquele momento, vida tensa, não estava em uma fase muito boa, mas daqui pra frente espero não esquecer mais, senão minha mãe vai ficar bem grilada comigo haha
I can really relate to the disgruntled lecture form a forgotten mum😂, sorry about that..my mum wouldn’t even let us forget her birthday. She starts calling you a week to her birthday to remind you to send over her birthday gift 😂, news flash, she doesn’t take gifts, such send the cash hahhaha 🤣🤣
hahahah your mom doesn't let you forget her birthday apparently haha, that's good mine stays on silent mode waiting for me to get in touch xD