FORGETFUL FRIENDS

Without a doubt, as we age our memories fade. And over the last few days I have experienced this problem with three different friends.

Last Thurs, I called a friend to invite her to go out to lunch and to the free movie at the Senior Center. As she wasn’t home, I left a message on her answering machine. Unfortunately instead of calling my home phone she dialed my cell phone, even though I have asked her many times NOT to call my cell phone. I keep it in my car for emergencies, and if she calls on a day I don’t go out, then I miss her call. To bad she forgot and mistakenly called my cell phone.

On Friday, I called another friend to confirm our plans to play bridge at the local duplicate bridge club on Saturday. Unfortunately, she had forgotten that we had set the date a few weeks ago and recently made other plans. So I didn’t get to play bridge the next day.

On Monday, I called a third friend to find out what time she wanted to meet for lunch on Tuesday and go shopping as we had planned a few days earlier. I couldn’t believe it when she said, she was so sorry that she made a mistake. When she agreed to our plans she had forgotten that she had already scheduled a previous engagement. Unbelievable.

Of course, I was frustrated, but then again, I didn’t want to cast any blame. I too have been guilty of forgetting. In fact, I still remember one such occasion which occurred years ago when I was much younger.

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