A friend of mine who I have been friends with for 3 years, her birth is coming within this month or next-but I don't remember the date. I was thinking of asking a friend of hers, whom I'm acquainted with when her birthday is again, so I can tel her happy birthday. My point is, is it wrong to not know a friend's birthday-that you consider a 'goo friend'?....she has facebook, or had it-but she deleted the thing-so now I don't know when it is. I'll send her a b-day wish via text message.
2007-09-17 06:14:00 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
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2007-09-17 06:14:32 · update #1
Of course it's not wrong. It's better to ask your other friend, than to pretend you forgot her birthday or simply ignore the day.
(I wish all my friends who have forgotten about the date of my birthday would go over that trouble, just as I do with them. :P)
2007-09-17 06:19:52 · answer #1 · answered by C M 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I can't remember all of my friends' b-days either..... I've known one of my best friends from college for 12 yrs now, and only since 3-4 yrs ago can I remember the exact day of her b-day: for some reason I always got the day wrong, 27 sept instead of the 21, which is the right day.... I wish it had been the other way round...!!! I always had to double check with her or with mutual friends so I wouldn't forget.
I think it's best to just ask her directly, or try something like birthdayalarm.com so she gets an email from you asking her to write her b-day date down on your "friends birthday book" and then you'll get a reminder via email a couple of days before the right date so you don't forget to wish her a happy day..... that's how I've come to remember some of the friends' b-days that I had just forgotten!! If you use an agenda, it might also be useful to write the date down there once you know it so you can check it out next year and get the date right...
2007-09-17 13:32:52 · answer #2 · answered by Lprod 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell your friend that you are filling out a bday calendar and you forgot the date, but you are fixing the problem for next year. Then use this opportunity to do just that...you'll be surprised how an old calendar with bdays on it can impress your friends year after year..you'll never forget again. By the way your friends will gladly tell you their birth date to help you with your calendar.
2007-09-17 14:24:31 · answer #3 · answered by Maw-Maw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK. It's time to stop and admit you're human. Humans are subject to "brain poof's"
Call your friend and tell her you're having a "brain poof" and that you know her birthday is around this time of year but you simply can't remember the date. You're lousy with dates anyway.
Get a really good laugh out of the entire thing.
But do write it down in your Day-timer so you can laugh about something else next year.
2007-09-17 13:27:42 · answer #4 · answered by Barbara B 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Honey, I'm lucky to remember my FAMILY'S birthdays! Much less my friends'! Don't get me wrong, I'm a very family oriented person and I love my friends dearly. But I also have a very busy schedule and can barely remember my name at the end of the day!
Just ask around for your friend's birthday. To err is human.
=D
2007-09-17 13:32:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
While it is considerate and caring to remember a birthday, it is not a requirement for friendship. (If it is, it's time to look for some new friends!) Personally, I would ask either another person who might know, or ask the individual in question telling her you cannot remember the precise date and would like to mark the occasion.
2007-09-17 13:26:13 · answer #6 · answered by detailgirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one is really expected to remember everyone's birthday. Hell people I consider good friends don't remember my birthday. Let alone I their's. Then again my birthday is 4-20 so everyone remembers that.
2007-09-17 13:22:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ask anyone who knows, then put it on a calendar for next year. But instead of a text message, send her a real card. It will mean more to her that you bothered to pick out a cool card and actually mail it, than a text message.
2007-09-17 13:35:03 · answer #8 · answered by Lady G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
OMG, if I had to remember everybodys' birthday, I would go nuts!
Just relax, there's nothing wrong with the occasional amnesia. Just ask that friend you spoke about and I can assure you that the world will still be there once she's done answering :o).
2007-09-17 13:23:16 · answer #9 · answered by shasha m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is important in friendship is honesty trust willingness to listen to thier problems helping them move , in otherwords there are a million things more important than knowing the exact date of your friends b'day so find out and move forward
2007-09-17 13:43:17 · answer #10 · answered by uncle_buck71 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋