One thing that some people seem to be bemused with when they ask me about my plans…
Example 1:
I decide to see a movie this evening. There is one that sounds good from the reviews, showing at a particular cinema at 20:30 this evening according to today’s paper.
Accordingly I block the time and set an alarm on my phone so I don’t forget to leave in time.
… I continue with my day…
(phone call with my parents in the evening)
Me: I’ll be off the phone this evening BTW - going to a movie at 20:30
Mom: That’s nice. What movie?
Me: I don’t recollect … tip of my tongue … no, I don’t need to know yet. I’ll see when I am at the cinema. Going to tell you tomorrow how it was.
Mom: :dubious:
Example 2:
Next Sunday my hiking group has a tour listed that looks good on the description - up the Swabian Jura’s escarpment, a scenic walk on the edge, nice ruins that I haven’t seen yet, late lunch at an inn.
I call the person I usually get a lift to our walks with - she’s going too. We agree on meeting time/place and I schedule it on my calendar.
(office talk on Friday)
Colleague: I am going to Lake Constance on the Sunday.
Me: that’s nice. I’ll be on a group hike on sunday - nice tour but I may walk a bit gingerly on Monday.
Colleague: So where will you be hiking?
Me: …I don’t recollect, sorry - don’t need to know again until Sunday.
Colleague: :dubious:
So, I tend not to make an effort to remember details about future plans that I have commited to, because these details are not necessary yet. I don’t consider this unusual (I am reasonable organized and usually do know what I need to know now, remember almost everything that I haven’t made a note of yet but tend to forget everything I have written down, once it’s written down), but it seems that some others are baffled and suspect me of lying.
Does this happen to any of you, too?