Gransnet forums

Ask a gran

Forgetfulness.

(63 Posts)
Patsy70 Wed 15-Apr-26 21:02:21

Oh, yes! Absolutely all of the above, and more. It is perfectly normal, as our brains are so full of stuff!

crazyH Wed 15-Apr-26 20:50:12

All the above……plus
Last night I was trying to remember the name of someone I knew about 15 years ago and I just couldn’t get it. I went to sleep and in the morning it came back to me.
Another time doing the school run for GC , I turned into their street and didn’t know which house it was.
Funniest of all, was wearing 2 odd shoes

kittylester Wed 15-Apr-26 20:49:57

midgey

Trouble is you don’t remember until you go back downstairs…..

Good exercise though.

agnurse Wed 15-Apr-26 20:46:56

In my family we call that "hereafter syndrome". It comes from a joke where a man says he thinks a lot about the hereafter lately, as in, he walks into a room and he says, "Now what am I here after?" grin

Ziplok Wed 15-Apr-26 20:46:51

Frequently 😁.

Marydoll Wed 15-Apr-26 20:43:59

Gran22boys

All the time! I have also been known to turn on the computer to look up something and by the time I get to Google I can’t remember what I wanted to find out.

I did exactly that this morning. I meant to log into the surgery website. It might have been to my discuss my forgetfulness!!! 🤣

GrannyGravy13 Wed 15-Apr-26 20:38:14

Cossy

Constantly! Worse than that I’ll be driving along the road and forget where I’m going!

Oh yes!

I had my mum in the car once, and as we were going over the QEII bridge to Kent, she started laughing.

I asked her what was so funny, her reply you are supposed to be taking me to Lakeside not Bluewater 🤦‍♀️

Gwyllt Wed 15-Apr-26 20:34:08

I read somewhere, can’t remember where , that happens when you go from one environment to another so you don’t get brain overload Least that’s my excuse !

Cossy Wed 15-Apr-26 20:32:38

Constantly! Worse than that I’ll be driving along the road and forget where I’m going!

midgey Wed 15-Apr-26 20:31:34

Trouble is you don’t remember until you go back downstairs…..

Gran22boys Wed 15-Apr-26 20:31:31

All the time! I have also been known to turn on the computer to look up something and by the time I get to Google I can’t remember what I wanted to find out.

Calendargirl Wed 15-Apr-26 20:22:24

Frequently.

NanKate Wed 15-Apr-26 20:21:30

Do you ever go upstairs for something and completely forget what it was, and then it jumps back into your mind later ?