Whose birthday is it anyway

I have a problem. I never remember birthdays. The dates just dont stick to my memory. I dont remember the birthdays of my friends, collegues, or for that matter not even the birthdays of my family members. Sometimes I am confused with my own birthday! Just today I received an SMS in the morning from a college friend of mine and a reader of the blog. It said "Yesterday was my birthday".

Now this is an embarassing situation to be in. I have assigned the job of reminding to some people. A friend of mine always reminds me of the birthdays of my friends a day before. I have made it a point to remember at least his. My mom always calls up when it is a family member's birthday. She knows I would have forgotten.

All it is going to take is a sincere effort from me to collect the birth dates of all the people I care for and set a reminder. But laziness always wins. Its always been a belated wish from me. And then every year I have to repeat the samething to all the people who I wish belatedly - I didnt remember. Now some of my friends know me for a while now and just dont care. But what if I had a girlfriend and didnt wish her on her birthday. I strongly believe she will dump me on that day itself!

So people, its not that I dont care. Its just that I cant remember.