Remembering Anniversaries.

What kind of moron would forget a close one’s Birth day!
Well, I am one and there are many like you who would scratch their heads with an apologetic grin.
Shit happens!
For men it is more like dysentery.

Besides the social insensitivity associated with the issue, lately, more so often, if we really think rationally about remembering anniversaries, its, hm…..kind of questionable!

There are different types of wishers:
I for one, wish some people out of habit. I remember the days as they have been around for a while and since childhood days, when birthdays were a big thing; these dates were slammed into my mind. Close friends, ex girlfriends, their friends, and sibling’s et al. remembering these dates are like remembering telephone numbers or car plates, before the advent of cell phones.

I also wish some people out of fear, sisters, their husbands, wives relatives and especially kids who won’t let you forget.
With the modern cell phones and other memory devices and social network sites who keep on beeping like a cuckoo bell before and after every remember able available date, the job has been so much easier for social compulsions.
But then, what is the essence of wishing someone on their important landmark dates?
And is it in the same spirit that everyone makes that call?

I suppose, except for your parents, and possibly someone who is madly in love with you ( which will have a short duration) anyone and everyone who would call you, is to let you know that he or she has managed to remember the dates and let’s see, if you could do the same.
How many who wish you, actually mean the words they use. “Have a great time” a common line, “wish you the best” there is a such a bankruptcy of even choosing the words suitable to that individual, who has an personality of his own, who could surely do with some personal lines.

Well, in a way its fine, as at least we do get to remember the new and old ones, once a year.

Archie’s and event vendors have worked hard on making a festival out of this Georgian calendar.
We are stuck to exchanging pleasantries, filling our memory devices.

P.S : The characters in this article are fictitious and any resemblance or inference to persons living or dead is purely coincidental."