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re: In this age of smartphones, do people even remember phone numbers anymore?

Posted on 3/13/18 at 1:22 pm to
Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
67302 posts
Posted on 3/13/18 at 1:22 pm to
Yes. Mine is 2257753877.
Posted by HoustonChick86
Catalina Wine Mixer
Member since Dec 2009
57967 posts
Posted on 3/13/18 at 1:28 pm to
I know my husband's phone number and my work phone number. I know my cell number but do have to think about it sometimes.
Posted by CaptainJ47
Gonzales
Member since Nov 2007
7473 posts
Posted on 3/13/18 at 1:29 pm to
Only one I remember is my girl Jenny’s number. I think it is 867-5309
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
114774 posts
Posted on 3/13/18 at 1:31 pm to
I surprisingly remember a few... Like.. Maybe 4 or 5.. but when someone ask for my number I have to stop and think about it sometimes..
Posted by Brazos
Member since Oct 2013
20444 posts
Posted on 3/13/18 at 1:49 pm to
There really isn't a reason to remember phone numbers nowadays.
Posted by TigerstuckinMS
Member since Nov 2005
33687 posts
Posted on 3/13/18 at 1:54 pm to
I remember precisely four phone numbers: my mom's, my mom's desk number, my dad's parents, and my own number. I've forgotten any others I might have known. My mom's number, my mom's desk number, and my dad's parents were the three numbers I had to know growing up if I ever needed help. My mom's been retired for five years and my grandparents have been dead for 10, but I can still rattle those numbers off like it's nothing because they were ingrained from the beginning. I know my number because it's mine.

Any other number, though, ain't getting remembered.
Posted by tidalmouse
Whatsamotta U.
Member since Jan 2009
30706 posts
Posted on 3/13/18 at 2:02 pm to
Most phone numbers that I remember are home or business numbers.

Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
54735 posts
Posted on 3/13/18 at 2:03 pm to
I remember Gordon McKernans phone number
Posted by foshizzle
Washington DC metro
Member since Mar 2008
40599 posts
Posted on 3/13/18 at 3:41 pm to
What if aliens pick you up for medical experiments and drop you off in the middle of a desert without your phone?

What will you do then? Hmmm?
Posted by the4thgen
Dallas, tx
Member since Sep 2010
1804 posts
Posted on 3/13/18 at 3:55 pm to
I'm 32 and remember almost every phone number i memorized as a kid; both home phone numbers i had, most of my friends home phone numbers, my dads office, my parents cell phones before i had one myself, a few other random ones.

Now i know my cell and office number because i leave it in voicemails every day, but i can barely even remember my soon to be fiance's area code on her phone number.
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