300th posting day -- Anniversaries
Men are often accused of not being able to remember anniversaries. Gizmodo (9/21/07) posted about the "Remember Ring", which heats up annually to remind the wearer of their wedding anniversary. The "Remember Ring" is apparently not actually available at this time, but it does not appear that the maker plans to offer them in women's sizes (product website). Little research has been done into gender differences in different types of declarative memory, although Reese and Cherry (2004) found that "important dates" are classified as "easy to remember" by young, middle-aged, and older adults.
This is the 300th edition of Difference Blog. It's not the 300th post, the 300th day, or the 300th topic, but it is the 300th day-on-which-I-made-a-post. I wanted to talk about anniversaries now, instead of on the actual anniversary, because I feel like the multiple ways anniversaries can be counted have an effect on why they're hard to remember. My partner and I, for example, have an "anniversary zone" which runs from roughly the date we started sleeping together until the date when we admitted we were "dating." I actually love having an anniversary zone, since it gives me enough time to remember, make a plan, and execute it before the time runs out.
Correction/Addendum: Yesterday I posted that "Venusians in a Martian's world" was an excerpt from The Myth of Mars and Venus by Deborah Cameron. The Guardian, however, states that "Speak up, I can't hear you" was the 2nd of 3 excerpts. "Back Down to Earth" is the 3rd extract, printed today.
This is the 300th edition of Difference Blog. It's not the 300th post, the 300th day, or the 300th topic, but it is the 300th day-on-which-I-made-a-post. I wanted to talk about anniversaries now, instead of on the actual anniversary, because I feel like the multiple ways anniversaries can be counted have an effect on why they're hard to remember. My partner and I, for example, have an "anniversary zone" which runs from roughly the date we started sleeping together until the date when we admitted we were "dating." I actually love having an anniversary zone, since it gives me enough time to remember, make a plan, and execute it before the time runs out.
Correction/Addendum: Yesterday I posted that "Venusians in a Martian's world" was an excerpt from The Myth of Mars and Venus by Deborah Cameron. The Guardian, however, states that "Speak up, I can't hear you" was the 2nd of 3 excerpts. "Back Down to Earth" is the 3rd extract, printed today.