How Far Back Can Your Earliest Memories Go?

[wolram]

I have realized i can not remember much beyond my 16th birthday, just a few bits and pieces, how far back can you mature PFers remember ?

 

[gurkhawarhorse]

i remember myself in my moms womb.

 

[wolram]

i remember myself in my moms womb.

Here use this towel

 

[Lisa!]

I have some memries of when I was 2 or less!:zzz:

 

[Ivan Seeking]

It seems that one of my earliest memories puts me at about age one. I have a vague memory of sitting on my great-grandmother's lap and looking up at her face. I have many memories of events from age three or so, and later.

 

[wolram]

I have some memries of when I was 2 or less!:zzz:

Well that's not so far back is it

 

[wolram]

It seems that one of my earliest memories puts me at about age one. I have a vague memory of sitting on my great-grandmother's lap and looking up at her face. I have many memories of events from age three or so, and later.

That is amazing, i have no memories at all of my pre school days.

 

[gurkhawarhorse]

Here use this towel

no thanks. u will need to buy a new one if i use it

 

[moose]

I remember being in my old old old house, I was 3 at the time(I think, maybe 2).

 

[singleton]

I'm 23 (this month) and don't have a huge amount of memories before 14. I remember smells, sounds, places and people but I don't remember specifics like when a friend says "remember that time we did ...". I don't remember much interaction with people (it happened... I just don't remember hehe)

I very rarely think about the past.

 

[mattmns]

I am unsure. My parents often tell stories of when I was a young kid, but I am not sure if they are true, or if they have been told so many times that I believe them to be true.

 

[loseyourname]

The earliest memory I can be sure of is from late 1984, and involves me, as a four year-old, sitting on Santa Claus' lap to tell him what I wanted for Christmas. I can find in my memory images and events from when I was younger than that, but they all seem to be mental images I formed based on stories that my parents told me rather than true memories.

 

[Physics_wiz]

I was born in 86 and my brother was born in 90. I remember telling my parents to buy me a brother . I also remember my mom asking me if I really wanted a brother and that he will have to share everything with me. I remember sitting in the car with mom and dad when mom was pregnant and going to the hospital. I told her to just open her belly and take the baby out without going to a doctor . One funny thing I remember is the first day of school when I was so proud to be 5 years old...I was thinking wow I'm FIVE years old...I'm BIIIIG.

 

[matthyaouw]

I remember a couple of things from when I was 2. Memories from then on are patchy and inconsistent right up to 20 seconds ago.

 

[wolram]

I was born in 86 and my brother was born in 90. I remember telling my parents to buy me a brother . I also remember my mom asking me if I really wanted a brother and that he will have to share everything with me. I remember sitting in the car with mom and dad when mom was pregnant and going to the hospital. I told her to just open her belly and take the baby out without going to a doctor . One funny thing I remember is the first day of school when I was so proud to be 5 years old...I was thinking wow I'm FIVE years old...I'm BIIIIG.

If i were not a heartless B, i would have to say how cute

 

[wolram]

I remember a couple of things from when I was 2. Memories from then on are patchy and inconsistent right up to 20 seconds ago.

Who are you

 

[honestrosewater]

My first complete memory is of being in Tennessee during the winter when I was 3. My dad and older brother were playing in the snow, but I was too cold to move and just kept sinking in the snow. My dad wold come over every once in while and pull me out and set me back on top. And I'd start sinking again. It was the first and last time I ever saw snow too.
My earlier memories are little pieces of things; a certain blanket my mom says I had when I was 2 and such.

Oh, a funny/strange tidbit: I think I was around 6 or 7. I was watching TV and a phone number came up in an ad for one of those adjustable beds. For some reason, I wondered how long I could remember the number. So I tried to memorize it right away. It was 1-800-722-7337.

 

[Smurf]

I have a lot of visual recollections. I'm just not sure which ones are memories and which ones are fabrications of my imagination.

 

[Smurf]

One funny thing I remember is the first day of school when I was so proud to be 5 years old...I was thinking wow I'm FIVE years old...I'm BIIIIG.

I remember thinking that when I turned ten. My dad told me I'm a decade old now. WOW... a DECADE!

 

[wolram]

My first complete memory is of being in Tennessee during the winter when I was 3. My dad and older brother were playing in the snow, but I was too cold to move and just kept sinking in the snow. My dad wold come over every once in while and pull me out and set me back on top. And I'd start sinking again. It was the first and last time I ever saw snow too.
My earlier memories are little pieces of things; a certain blanket my mom says I had when I was 2 and such.

Awww, every body now together, but were you homogenous and isotropic then

 

[matthyaouw]

I remember thinking that when I turned ten. My dad told me I'm a decade old now. WOW... a DECADE!

Funny, I never felt like that. I'd always look up to the older kids and think what it must be like to be that big and old, and then get there and think "I still don't feel old. Damn, this is anticlimatic."

 

[Smurf]

Funny, I never felt like that. I'd always look up to the older kids and think what it must be like to be that big and old, and then get there and think "I still don't feel old. Damn, this is anticlimatic."

Yeah... I remember that too. I still feel like that sometimes - us teenagers are still considered 'kids' by many, and they treat us that way too.

 

[Smurf]

So I tried to memorize it right away. It was 1-800-722-7337.

are you sure?

 

[matthyaouw]

I'll just hope that my inability to feel old carries through well into middle age and late life. Could be quite useful

 

[wolram]

I rang that number 1-800-722-7337.

 

[pathre]

i know bits & pieces about few events when i was 3 years old

 

[wolram]

i know bits & pieces about few events when i was 3 years old

But how far back is that ?

 

[Smurf]

I'll just hope that my inability to feel old carries through well into middle age and late life. Could be quite useful

I just hope other people's inability to consider me old carries through. Could prove quite useful with the ladies.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I have a very distinct memory of my younger sister being brought home from the hospital right after she was born. The reason this memory probably stuck was because one of my older sisters was making such a big deal about the fact we had a new sister. Anyway I was 1 year and six months old at the time. It was the end of September, 1956.

 

[wolram]

I have a very distinct memory of my younger sister being brought home from the hospital right after she was born. The reason this memory probably stuck was because one of my older sisters was making such a big deal about the fact we had a new sister. Anyway I was 1 year and six months old at the time. It was the end of September, 1956.

Wow zoobie, yours is the best so far, or was Ivans

 

[cefarix]

I remember stuff from when I was slightly younger than 3 years...that was more than 15 years ago in 1989.

 

[Gale]

on of my earlist memories is of this elephant pool we had, a kiddie pool with an elephant head attatched that sprayed water out of its snout. i remember for years i remembered this pool fondly, and i even asked my mum about it once to see if it was real, but she couldn't remember. So, i just kept picturing this enormous kiddie pool, with a huge elephant that'd spray water, and i would stand under it and pretend to shower, and i'd dance, and it was such a cool pool...

then i found and old picture of me in my bathing suit when i was little... and lo' you could see just alittle bit of that old pool... sadly... it was much much MUCH smaller than i remembered... and the trunk was barely out of the water, there was no way i'd be able to stand under it... my memory was so distorted... sad...

 

[wolram]

I just hope other people's inability to consider me old carries through. Could prove quite useful with the ladies.

Nah, Smurfs usually end up doing the washing,

 

[wolram]

on of my earlist memories is of this elephant pool we had, a kiddie pool with an elephant head attatched that sprayed water out of its snout. i remember for years i remembered this pool fondly, and i even asked my mum about it once to see if it was real, but she couldn't remember. So, i just kept picturing this enormous kiddie pool, with a huge elephant that'd spray water, and i would stand under it and pretend to shower, and i'd dance, and it was such a cool pool...

then i found and old picture of me in my bathing suit when i was little... and lo' you could see just alittle bit of that old pool... sadly... it was much much MUCH smaller than i remembered... and the trunk was barely out of the water, there was no way i'd be able to stand under it... my memory was so distorted... sad...

No not sad, kids have have big eyes.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Wow zoobie, yours is the best so far, or was Ivans

Ivan posted something? I can't remember back that far.

 

[hypatia]

I remember being 2, and my brother taking me to pick berries with a little pail. Problem being, he was only 3 and we got lost in the big woods.

 

[Moonbear]

I have some memories of pre-school, and a few very hazy memories prior to that. I had to be somewhere between 2 and 3, probably closer to 3, because they are of my sister as an infant/baby, and she's 21 mo younger than I am, but they are VERY vague, more like two photographs than memory of a full event.

 

[Math Is Hard]

I remember being 2, and my brother taking me to pick berries with a little pail. Problem being, he was only 3 and we got lost in the big woods.

Did you find the gingerbread house?

 

[honestrosewater]

I rang that number 1-800-722-7337.

This does give me the opportunity to say something indecent about your mother, but I won't.

I just realized I was 2 when we were in Tennessee (my mom was pregnant with my older sister).

 

[Moonbear]

I just realized I was 2 when we were in Tennessee (my mom was pregnant with my older sister).

You were 2 when your mom was pregnant with your older sister? I think you may need some fine-tuning on those older memories.

 

[honestrosewater]

You were 2 when your mom was pregnant with your older sister? I think you may need some fine-tuning on those older memories.

Yeah, I wanted to see if anyone would catch that. I don't have an older sister! Congratulations! For being the sharpest knife in the block, you've won* a fetching, rhinestone encrusted butterfly keychain/bottle opener.


*Must send $15 for shipping and handling in order to receive your prize.[/size]


Hm, maybe I put too much thought into that...

 

[mattmns]

Yeah, I wanted to see if anyone would catch that. I don't have an older sister! Congratulations! For being the sharpest knife in the block, you've won* a fetching, rhinestone encrusted butterfly keychain/bottle opener.


*Must send $15 for shipping and handling in order to receive your prize.[/size]


Hm, maybe I put too much thought into that...

I just thought you were drunk again

 

[JamesU]

umm...she is?

 

[honestrosewater]

Did I ever tell you how much I love you, yomamma? You are your little

 

[Moonbear]

Yeah, I wanted to see if anyone would catch that. I don't have an older sister! Congratulations! For being the sharpest knife in the block, you've won* a fetching, rhinestone encrusted butterfly keychain/bottle opener.


*Must send $15 for shipping and handling in order to receive your prize.[/size]


Hm, maybe I put too much thought into that...

Ooh! I won! I won! I won! I never win anything!

Oh, wait, there's fine print. There's always fine print.

 

[honestrosewater]

Ooh! I won! I won! I won! I never win anything!

Oh, wait, there's fine print. There's always fine print.

Eh, you're not missing much. I'm not sure what it's encrusted with... looks kinda like green ear wax... oh that is so grooossss.

 

[El Hombre Invisible]

My earliest memory begins with me playing with (this is hard for me to say) a doll at the top of the stairs. Let me just stress - we were poor. Couldn't afford toys. The doll was donated by a neighbour. It's not like I had a choice, okay! Being poor also put an end to ideas of having one of those little safety gate things for the stairs. I dropped the doll down the stairs and attempted to crawl after it. My mum was at the bottom of the stairs. I don't recall feeling any pain as I was bouncing down the stairs, but I do remember feeling distressed and was hurt that my mum didn't stop what was happening to me. When grilled, my mum recalled the incident and said I was about 1 and a half. She had nothing to say about me playing with a doll, though. Or the lack of safety procedures.

 

[BobG]

I have lots of memories from around 3 years old. We lived in 4 different houses (plus a stay at a motel when we first moved to Akron) between my 3rd birthday and kindergarten. I just have a few snapshot memories before that.

The first place we lived in Akron was the upstairs of a farm house, which provided lots of memories... showing my baby chick that had been dyed blue to everyone until they were sick of it and finally resorting to showing it to the different animals on the farm; the cat seemed to enjoy it the most (my mom nearly died of a heart attack when I ran in the house screaming with my hand coated in blood) ... the fact that we were lucky to live at the top of a hill; my dad could push his car and pop the clutch to get it started every morning ... my dad slipping on the ice at the top of the stairs, dropping four cartons of pop bottles down the stairs, and tumbling down after them (that was impressive; falling down stairs littered with broken glass always is) ... sneaking down the stairs and sitting with the old woman downstairs while she played solitaire ... when the dog downstairs had puppies ... when my sister was born and I tipped over the basinet trying to sneak a peek at her.