Do you have problem of memorizing your friends' and family's phone numbers?

[i]Me too. I always have problems in remembering cellphone numbers of my friends. I just have this problems with numbers. The best thing is to have list of phone numbers written in a piece of paper and put it somewhere safe. Cellphone is not really a safe place to store numbers. If that is stolen or lost, everything is lost.[/i]

I used to be the same way. I could never remember any phone numbers. I now use my husbands way. You might think Im dingy remembering them this way but it works. if almost all the first three numbers are the same like from the same town or the same phone company it will be easier. say the number is 4569 look at your phone and look at the numbers then run your index finger over 4569 but not pressing them in. close your eyes picture your friend and memorize the way your index finger goes. keep doing it for at least ten times. I believe it is called visual memory? The other way is saying you are younger than your friend so say your age is 45 and her age is 69. I always do it this way until you get to your phone and are able to get to your cell phone or a piece of paper to right it down.

I'm the same way. I don't have any numbers memorized other than my house, my cell, and my husbands cell. My husbands uses a company phone which I don't know the number i just look for it on my caller id and hit call, same thing with my moms phone number and other peoples phone numbers. Some people are great with memorizing phone number (my husband has all his family's numbers memorized including friends of his, some of his work buddies) I don't know how he can keep it all organized, but i guess some people can just do that. I really need to write them down somewhere because if i lose my cell phone i will lose everyone's numbers.

I guess because you grew up in the age of cell phones where you program numbers and scroll down to the person's name and don't need to know their number. My boyfriend is like that. If someone's phone number get's deleted from his phone he totally freaks because he doesn't usually write them down. I on the other hand grew up dialing a telephone (with a rotary dial no less) so I am used to memorizing phone numbers. I have no problem remembering phone numbers even though they are programmed into my cell. I actually dial them on my home phone/land line. It's just because it's something I'm used to doing all my life.