Dementia? Or even just a mind blank? At least your weren't called a siblings name.

My grandmas are the same way. They just have so many kids & grand kids they forget. I don't even get upset anymore.

Free food is always good :)

Well honestly they are old give them a break at least they took you out :) still kind of embarrassing at a restaurant sorry op.

I never get free food. I WISH my grandma didn't know my name. She doesn't like me.

Well OP at least they took you out, my paternal grandparents wont even give me a phone call...

Old people have calendars on their fridge

Yeah but, wouldn't you mark down the name also? I'm pretty sure I won't circle a date and mark "birthday" without a name reminder of whose birthday. .___.

They simply could have singed "happy birthday dear grandson/granddaughter " problem solved ;) but anyway... be grateful that they remembered your birthday and even took you out.

I may have Alzheimers, but atleast i dont have Alzheimers.

Singed, really? -.-

Unless they'd forgotten whose birthday it was by the time they got to the restaurant...

Maybe they marked her down as "kid of -parents-" on the calendar

42-sung*..sometimes english as a third language gets the best out of me..sorry grammar nazis

Alzheimer's... It's a bitch with a sense of humor

or lack of...

Just be happy they even thought of you, or remembered. I wish I still had grandparents to share my birthday with, so make the best of it OP!

What thought?

OP man up. My grandma still calls my mom Kathy and my aunt Carol Carthy because it's too much effort to remember their names even when they were little kids. She either calls me Carol, Kathy, or Martha, none of which are my names. She almost never calls me by my actual name. Same for my brother.

Can't blame old people for being old. It's just another unfortunate effect of aging, and it's the thought that counts, right OP?

Senile dementia

As a kid, I always thought it was called Old Timer's. Sounds cooler.

I also thought it was old timer's as a kid.

I don't think your grandkid's name is considered short term memory.. Unless he was born an hour ago or somethin

And just blame it on the Alzheimer's and dementia, if you haven't seen this comedy my comment may have been confusing

Obviously you're still a very, very, VERY long way away from getting "super old".