Yes! Learned the hard way during a car accident that ruined my phone. I now make sure I know a handful of numbers off the top of my head.

OP here. Interesting that there are such a variety of replies. I like the idea of the laminated card in the wallet--that was what we did in the old days.

So, the next question is, does your spouse know your kid(s) cell number? I don't even have to ask my spouse this. There is no way he knows. Wait. I'll go ask him.
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He almost got our older kid's number right, and had three correct numbers in a row for our younger kid's number. He seems to think he's got both numbers memorized now.

So, how about it, PPs with spouses and (cell-phone-age) kids? Does your spouse know your kid(s) cell number(s)?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, of course I know my kid's number! Really OP and others??

+1000

I’m so confused, how do you not know your own kids phone number?!

I know right?! This whole thread is so surprising to me. How can people not know their own spouse's number?? I assume most people with kids old enough to have their own phones are older than I am, and grew up in a time where you had to memorize phone numbers of friends and family if you didn't want to look them up in a phonebook all the time. In addition to my husband's number I know numbers of my parents and in-laws (home and cell), my sister, the pediatrician, a specialist my son sees regularly, and probably a few others if push came to shove. I think I am able to memorize info more easily than the average person, but I can't imagine not even knowing the numbers of my immediate family.

Yep.

I also have my husbands cell, moms cell, moms work number, stepdads cell, parents house, best friend cell, paternal grandparents house and cell numbers memorized.

Its good practice for memory- short and long-term. Same with spatial processing by not relying on GPS.

Yes, for those exact reasons. I only memorize my immediate family members phone numbers.