I'm a day younger... :o

BeerWolf

30 this year, and it only recently came to my attention that I've been having my birthday on the wrong day throughout my life by a day, after casually glancing at my birth cert... >_<;



I've got all my documents having my DOB on the wrong day and such --- would I get in trouble for this?

Maximus Alexander

I've always wished this would happen to me, but replacing "a day" with "five years".

solomafioso

How....just.....wha?!

Agent Smith

When you're 365 years old, Hit up your parents for twice as many presents. seeing as at that point you'r a extra year older...

Vojera

BeerWolf wrote: »

I've got all my documents having my DOB on the wrong day and such --- would I get in trouble for this?

Surely you had to submit your birth cert with a few of those documents?

And how did this start? Do your family think your birthday is the later date?

DEFTLEFTHAND

Did you ask your family how this came to be?

I wouldn't say it will cause any major trouble, just keep going as you were.

catallus

Agent Smith wrote: »

When you're 365 years old, Hit up your parents for twice as many presents. seeing as at that point you'r a extra year older...

What?!

Anyway, Op maybe you should double check your name while your at it. How the hell did this happen!? I demand answers.

How in the name of ...?

I mean, 30 years! Surely your parents would have gone, "eh, we have something to tell you.." Did they just forget the day you were born!?

Maximus Alexander

Agent Smith wrote: »

When you're 365 years old, Hit up your parents for twice as many presents. seeing as at that point you'r a extra year older...

This is... I... GTFO. :P

catallus

Also, I'm sure you're breaking any number of laws and regulations having official documents with false details on them.

pow wow

It happens a lot more often than you think, and in a previous life (where I issued national ID docs for a living) I was usually the first person to ever have mentioned to them that the date on their birth cert wasn't the same date of birth on their driving licence, passport etc.

Buzz Killington the third

catallus wrote: »

Also, I'm sure you're breaking any number of laws and regulations having official documents with false details on them.

I know 2 guys from school who had their birthdays on the 1st and 2nd of Dec. When applying for their provisional driving licence the day of their 17th birthdays they would fill out the DOB field using the American way. So instead of filling out 01/12 they'd fill out 12/01 and both of them got away with it. No need for nasty fake ID's...

The One Who Knocks

Op's adopted.

stargazer 68

[Deleted User] wrote: »

How in the name of ...?

I mean, 30 years! Surely your parents would have gone, "eh, we have something to tell you.." Did they just forget the day you were born!?

My husbands mother gets her 2 sons birthdays wrong every year!!!

Vojera

The One Who Knocks wrote: »

Op's adopted.

Adopted people wish - a lot of them have no legal right to use their own birth cert. They get an adoption cert instead :eek:

Ravenid

Deleted User wrote: »

How in the name of ...?

I mean, 30 years! Surely your parents would have gone, "eh, we have something to tell you.." Did they just forget the day you were born!?

I've been getting my birthday wrong for over 18 years. It's kinda common, especially if you have to work with American dates like I do

Whoever the hell thought month-day-year was better than day-month-year needs a swift kick to the head.

Mr.David

Agent Smith wrote: »

When you're 365 years old, Hit up your parents for twice as many presents. seeing as at that point you'r a extra year older...

Unless the OP celebrates his birthday 1 day earlier each year he would still just be out by 1 day.....

Johnny Be Goode

I know a lady who mistakenly 1 year younger and only told her hubby when she reached 70 ( really 71 at the time). Passport,drivers licence etc all a year younger throughout her life. JBG

Maximus Alexander

Mr.David wrote: »

Unless the OP celebrates his birthday 1 day earlier each year he would still just be out by 1 day.....

He'd actually have to celebrate it a day later each year in order to be owed a birthday present. If he celebrated it a day earlier, he'd owe his parents a present on his 365th birthday since he'd really only be 364. Or, I guess, they could just not get him anything that year.

Bipolar Joe

Same thing happened to me, only it's eight days. Eight whole fucking days. I'd never bothered looking at my birth cert', because it's all about me, and I was pretty confident at the time I new all the details. Friend looked over it, nope. Also, my name is spelled wrong. I don't exist. Thanks, Dad.

EDIT: IF THAT EVEN IS YOUR REAL NAME, DAD!

kumate_champ07

assume 2 identities, using 2 variations of your name using Irish and English versions

Jinonatron

I know a guy who is not sure whether he was born in 1943 or 1944. The day is certain but the year is not. I'm not even sure how it happened but he is adamant that this is true.

--LOS--

was the date on your birth cert wrong, and you could just tell from the time or what?

BeerWolf

Vojera wrote: »

Surely you had to submit your birth cert with a few of those documents?

And how did this start? Do your family think your birthday is the later date?

catallus wrote: »

What?!

Anyway, Op maybe you should double check your name while your at it. How the hell did this happen!? I demand answers.

When I'm asked to show my Birth Cert, I just provide it - I actually never bothered to look over it, other than a quick cursory glance to know it's my birth cert, til last week, been taking it for granted beforehand. :pac:

LizzieJones

Dovies wrote: »

My husbands mother gets her 2 sons birthdays wrong every year!!!

My father mixes up mine and my sister's birthdays all the time. Both born in November. Sister is Nov. 3 and mine is Nov. 9

whatdoicare

My mam found out when she went to the city home to get her Birth Cert to get married that she didn't exist - went home in floods of tears thinking her mam and dad never registered her only to find out that

A- Her own mam actually gave birth to her at 23:58pm on 1st Oct and the Consultant didn't arrive until 00:10am on 2nd Oct so, naturally he recorded the time he arrived. Well, my nana wouldn't accept that so kept celebrating my mams birthday on the 1st.

b- Her name is completely different on her birth cert as she was originally given the really exotic name of a saint but her little brother couldn't pronounce it so they all started calling her a really generic name with nothing in common but the first letter. She never even knew she had this really awesome name!

It happened all the time back then - pretty much all my mams nine brothers and sisters have different names to their birth cert as my nana would tell the consultant a name to register (which was done in maternity back in the day) and then the baby was sent off with Granny to the local church to Baptise them. Women has to be cleansed or "churched" after giving birth back then before being allowed reenter the church but babies needed to be christened fast in case they died so it was common for the granny to bring them to the priest.

So off would Granny go with new baby and new babys name, decide on the way that she didn't like it and tell the priest a completely different name. From then on baby was called by the new name. Every single baby she did this, FFS. Madness.:rolleyes:

CrazyRabbit

It's ok. The NSA have known your correct DOB since you were born.

Birroc

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

assume 2 identities, using 2 variations of your name using Irish and English versions

This. I have a name that can use 2 shortened variations. I have used 1 to create a 2nd identity. Can we very handy sometimes.