Some of it might just be "remembering wrong". The older you get the more information you have to process (not unlike a clogged hard drive on a computer, I guess.) Sometimes I think it's more convenient for people to remember things a certain way because remembering it the "right way" makes them confront something they don't want to. For instance, I know of people who say "Oh, I remember when we did this or that back in high school..." and it's usually some crazy, outrageous thing that makes it seem like they were fun loving and hip and I know for a fact it either never happened or didn't happen that way at all. Same thing for crushes; friends will say "Oh I remember when so and so had a crush on me...", and I'll think "Well, no that was you WANTING them to have a crush on you...in reality they barely noticed you. Saying "hi" in the hallway is not "love", you know?"
Memory is so subjective. I am sure I am guilty of not remembering things correctly, too. We all do it, for different reasons.
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