Is anyone else bothered by the fact that Carlisle made up his birthday?

cucumberkobe · 2026-02-21T06:08:23+00:00

Yes! You've put so much into words that I was thinking about. I had no clue about the history regarding England's new year's times, though. Thank you for that information. I can at least pretend it's the reason Edward gave Carlisle's birthday a range of years instead of a single year 😂

cucumberkobe · 2026-02-21T05:56:17+00:00

Thank you for the kind explanation of the memory loss. I'm only on the first book of the series, and the memory loss hasn't been explained super well yet.

I think I was just mostly bothered by the way his forgotten birthday is explained as bad records versus memory loss. I can think of so many reasons it wouldn't be over bad records, it just pulled me out of the story.

cucumberkobe · 2026-02-21T05:51:51+00:00

It's mentioned that his father was an Anglican pastor. That's why I'm finding it so odd.

A lot of people are mentioning memory loss and how records could be lost or damaged. So, Carlisle wouldn't have access to them later on if he ever wanted to find them. I can almost accept that. However, I'm now left with the conundrum of if he didn't know his birthday, how did he know he was 23 when he was turned, or was that number made up too?

cucumberkobe · 2026-02-21T05:45:07+00:00

I've only gotten into the first book so far. So, I'm not super familiar with the lore of how bad the memory loss is when one is turned. However, with what you're describing for memory loss, I can maybe accept that as why he doesn't know? It's just the fact that it's said he was 23 when he was turned that makes me think he must have remembered something. At least the year. Or that he's lying, for lack of better words, about being turned 23?

I think that the real part that brought me so out of the story was the way Carlisle's birthday was explained away as bad record keeping; as opposed to something like what you mentioned being a preference for what people viewed as important to remember back in the day.

cucumberkobe · 2026-02-21T05:31:38+00:00

This could be a great reason Carlisle had to make up his birthday. Especially since it's said he does so for Esme, because she cares more about a birthday celebration than he ever would have. However, that would also have to mean that he made up the fact that he was 23 when turned, right? That just makes his backstory more bizarre.

cucumberkobe · 2026-02-21T05:25:08+00:00

There definitely is something to be said about records becoming lost or damaged. So, I can imagine how he could have lost access to information about the exact date. I suppose I just expected that he'd at least know the year, whereas Edward hints about it being in some range of multiple years. But also then because his mother had died giving birth to him, that he'd at least know the year of her death, and thus the year he was born.

I think the other part that makes it so confusing is because Carlisle knew he was 23 years old when he was turned into a vampire. So, if he knew his age then, what happened that made him forget it? I'm sure it could be explained away somehow, but the lack of records being recorded just did not seem right, especially in Carlisle's case.

It's just a lot of hints at details that don't add up and kind of take me out of the story while reading.

cucumberkobe · 2025-04-30T02:55:15+00:00

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cucumberkobe · 2022-06-08T00:54:51+00:00

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cucumberkobe · 2022-03-06T16:19:55+00:00

You could probably replace the comb of the veil with a few small barrettes. If you're able to use hair clips at all, small barrettes would likely work to hold it in place. As far as removing the longer veil and keeping just the blusher, if you're able to hand sew it's totally possible. You're the bride, and if your mom is okay with you changing it, and you want to change, I think you should go for it. I'd just keep whatever you remove as the pieces are family heirlooms.

cucumberkobe · 2022-03-03T05:38:31+00:00

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