@abandonedmuse

1 month ago

I have a story that might interest some of you. This happened in the last few months between my daughter and me. I've been telling my daughter about the Mandela effect since around 2013 when it first gained attention. Back then, I think it was just the Berenstain Bears that we had figured out. My daughter is aware of the Mandela effect, but she never really believed me because she hadn't personally experienced anything changing from her past. For context, my daughter is 15 years old. About three months ago, we were talking about Jesse from Breaking Bad. My daughter told me that she had always spelled Jesse's name as "JESSY," but suddenly, it had changed to "JESSE." I said, "Well, maybe you just remembered it wrong. It's always been spelled with an E at the end, not a Y." She insisted, "No, I've always written it like that. In fact, I made a meme about it two weeks ago." She went back into her messages where she had sent the meme to one of her friends, and sure enough, it was spelled with an E. She started crying, and I had to calm her down, saying, "Don't worry about it. It's not a big deal." But it creeped me out because she has a really good memory, especially about something like this. She's obsessed with Jesse from Breaking Bad, so it's bizarre that something so specific to her had changed within just three weeks. That was the first incident. Then, the other day, she told me, "I'm going to read the book Catch-22." I looked at her and said, "OK." She replied, "Yeah, remember you told me all about it? You told me about the plot, the war, and everything." The thing is, I don't even know what the book is about. I told her, "Listen, I've never read that book in my entire life. I don't know what you're talking about." She insisted, "Yes, you told me about it in the kitchen, remember? We were eating dinner." I responded, "I remember talking about books, and I remember mentioning The Alchemist, but I don't recall any book called Catch-22. I've never even heard of that book. I've heard of the phrase 'catch-22,' which describes a situation where you can't win, like being stuck between a rock and a hard place. But I've never heard of a book with that title." She said, "Yes, you have. You told me about it. How else would I know the plot?" I replied, "I don't know how you know the plot. That's the weirdest thing I've ever encountered, but I honestly have no idea what you're talking about." She proceeded to tell me the entire plot, and we looked it up on Wikipedia. It was the exact same plot she had described. In other words, she could have never known this plot if I hadn't supposedly told her, but I have no recollection of it. I've never heard that plot in my life. I've never read the book. When she showed me the cover, I'd never seen it before. I've never heard of the author. It's the weirdest thing that has ever happened to me. I told her, "I remember talking about a book that was on your reading list, but whatever book I remember is no longer there." We went through her list, and the only book there that I didn't recognize was Catch-22. I have no idea what it is because I can't remember it at all, as if it's been erased from my memory. It's the strangest, most bizarre thing that has ever happened to me. My daughter and I are wondering if we're from different universes or something. That's what worries both of us. It's like, did something happen to me and I died, but I somehow quantum jumped into this universe? What's going on here? It doesn't make any sense. It's very bizarre and quite scary.

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