I hate my inability to be even remotely careful in what I do. I also hate that I can't get into my hotmail account.
When I did the PSAT last year, it asked for an email address that could be used for college stuff. I was told it should be a more professional one. Alright, first initial, last name. I didn't have an account with that address, but it only takes a few moments to make one, so I put it down. I don't remember making it, but when I try to make one now with that name, MSN says it's taken. Not a big deal, right? Just put it in, say I forgot my password, good as new. No, that would be easy. When I try to get my password, the choices are to answer the secret question or have the password sent to me. I figure I'll just have it sent to me, since I figure they'll use my other email address. Nope. They send the password in an email to the account you can't remember the password for. Let's say that again. They send the UNKNOWN password to the account that you CAN'T GET INTO because you don't have the password...My brain is melting at this point.
So I try again, instead intending to answer the question. Now, I'm an idiot. I'm amazed I can walk and blink at the same time. It's not so much I can't remember the answer (Which I can't), but rather that for some reason I either lied about where I lived, or decided that it would be fun to have the question in a language I can't read. The question is written in Portuguesse. I know nothing about that language, and I only know that it is Portuguesse because I went through every Romance Language, hoping that the translation would be complete. Finally, I get the one word that was giving me trouble, and I now know the whole question. The question I can't think of the answer to. I'm trying desperately to rememeber what I liked at the time of creating the account, but I don't even rememeber making this account, so I'm really stuck.
So, the choices remain, email the password into the account I can't access, guess my favorite fictional character for days, or make another account, which no colleges will have, since they've all been sending emails to the one I can't get into.
Also, do the accounts automatically get closed if there is no activity for a certain amount of time?