I guess we are all different...

It makes me wonder when I see people get amazed by how musicians memorize music. I've also been baffled when I was complemented that I have "good memory", because for me, memorizing has always been the easiest part. I've never actually spent time "memorizing" any of the music that I was learning, besides making sure I know which fingerings to use or where the repeats are. For a performance, I've played/practiced the same music at least a hundred times by the time I have to perform it, and for me not being able to memorize by that time just doesn't make sense. Lets say I have 30 days to learn the music, and lets say that I play/practice the music 3-4times a day (for long pieces, just playing it 3-4 times makes me tired). That comes up to be around 100 times that I've played the same music, not including the times that I listened to it in a car or from computer. So is it only me who thinks it's weird that people can't memorize music by then? I'm saying this because I was surprised to find quite few number of people having to actually spend the time memorizing the music! I've never had problem playing without music, and sometimes I prefer it because I can concentrate on playing more, rather than dividing my focus into reading off the page. I look at music for mental comfort, to make sure that I don't miss any dynamics or accents, so that I actually have somewhere to put my eyes on. (It gets kinda awkward on stage when you don't know where to look at.... I don't really like looking at my violin or my hand, but I just do because I feel awkward looking at anything else). I've never had the so called "memory slips" before either, except the two times those darn repeats screwed me over. I don't know. I think it's an interesting phenomenon.