diff --git a/apps/bot/src/reminders/time-parsing.ts b/apps/bot/src/reminders/time-parsing.ts
index 69533b5..825d89c 100644
--- a/apps/bot/src/reminders/time-parsing.ts
+++ b/apps/bot/src/reminders/time-parsing.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,30 @@ export function formatCustomDay(dayOffset: number, timezone: string = DEFAULT_TI
   return dt.toFormat("EEE dd MMM");
 }
 
+/**
+ * Parse a typed YYYY-MM-DD string into a "day offset from today" relative to
+ * the operator's timezone. Returns the offset in days, or null if invalid /
+ * in the past. We return offset rather than a Date so the rest of the picker
+ * (hour, minute) works the same way as the preset-day path.
+ */
+export function parseTypedDate(
+  input: string,
+  timezone: string = DEFAULT_TIMEZONE,
+): { ok: true; dayOffset: number; label: string } | { ok: false; reason: string } {
+  const trimmed = input.trim();
+  const dt = DateTime.fromFormat(trimmed, "yyyy-MM-dd", { zone: timezone });
+  if (!dt.isValid) {
+    return { ok: false, reason: "Couldn't parse — use YYYY-MM-DD, e.g. 2026-12-25" };
+  }
+  const today = DateTime.now().setZone(timezone).startOf("day");
+  const targetDay = dt.startOf("day");
+  const diffDays = Math.round(targetDay.diff(today, "days").days);
+  if (diffDays < 0) {
+    return { ok: false, reason: "That date is in the past" };
+  }
+  return { ok: true, dayOffset: diffDays, label: targetDay.toFormat("EEE dd MMM yyyy") };
+}
+
 export type ParseResult = { ok: true; date: Date } | { ok: false; reason: string };
 
 const FORMATS = [
diff --git a/apps/bot/src/telegram/bot.ts b/apps/bot/src/telegram/bot.ts
index d026c74..0905d82 100644
--- a/apps/bot/src/telegram/bot.ts
+++ b/apps/bot/src/telegram/bot.ts
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import {
   wizardPickDay,
   wizardPickHour,
   wizardPickMinute,
+  wizardTypeDatePrompt,
 } from "./callbacks.js";
 import {
   consumePendingPairLabel,
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ export function createTelegramBot(): Bot {
       await wizardSetTimeQuick(ctx, choice as Quick);
     }
   });
+  bot.callbackQuery("rmd:type", wizardTypeDatePrompt);
   bot.callbackQuery(/^rmd:(\d+)$/, async (ctx) => {
     await wizardPickDay(ctx, Number(ctx.match[1]));
   });
@@ -179,8 +181,9 @@ export function createTelegramBot(): Bot {
       return;
     }
 
-    // Reminder wizard — only the compose step accepts free text now.
-    // Custom date/time is fully menu-driven (rmd → rmh → rmm callbacks).
+    // Reminder wizard:
+    //   compose step: free-text body (or media in the photo/video/doc handler)
+    //   custom_date_input step: typed YYYY-MM-DD that gets parsed into a day-offset
     const w = getWizard(tgId);
     if (w && w.step === "compose") {
       updateWizard(tgId, { text: text.trim() });
@@ -188,6 +191,24 @@ export function createTelegramBot(): Bot {
       await ctx.reply(view.text, { reply_markup: view.keyboard, parse_mode: "Markdown" });
       return;
     }
+    if (w && w.step === "custom_date_input") {
+      const op = await db.query.operators.findFirst({
+        where: (o, { eq }) => eq(o.telegramUserId, tgId),
+      });
+      const tz = op?.defaultTimezone ?? DEFAULT_TIMEZONE;
+      const { parseTypedDate, formatCustomDay } = await import("../reminders/time-parsing.js");
+      const { reminderPickHourMenu } = await import("./menus.js");
+      const parsed = parseTypedDate(text, tz);
+      if (!parsed.ok) {
+        await ctx.reply(`❌ ${parsed.reason}\n\nTry again or tap /menu to cancel.`);
+        return;
+      }
+      // Date accepted — drop the input flag and advance to hour picker
+      updateWizard(tgId, { step: "compose" /* not really compose; just exits the input state */ });
+      const view = reminderPickHourMenu(formatCustomDay(parsed.dayOffset, tz), parsed.dayOffset);
+      await ctx.reply(view.text, { reply_markup: view.keyboard });
+      return;
+    }
 
     await ctx.reply("Tap /menu to see what I can do.");
   });
diff --git a/apps/bot/src/telegram/callbacks.ts b/apps/bot/src/telegram/callbacks.ts
index 008d89b..4e9c9c9 100644
--- a/apps/bot/src/telegram/callbacks.ts
+++ b/apps/bot/src/telegram/callbacks.ts
@@ -399,6 +399,15 @@ export async function wizardPickDay(ctx: Context, dayOffset: number): Promise<vo
   await showMenu(ctx, reminderPickHourMenu(formatCustomDay(dayOffset, tz), dayOffset));
 }
 
+export async function wizardTypeDatePrompt(ctx: Context): Promise<void> {
+  await ctx.answerCallbackQuery();
+  const userId = ctx.from?.id;
+  if (!userId) return;
+  updateWizard(userId, { step: "custom_date_input" });
+  const { reminderTypeDateMenu } = await import("./menus.js");
+  await showMenu(ctx, reminderTypeDateMenu());
+}
+
 export async function wizardPickHour(
   ctx: Context,
   dayOffset: number,
diff --git a/apps/bot/src/telegram/menus.ts b/apps/bot/src/telegram/menus.ts
index ccbb694..bdba97e 100644
--- a/apps/bot/src/telegram/menus.ts
+++ b/apps/bot/src/telegram/menus.ts
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ export function reminderTimeMenu(): MenuView {
 // All choices are encoded into callback_data so the wizard state stays simple.
 
 export function reminderPickDayMenu(timezone: string): MenuView {
-  const offsets = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 14, 30];
+  const offsets = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 14, 30, 60, 90];
   const labels: Record<number, string> = {
     0: "Today",
     1: "Tomorrow",
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ export function reminderPickDayMenu(timezone: string): MenuView {
     7: "+1 week",
     14: "+2 weeks",
     30: "+1 month",
+    60: "+2 months",
+    90: "+3 months",
   };
   const keyboard = new InlineKeyboard();
   // 2 columns
@@ -400,6 +402,7 @@ export function reminderPickDayMenu(timezone: string): MenuView {
     }
     keyboard.row();
   }
+  keyboard.text("📝 Specific date…", "rmd:type").row();
   keyboard.text("⬅ Back", "rm_t:back");
   // Plain text — IANA timezone names contain `_` which Markdown reads as italic.
   return {
@@ -409,6 +412,17 @@ export function reminderPickDayMenu(timezone: string): MenuView {
   };
 }
 
+export function reminderTypeDateMenu(): MenuView {
+  const keyboard = new InlineKeyboard().text("⬅ Back", "rm_t:custom");
+  return {
+    text:
+      "📆 Type a date\n\nReply with a date in YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2026-12-25.\n\n" +
+      "I'll then ask for the hour and minute.",
+    keyboard,
+    parseMode: undefined,
+  };
+}
+
 export function reminderPickHourMenu(dayLabel: string, dayOffset: number): MenuView {
   const keyboard = new InlineKeyboard();
   // 4 rows of 6 hours, ordered to put daytime hours first for ergonomics:
diff --git a/apps/bot/src/telegram/state.ts b/apps/bot/src/telegram/state.ts
index 5a8cd25..3d551ae 100644
--- a/apps/bot/src/telegram/state.ts
+++ b/apps/bot/src/telegram/state.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export type WizardStep =
   | "pick_account"
   | "pick_group"
   | "compose"
+  | "custom_date_input"
   | "set_time"
   | "confirm";