My birthday is November 14. The year doesn't really matter. I'm not telling you this to mark on your calendar or plan your shopping lists (although if you did, I wouldn't turn it down). I'm telling you this to make a point. There are 365 days in a year which means, on average 1/365 of the world's population is born on your birthday. Which leads me to my dilemma.
When people ask me when my birthday is and I tell them, I then get one of three responses. One, "Wow, your birthday is November 14, mine's the____ (pick any day from October 14 to December 14.) Now what am I supposed to say when someone tells me that their birthday is two weeks after mine? That's great? I say that and smile but sometimes I wonder what else we might even be close to having in common.
The second is even more problematic. "Wow, your birthday is November 14? My cousin's boyfriends is the same day!!!" Now come on people, what on earth am I supposed to say to that seeing as how I've never met the cousin, let alone the boyfriend. Do they think that myself and the cousin's boyfriend are soul mates? Wouldn't that make for awkward family dinners?
The last scenario is probably the easiest. This is when you tell them your birthday and they say, "Wow, mine's the 14 too!!" Hopefully, in this scenario the month is right too. When this happens, you can smile and say, "Good, now we can take each other out for a drink." It hasn't happened yet, but I figure I haven't met the rest of the 1/365 of the world's population. Someone out there owes me a drink.
So, tell your cousin's boyfriend to give me a call. I've got no plans.
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Hysterical this has bothered you for years and now you found an outlet to deal with it.
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