Well, a milestone has come and gone… we had a busy week and I didn’t get around to talking about it here. The milestone was June 25th. On that day every year, it’s exactly six months to Christmas. But more importantly, it’s two of my kids birthdays… that’s right, I said two. You’re probably thinking what a coincidence — two kids born on the same day, and, they’re not twins. Well, it turns out that the two kids are married to each other. Dave and Chassie share the same birthday.
If you’re into astrology, you might make something of this… although I find astrology interesting, I’m not “in to it.” I did read a bit about it, and people born on the same day, same year and same time are termed “time twins.” This doesn’t apply to Dave and Chassie because they weren’t born in the same year. But I got to wondering if there was a word or phrase that described people with the same birthday. As far as I can tell, there is no proper word for the situation. Usually, people with the same birth date are referred to as “birthday twins.” But I did uncover some information that indicated the term “Irish twins” is an accepted description when two people are born on the same day and month but one year apart! That fits Dave and Chassie perfectly.
As I said, it’s been a busy time around our house and theirs… in fact, since their last birthday, their house has changed — literally — they just moved into a new house.
So belated happy birthday to the Irish Twins and for the rest of us, welcome to the countdown to Christmas….
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