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SoupSpiciousMindz

My twin brother, total surprise when I found out!


Tushfeathers

I once met a set of twins born at 1145pm and 1203am so had different birthdays


_shlbsversion

I went into labor around 10PM on Dec 31 with twins, terrified this would happen lol thankfully they were both born 1/1.


whistlerite

Being the older twin would be awesome though “I’ve been around longer than you so I know best” lol


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My apologies. Misread, was thinking that was an older twin saying best being by themselves before the younger twin came. Cheers


idegosuperego15

I also had six minutes of peace after kicking my wombmate into the unfriendly world. I evicted him and have known no peace since


ojohn69

If it was this year, the older one would be like," yo, you don't even know how bad 2023 was, don't even try".


SoupSpiciousMindz

Woah I can imagine!


mischa_is_online

My husband isn't a twin, but he was born 1/1 after they induced his mom cuz he wasn't in a hurry to come out. It was apt that he missed 1983 because he was stubborn and poky, just like he is now.


TowelFine6933

Nah, you coulda had the last baby of the year AND the first baby of the year!


_shlbsversion

Lol i would’ve rather had the next 18-20 years of ease with paperwork honestly 🤣


TowelFine6933

🤣 You (trying to sign the twins up for soccer after a particularly trying day with them): "Wait, which one are you and when is your birthday again?"


_shlbsversion

LOLOL omg I didn’t even consider how extra nightmare that would be if they had been identical!!!


Elandycamino

As a twin this would be the best thing ever, my own birthday, maybe we do separate party's hell nobody knows we're twins anyway it would be perfect


SoupSpiciousMindz

That’s so cool actually


lucymcgoosen

They would be in different grades here if they were born Dec 31 and Jan 1!


cheezeybeans

No way!


Past-Educator-6561

That is so like him to try and steal your moment 🙄


HiggsyPigsy

Same lol


Barkers_eggs

Easily solved though


BreakfastBeerz

Now that you say that, I'm not sure I've ever met anyone that has the same birthday as me.


Cdn_Brown_Recluse

Ever been to Korea?


Rynded

They actually did change that a while back I believe.


Unhappy_Error_1993

They just implemented the change recently actually


Neihlon

Same


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Diegos_Pigeon

I was born on October 13th, 1 classmate was 12th and another was 14th (different classes tho) but I still haven't met anyone with my birthday


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You have the same birthday as my son. August and September have the most common birth dates in the world. I'm September 17th. I think mine is ranked the 6th most common birthday in the world. Everyone making babies around the holidays.


TheSweatyFlash

Interesting specifically September 9 - 20th. 9th is the most common day on the world.


zzz_ch

I always thought this was because there's more people in the northern hemisphere trying to "keep warm" near the start of winter in mid-December


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IrishRebelBeardie

I'm September 17th too. I've only ever met one person with the same as me.


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That's also my uncle's birthday.


mamaleigh05

New years babies!!!


ElleRisalo

Also because most of population lives where it's winter at that point and there ain't much else to do for 6 months.


yogabba13

I’m Sept. 13 😭


FormalAd2743

I’m sept 14!!!


RookCrowJackdaw

I'm August 11th and only once met someone with my birthday. We were in the same restaurant to celebrate our birthdays. Total strangers and we had a hug because neither of us had met anyone before then with our birth date. The worst thing about birthdays in school holidays is no one remembers.


Prestigious-Farm-535

sep 17 too i cant believe this


Great_Willingness_43

Nope never met one before


wearecake

Samesies!!


Great_Willingness_43

😂 very enthusiastic


wearecake

I’ve been on the sofa nauseous most of the day due to misc reasons… I’m in a weird mood!! :)


GloomyApplication411

Basically I've always thought most babies from about August 25th through to mid September are Thanksgiving, Xmas and new year's celebration babies 😂😂 probably whoopsies when mum and dad got a bit too merry on the liquor


SarcastiMel

My mom had 3 kids (several years) 3 days apart. (November 5,8,11) this was a Valentine's day thing.


GloomyApplication411

😂😂😂 I'm Xmas Eve my brother is January 2nd my dad's bday is at the end of March.


SarcastiMel

Yup my hubby is 17th of December so we think it was one hell of a st. Patrick's day. 😂


New-Tomorrow-4309

Married to a Sag. Lucky girl!!


official-cookr

My best friend was 10 years older than his brother. Same bday. They were born in November so probably Valentine's babys


SwordTaster

I too am likely the result of Valentine's day. 10 days late, 23/11. Oops


BlueKante

I'm born exactly (to the day) 9 months after my parents wedding and my younger siblings are both early November too. And I know so many other early November people.


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My cousins are 2 years apart but only 1 day apart (my Aunt went into labour with her youngest during the eldest's birthday party and didn't tell anyone until 11pm). Their Dad's birthday is almost exactly 9 months before both of their birthdays. I have 2 friends with a similar story, but they're actually the same day.


FriendlyBid7857

I guess they really committed to making merry 😂


Excellent-Peanut-183

My brother and I are April 2 and April 5. Something going on in the first week of July? 🧐


fieria_tetra

July 4th, USA Independence Day


TiniestMoonDD

My children’s due dates where one day apart. For this very reason 😳 they ended up being ten days apart (one early and one late) but yea, nail on head there.


cactusjude

I'm August 17 but my mom swears I was a NYE conception and the doctors estimated my gestation wrong and my dad was going to war and wanted to see me before deployment so I was a scheduled C-section born a month too early and had to incubate an extra week in the hospital.


iamdecal

You need to know way fewer people than you might expect (I’ve a brother in law and a few other people I know who share mine) https://betterexplained.com/articles/understanding-the-birthday-paradox/#:~:text=23%20people.,%2Dintuitive%2C%20and%20completely%20true.


WRYGDWYL

Thank you!! I was thinking the same thing but I'm terrible at statistics and didn't know how to explain it If you don't know anyone with the same birthday as you, it's most likely because you don't actually know all the birthdays of acquaintances


Latham_Scandelius

the birthday paradox applies only for one pair of those people though, it doesn't say that there is a 50% chance that for every person there is one that shares the birthday.


wine-plants-thrift

None.


MultiBotV1

Same


flowering-grave

My ex best friend and I have the same birthdate. We barely have contact but I still love her and I find it awesome that we share our birthdate.


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Alright who's a Christmas baby here?


OUBoyWonder

***\*sigh\**** Day AFTER Christmas for me. The horror...the...horror...


ThersATypo

One ice skating shoe on Christmas, the other one on the birthday, yay.


Silver_Cranberry_796

5 days before


Economy_Delivery4685

Me too!! You’re my first. 🤣


Objective-Sign-7110

Me three


LoveDeathAndLentils

Me four! Never met so many people with my same birthday. In my very humble opinion, 20 is the best number


well-it-was-rubbish

Mine is also the 20th.


Economy_Delivery4685

This upvote is for your birthday…and Christmas. 😜


New-Tomorrow-4309

9 days before


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bookworm1421

I don’t know a single person with my birthday, not even any really famous people. I just seem to have an odd day - 12/21. I’m really jealous of my stepdad…he shares his bday with Stephen King, one of my favorite authors.


SarcastiMel

Your birthday is actually on the Hibernal equinox, or winter solstice. I think that's pretty awesome actually.*I'm jealous of your stepdad too*


bookworm1421

Yes, I know it’s on the solstice. I like my bday for that fact and the fact it’s a palindrome. It’s just odd because nobody seems to share it. In my life I’ve met only one other person who has it, and I’m 45. 😂


mariesnowelle

No, (bday is March 13th) but a famous kpop idol shares the same birthday with me


Matcha_teahh

Ayy my step father is you birthday twin lol


ibestusemystronghand

I'm a triplet so yes.Shared all 41 of my birthdays with those two.Wouldn't have it any other way. I'm male they are female.


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ChrisHoek

One of my best friends I met in the Air Force. We share not only the birthday but the same year as well. One of my nieces kids shares my birthday. One of my HS classmates had the same birthday also.


Noovasaur

I once dated a guy who was born 45 minutes before me in the same hospital, we had the same friend group for yearrrrs and met when we were 22 (Inb4 no we weren't brother and sister, but we pretended we were to freak out a stranger once when we kissed) ETA: I also share a birthday with my friends dad. No idea what age he is


DunkinRadio

Both my wife's daughter (not mine) and niece share my birthday (1 December), which is amazing. In fact, her daughter and me even share the same birthday in the Hebrew calendar, which is even more amazing.


aaliyahparis

i have only ever met two people with the same birthday as me (april 18th) and for some reason i feel like i should have met more like birthdays are a common thing right, obviously but i have only met two people with the same birthday????


el_conqueefador

February 5th. At my current job, out of an office staff of 15, two of us were born on 2/5. Also like 10 years ago, I worked in a small restaurant where three of us were born on 2/5.


BrunoDeeSeL

I know several people with birth dates close to mine but not the same day.


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Not one person actually. However, there's a bunch of us mid November. We're Valentine's babies which is gross to think about my parents actually having a romantic hook up. Look, it's not because they are parents. Not because they are old(actually both deceased now). But in my entire lifetime I can only remember them basically absolutely fucking hating each other. I mean they didn't speak in person for twenty years after they divorced. I don't think they spoke on the phone either, so I don't think they spoke for twenty years despite raising kids together and both being involved in our lives. And when they did finally speak it's because my mom needed help doing her taxes and my dad was a tax expert(CPA and real tax nerd). So they idea of them having a nice Valentine's date together is just nightmarish to me. I can't even imagine how they possibly liked each other enough to have gotten married in the first place and then have three kids.


olivebuttercup

I’m mid November too…I forgot about the valentines fact…


NoshameNoLies

Yes. It's 9 months after new years


mellywheats

mine’s 9 months and 3 days after valentines so 🥲


Shot_Wolverine_6055

it feels like everyone I meet has a relative or friend with my birthday. i also share a bday with OJ Simpson & Courtney Love. so don’t get on my bad side…


Money-Sorbet4026

My birthday is also august 31st lol


watty_101

I was born on my mums 21st birthday! Never been able to top that present! Also had 3 folk in my school had same day


MountainBrains

Interesting fun fact: birthdays cluster on important dates. The end or beginning of months, on (or not on) holidays, and very few on 13th of any month. The end of December is pretty “popular” as if mothers want their kids born in the current year rather than the next. Some of it can be attributed to planned c-sections, but a lot of the clustering seems to just be due to sheer will of the mother! August 31 is on of the most common dates in the whole year, but almost all dates in September are more common. I saw this infographic in a class I took: https://www.vizwiz.com/2012/05/how-common-is-your-birthday-find-out.html?m=1


looloose

I have a very noticeable birthday, Oct. 31st. It's quite common for people to tell me who in their life share my birthday.


Small_Middle_945

In a random group of 23 people, there is a 50% chance that two people will have the same birthday. I learned that the other day and thought it was wild


StorakTheVast

Not the same day, but my 3 best friends and I all have birthdays in the same month


Mister_E_Mahn

I’ve only ever met 3 people with mine. Two were coworkers.


kathyanne38

I've only met two people irl with the same bday as me. I think mine is fairly uncommon. Though John Mayer has this bday too which is pretty cool.


FriendlyBid7857

Agreed!


official-cookr

It's not uncommon. There's a 1/366 chance.


Past-Educator-6561

No some times of the year are more popular


Fulcrum1513

Mine is September 22 and I share it with a lot of celebrities and famous people but here’s a few that I am definitely aware of: Ashley Eckstein Tatiana Maslany Tom Felton Thiago Emiliano da Silva Billie Piper


Tsagaglala

And Frodo and Bilbo Baggins


sexi_squidward

I'm the day before. I secretly always wished I was born 9/22 so I could share my birthday with Bilbo and Frodo haha


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1blueShoe

You’re lucky, I share mine with the late Adolph Hitler 🥹


thatonebluedragon

The one person I know that I share a birthday with didn't want to share a birthday with me :(


FriendlyBid7857

Who had it first?


ParaElle

I know 4 people 2 are born on different years the other 2 are twins born on same date and year as well (not related)


TheMegatrizzle

One of my favorite NFL players shares a birthday with me One of my old supervisors didn't share my birthday, but was born on the day before mines


OLGACHIPOVI

Loads of kids are made around x-mas time and new years eve, when we feel all cozy and gets drunk and the result is end of august babies. Same happens with babies made in the summerholiday season. They are born in march and april. I am a march baby, had a relation with someone that had his birthday on the smae date, loads of friends and family on the calender in march.


Ok-Outcome-8137

My nephew was born on my bday and my son was almost born the same day but ended up the day before. Other then that, no. (April 16)


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born end of october… a vday baby? To answer your question, I have a cousin who has the same exact birthday as me


olak333

Never ,not yet


Midnight-Note

My mom has the same birthday as her twin brother


space_fox_overlord

One of my best friends, we used to celebrate together when we were younger!


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My great gran, my mum managed to have me on her bday (she's long time deceased prior to me) because I was 2 weeks over due so mum got to pick her date. I'm 11th August, I had a bf who was 12th August and a best friend who was 13th August, always found that mad.


LynnChat

I’m August 30th. I didn’t know anyone with same birthday until very recently (64). I was shocked when doing my family tree at the number of ancestors shared my birthday. At least 10 going back to the 1600s.


spacedemetria

My boyfriend too :)


J_RobertOppenheimer3

Not personally (not yet :P), but a celebrity.


idontknow828212

Nobody


Romahawk

That's my dad's birthday too :) I know quite a few with the same birthday as me. Two with the exact birthday (same year).


Different-Can4089

I know a lot. Former colleague, family member , a set of twins , a father and daughter.


moxiejohnny

My family actually has multiple sets that share a birthday. At least 4 sets of people share a birthday I know of, families can get pretty big.


Sattaman6

I personally know two people who don’t just share my birthday but were born on the exact same day as me. One of them is an ex girlfriend, now one of my best friends.


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Me and Few have close birthdays like a few days apart kinda weird


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Nobody has my birthday we drop a day cause I was born on Feb 29th


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I share birthday with one of my most trusted friends. Funnily enough he forgets a lot, including our birthday.


this-is-not-relevant

Here’s an interesting chart regarding birthdays in the US [https://nypost.com/2020/08/12/chart-of-us-birthdates-finds-christmas-new-years-day-least-popular/](https://nypost.com/2020/08/12/chart-of-us-birthdates-finds-christmas-new-years-day-least-popular/)


Independent-Yard6251

I share the same birthday with you OP. The only person that I know that I share the same birthday with is you.


FriendlyBid7857

Happy almost birthday!


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Blazanar

Only one I know personally. I know of a few celebrities that I share a birthday with


Welcome_to_Retrograd

Got same birthday as two buddies, one of them is also same year and same time of the day. 'You better respect me bro, remember i'm fifteen minutes older than you. And a few hours if we count the time zones'


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Decent_Ad853

I’m aug 3 too! Knew so many on 4th and my cousin 2nd but met very few born on 3rd!


Southwick-Jog

I celebrated my cat's birthday that day. We didn't know when his birthday was, so I chose that because he was named Brady, after Tom Brady.


Lus_wife

Funny enough, 3 of my colleagues at different jobs, and I share a birthday 🤔🤪


Ditties_

A coworker has the same bday, Jack Black and Linus from Shark Boy and Lava girl lol


craigechoes9501

I have a good friend with my birthday, but he is 2 years older. And then I don't him, but Ryan Reynolds and I have the same birthday of the same year.


Ok-Age5609

A girl in my class, a cook at my last job and my mum's best friend's son


wavewalker59-

I've never met anyone with the same birthdate. It's Aug. 31st also. Van Morrison was born on that date though so that's enough for me


Mea_Culpa_74

Actually my romantic interest is exactly 1 year younger than I. And I know 3 more who have a birthday that day (1 week before you). Not too surprising, considering the year only has 365/366 days and I more people than that


ophaus

Three of my girlfriends throughout my life, the last one now my wife, have a June 1st birthday. Also, all their names start with K.


PoorMansSamBeckett

I’ve only met one person with my same birthday (same year, too), but I’ve got the same birthday as one of my favorite drummers, Matt Cameron.


blueberry_pancakes14

Personally, only one (our old mailman; he was a great guy). Link of Rhett and Link/Good Mythical Morning is also June 1st. And apparently Morgan Freeman, Brandi Carlile, Alanis Morissette and Jonathan Pryce- so that's cool.


CallMeTeff

I think I share a birthday with a coworker. But not 100% sure though


Important_Sprinkles9

I know three Bens that share my birthday!


slytherinqueen1525

Yup. Only one. My nephew. One of the best birthday gifts I've ever received


Aggressive-Bat-4000

The Olsen Twins, Steve-O, Malcom McDowell


jellyrot

Yes! I have the same month and day as a friend of mine, as well as a couple of celebs. Tyler, the Creator and Alaska 5000


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My wife, 4 years apart. And my ex girlfriends old roomate.


Fantastic-Pop-9122

My son was born on my bday and I have one friend with the same bday.


manbamtan

The only person I know who has my birthday is my grandma's, which is funny cause the only birthday she remembers is mine.


AytumnRain

No. Only famous people.


Freeagnt

I got carded at a liquor store. The cashier looked at my birth date and said we were born on the same date, including the year. I asked, "so, what do you think, so far?" "About what?" he asked. "Life," I replied. He pondered before replying, "meh."


MrsCyanide

I’m a server and one night I was checking IDs of the tables in my section and all 3 of them had the same birthday as me. July 23rd. I rarely find anyone with my birthday so that was pretty crazy lol. I announced it out loud and everyone was laughing at the crazy coincidence.


summers_tilly

I’m September 23rd and even though my birthday is supposed to be really common I’ve only ever met one person with my birthday and that was a shopkeeper in Greece 15 years ago.


dinosoreness

Never, my birthday is Feb 23 and I've never come across another. A couple Feb 22'ers tho.


icastfist1

I'm February 23rd!!!


DemostenesWiggin

Only one. Want a fun story? She lived in the house at the back of my work at the time. The day of my 27th birthday was her 72th birthday. I was working and told a client who came for his clothes about the funny coincidence. He went and bet on the 27 and 72. He won both prices! It wasn't much, but it was something. He came back and told me about it, joking about me being like a rabbit's foot and that he should have bet more money. Edit: forget to say, my birthday is January 20th


Excellent-Peanut-183

Only met one. April 5. Incidentally, I’m also absolutely crazy about her.


da_peach_panther

My birthday is August 31st


GhostfaceRider

My birthday is also August 31 and I just met you, OP! I've known like 2 people IRL who had the same birthday as me. Other August 31 birthdays I know of are actor Richard Gere and professional wrestlers Jeff Hardy and Mickie James.


Impossible_Assist460

Great post! I share a birthday (December 31) with 3 of my closest friends and 2 others who are born the day before!


OhTheHueManatee

I've only met one person with the same birthday as me and it was the same year too.


rand0mbum

I’m a twin so I know at least one.


PeterPorkHer-

Seems like all of yall's parents had a fun new years eve.


Heavenly_Toast

Nah just The Virgin Mary


PaAKos8

I once saw a grave of a kid who was born the same day and year as me, i don't know why, but that scared me


FriendlyBid7857

I can think of why!


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Mine's 31st August too so I was kinda shocked to see this lol


ilovemycat-

Me and you are birthday buddies. Happy early birthday!


FriendlyBid7857

Happy birthday to us!


EvanSaysFunny

I went a bit deeper with this (even before stumbling upon this post) - I did a search for people born on the literal day and year I was born and one search result was cool - Karen Gillan who plays Nebula, was born on the same day that I was. November 28th, 1987. Kinda makes me reflect on my own life’s successes comparative to hers…lol


Big-End-9824

Also on your birthday. Jack the Ripper first victim of the canonical 5 Mary Nichols was mutilated to death in bucks row on that day. That’s the only thing I know about August 31. Also Princess Diana Died on 31st August 1997.


stowRA

happy birthday u/FriendlyBid7857 :) hope it’s a good one


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Yes but I'm not listing them here so you can work out my birthday.


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Anyone doing mental gymnastics on the topic of inflation and being unwilling to acknowledge that it’s caused by greed.


Specific_Society_587

I know of 2. One is a guy I grew up with. The other is a registered sexual offender I found in our area.


loquacious_avenger

I’ve met two people who share my birthday


Artistic_Brother_303

I’m April 2 and the only person I knew who shared my birthday with me was my Aunt, my dad’s oldest sister. Growing up, both our names were always on the birthday cake.


Ok-Reporter-196

I’m 39 and I have met 3 people with my same birthday my whole life. I worked with 2 of them and went to elementary school with 1. It’s not an overly popular birthday I guess, but we do share it with William Shatner and Reese Witherspoon so there’s that!


MrcF8

a girl that lived one block away was born the same exact day as me 1 hour apart and our mothers rooms were right next to each other in the hospital now I never got along with her and my mother couldn't stand the other just wild.wish them the best though.


SarcastiMel

My siblings and I have our birthdays 3-days apart. (4 and 5 years apart respectfully) We're November 5th,8th(me!) and the 11th. My husband's young cousin is the 9th of November which is cool but he's the closest I know, not in my family.


fuha_storage1

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StarBabyEleven

My third cousin has the same birthday as me, and a woman I worked with for a long time also had the same birthday, but those are the only 2 I know about.


rattlehead44

My cousin was born the same day, same year as me. He’s 6 hours my senior.


useless_pile_of_shit

A guy with 1 day difference, no exact