Birthdays

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In the 22 years I had been working in schools, I had never a met a child or a member of staff with the same birthday as myself. I then went to work in a new school where there were not 1 but 5 pupils with the same birthday as myself. Over the years they left one by one until the last one was due to leave that July. I was sad to see her go, as it had been fun to share the birthday assemblies with those children. Then I had an application for a child from another authority who also shared my birthday. Against the odds, he was finally accepted into the school and he left as I retired.
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Date submitted:Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:11:07 +0000Coincidence ID:5294

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Anonymous (not verified)

Tue, 17/01/2012 - 8:13am

A friend of mine had 2 boyfriends with the same birthday (not at the same time), which also happened to be the same day as mine. One of these boyfriends also shared the same year.