Results: Sharing Your Birthday

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jlrake

04/23/2026

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1.
1.
Do you know anyone personally--not know of any celebrities nor anyone else in the public eye you've not met in person--who shares your same birthday, by at least the same day of the month, if not year (for example, you and someone you know may both have been born on the same day of the same month, not in the same year; count that person!)?
Yes (and I may also personally know at least one public figure who shares my birthday)
27%
303 votes
Unsure/uncaring
16%
182 votes
No, not to my knowledge
56%
621 votes
2.
2.
Earlier during the day I'm composing these questions, in the course of ordinary conversation I discovered that someone attending a church where I attend services and I share the same birth. Perhaps oddly, I felt a bit closer to him as a friend after his having told me of his birthday than before that time (though he was a friendly person with whom I'd gotten on well before his revelation). Have you ever ever unexpectedly learned do you and another person sharing the same birthday and, if even by a smidgen, felt closer to that person?
Yes (and I may name at least one such instance in a comment)
15%
162 votes
Undecided/uninterested
25%
276 votes
No
60%
668 votes
3.
3.
Have you ever felt embarrassed or otherwise uncomfortable or regretful of sharing your birthday with someone you know personally but don't really like?
Yes (and I may name at least one person in a comment)
6%
66 votes
Unsure
17%
192 votes
No
77%
848 votes
4.
4.
Have you ever known anyone personally who has a birthday in the same month as yours but the opposite numerically (for example. your birthday is the 12th, and you know someone whose birthday is the 21st of the same month as yours)?
Yes
9%
102 votes
Uncommitted
17%
188 votes
No, at least far as I'm aware
74%
816 votes
5.
5.
Another kind of birthday sharing is to provide edible treats for others on your birthday, as was the case on birthdays of mine and my classmates in grade school. Some people in the apartment building where I live do likewise, leaving baked goods or candy to be shared in its community space. Do you do anything like that for your neighbors, friends and/or whomever else?
Yes, I currently do or have done in the past.
14%
154 votes
At least one other party has done so on my behalf, but I've not done so personally.
9%
103 votes
No
77%
849 votes

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