Not much love for those born on Valentine’s Day

“Wow! You were born on Valentine’s Day? You must be quite lucky!” “Celebrating your birthday on a lover’s day? Choose your ‘struggle’.” “This is a lie; you cannot be born on a Valentine’s Day!” “Your parents should have named you Valentine.” “I cannot forget your birthday because it falls on a Valentine’s Day”. “I’ll send my birthday wishes earlier to avoid ‘traffic’ on Valentine’s Day.”

These are the kind of statements I get whenever my acquaintances learn that I celebrate my birthday on one of the most talked about day in the month of February – Valentine’s, a day synonymous with love, for lovers. Sometimes I have to show my identity card as proof that it was not my decision to jet into this world on this lucky day! Sigh.