And today was your birthday. You barely remembered mentioning it ever since you came to Equestria; the only instance was to Shining Armor, in one of the many chats you had with him on a weekly basis, reporting to him and generally being one of the "guy friends" that he had. The entirety of the guard was made of mares, and Prince Blueblood wasn't much of a conversationalist either, despite Shining Armor's connection to Princess Cadence.