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" Sharing a birthday with Valentine&amp;#039;s Day was cool when I was younger because all I wanted was candy anyway and my friends could actually come to my birthday party\u2014children don&amp;#039;t usually snub you for a date when they&amp;#039;re seven. As I got older it progressively got suckier for the following reasons.  1. It&amp;#039;s not just MY day, it&amp;#039;s every girl&amp;#039;s day.    2. It&amp;#039;s a made up holiday where the shape of hearts you see everywhere are actually the shape of women&amp;#039;s bottoms turned upside down.    3. My mother was very close to naming me Candy.     4. My friends are always busy with their boyfriends, girlfriends, or lovers.     5. I&amp;#039;m reminded in early January of my impending age as pink hearts increase in appearance in every store window.     6. Dinner reservations are a pain to get.     7. If I do get a dinner reservation, it&amp;#039;s likely a prix fixe menu with some sort of heart-shaped food and a Chocolatetini as themed cocktail.     8. I have to buy my husband a present too. That&amp;#039;s crap.     9. I do NOT want chocolate as a present for my birthday.     10. The day after my birthday is signified by discarded, half-dead flower bouquets and bins of half off chocolate at my local pharmacy.    "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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