[The overlapping demographics of people who know them both, know her birthday, and would have any inclination that he'd be interested in knowing that....is very slim.]
[But that's not the important thing. The important thing is that he's just asked her to dinner. For her birthday.]
I've never gone out for my birthday before. I've only recently gotten in the habit of acknowledging it.
[And that's not exactly an answer, she's simply stalling. Because she's been trying to avoid thinking deeply about or confronting directly whatever it is that's been growing between them since they first met.]
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[...Oh.]
[The overlapping demographics of people who know them both, know her birthday, and would have any inclination that he'd be interested in knowing that....is very slim.]
[But that's not the important thing. The important thing is that he's just asked her to dinner. For her birthday.]
I've never gone out for my birthday before. I've only recently gotten in the habit of acknowledging it.
[And that's not exactly an answer, she's simply stalling. Because she's been trying to avoid thinking deeply about or confronting directly whatever it is that's been growing between them since they first met.]
[And now he's asked her to dinner.]
[For her birthday.]