WE MET RANDOMLY AND LAUGHED FOR TWO HOURS STRAIGHT… BUT THINGS CHANGED WHEN SHE ASKED ABOUT MY BIRTHDAY She sat down at the table next to mine, accidentally spilled her coffee, and laughed so hard she snorted. I laughed too — couldn’t help it. We ended up talking. Joking. Sharing sugar packets like we’d been doing it our whole lives. At some point she said, “God, you remind me of someone.” I said the same. It felt too easy, too familiar. Like I’d known her forever. Then she asked my birthday. I told her. She blinked. “No way. That’s my birthday.” I thought she was joking — until she showed me her ID. Same date. Same year. Same city. One of us was adopted. Neither of us knew. Until ⬇️ See less
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