Years ago I knew a guy whose birthday was December 31. This isn't by itself remarkable but he was born at something like 11.45pm--he told me that his mother had to be induced and since it was really late on the last day of the year, the hospital staff offered to stabilize her a bit and give her an epidural and then wait a bit so she could have the first baby of the new year. (Apparently people actually do this if they're RIGHT on the cusp and have any reasonable control over when the baby comes.) His parents thought about it very briefly but ultimately refused and chose to just induce and have the kid. Why?
"If we have him now, he's tax-deductible for the next year."
Well shit. I dunno what it feels like to find out your birthdate was dictated by how much money your parents could save off you, but I would probably laugh and cry at the same time.
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