4 Birth Month Pairings Who Make an Ordinary Day More Fun
Some people make even a trip to the grocery store feel like time well spent. You laugh more, linger a little longer, and come home in a better mood than when you left. These four birth month pairings have a way of making ordinary days into the ones you remember fondly.
January + October
People born in January and October often have this in common. They’re both used to being the friend everyone counts on. January is the one who turns “we should get together sometime” into an actual plan. October is the one who notices whose opinion nobody’s asked yet. Both put a lot of thought into making things easy for other people, and both know how good it feels when someone does the same for them.
That’s why an ordinary afternoon together can be such a pleasure. October gets to say, “I’d love to go,” and trust January to settle the details. January gets to pick the place and still have someone ask, “Is that where you want to go?” For two people who spend a lot of time thinking about everybody else, being on the receiving end of that question can make their day.
March + November
March and November share a sense of humor that comes from knowing what the other person really means. March can hear the disappointment underneath November’s funniest story and give them room to talk about it. November is the friend who’ll ask March the question everybody else politely skips.
Say March has just told a very good story about a very bad date. Everyone else wants to hear the impression again. On the walk home, November asks, “Were you hoping they’d call?” March can say yes. They can even go back to laughing about the date. It feels good to tell a joke and know the person laughing with you understands why it mattered.
April + December
April and December tend to bring out the bold side of each other. April is willing to say what they’d both secretly like to try. December takes the suggestion seriously enough to go first. There’s a particular pleasure in having a friend whose first instinct is “I’m in.”
They might hear a band playing in the park and both feel like dancing. On their own, either of them could spend an entire song standing at the edge of the grass. Together, it takes one raised eyebrow. By the second song, April is teaching December a move that neither of them has any business doing.
May + July
May and July have a way of becoming family to each other. May gives the friendship a rhythm. Thursday dinner is still on, even after a week when neither of them has had much to say. July remembers all the little preferences that make an ordinary meal feel like dinner with one particular person.
May leaves some pasta in the pan a little longer because July likes the crisp edges. July has already cut the lemon for May’s bowl. After dinner they’re still at the table picking at the last few pieces, and July knows which cupboard to open to put the plates away. Neither can remember the last time July had to ask.