Having supper with friends and without a middle name, I ask if anyone has a friend unknown to me who we could ring. Someone obliges and connects me to a recently married colleague. She is a Biology teacher.
'It's a bit unusual and embarrassing', she says on the other end of the phone. 'I was born on Valentine's day so my parent's decided that I should be named after the Saint'. I say that seemed an excellent idea and that I liked the sound of her parents. 'Do you like your parents?' I add as an after-thought. 'Yes', she replies, 'I like them very much'.
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