On the 29th of February, 1996, my parents welcomed their third and favourite* daughter into the world.

*Favourite status is not confirmed, but I’m pretty confident.

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I was a newborn, so initially I couldn’t really grasp that I was born on a ‘special’ day. But it didn’t take me too long to realise that being born on a leap year comes with its own unique set of experiences that only 0.07 per cent of the population understand:

I’ve had mixed reactions throughout my life when people find out, most of the time it’s positive and they have lots of questions, but occasionally I get “that must be the worst” and “I used to make fun of the leap year kid.” Personally, I love being a leapling and I’m looking forward to seeing you all at my 21st in 2080.

Are you a leap year baby too? If so, let us know in the comments.

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