Feb. 14 birthday lament for males

Here is a toast, a nod and a wink to all the guys with birthdays today, who, romantically engaged, do not get a dinner out, except if they do they are expected to both make the reservations and pick up the tab.

April might be the cruelest month and Dec. 25 birthdays are almost as difficult to smile through, so here is recognition for all those tough birth days.