I had to think about it for a minute, but I'm pretty sure I know my birthstone. I don't make any particular point of wearing it, though.

And thanks for the commiseration re: naming, everyone. It always helps to talk things out with my people.

Also, thanks to whoever posted the photo of NPH and his family in their Halloween costumes! Totally my happy place today.

I know my birthstone because I found an ad for birthstone gems when I was about 8 and I really wanted one for some reason.

I've always known my birthstone. It's diamond, which is nice but inconvenient. Also, really too dressy for me to wear much anyway.

I don't really think about my birthstone at all, but I for some reason have known it's a sapphire since I was a kid.

Holy shit, whales listen THROUGH THEIR THROAT.

Holy shit, whales listen THROUGH THEIR THROAT.

What pop song told you that?

I know mine, but I don't especially like it, and I don't own any. My sister, same month, loves it, so there you go. Opal.

Although, if the Gemstone Meanings Blog is to be believed, perhaps I should reconsider:

Its psychological benefits also include increased confidence on a deep level, confidence that is independent of external factors and completely based on understanding your core being. It helps you to realize all the externally anchored beliefs and behaviours you have adopted, and to cast them off in favor of your core self.

ETA: I didn't cheat. I just wanted to see pictures. And, actually, the deeper blue opal is very pretty.

My birthstone is my favourite colour. I don't know if that's coincidence or me forcing it on myself. I used to know all the birthstones. I know my mother's (both her real birthstone and her fake birthday) and my sister's, and in fact got upset when I was thirteen or so and my father bought me a necklace that was my sister's birthstone. I thought it was inappropriate.

Good god, I found an aside in the business requirements document I wasn't here to review which could throw another monkey wrench in the works of the project, and no one is assigned to track it down. Well, no one was. ::sigh:: I'm stunned by the info we don't have sometimes.

Is one of NPH's kids a girl and the other a boy?

My birthstone is my favourite colour. I don't know if that's coincidence or me forcing it on myself. I used to know all the birthstones. I know my mother's (both her real birthstone and her fake birthday) and my sister's

Me too, to all of that.

Opals are gorgeous, wonderful, have all sorts of promising qualities for people born in October. They are "supposed" to bring dire luck if worn by people with birthdays in other months. H has an October birthday, and I don't quite dare fate by wearing "his" opals.

Mine's amethyst, which is quite nice. I prefer colored and opaque stones to glittah.

I know mine. I had tiny sapphire studs as a kid, so I don't remember not knowing.