Birthday and Life as Lived

: Hello!
: Friend, happy birthday! How are you?
: Good.
: Stay happy today, stay full of laughter and joy!
: Laughter and joy!!
: You know, you're not ordinary! I mean, stay happy. We only get one life! You're a wise soul, what more can I say!
: No, today feels just like any other day! Celebrating birthdays doesn't really excite me anymore! How's everyone at your place?
: The usual sadness, you know—their pain of not having the kind of children they hoped for! That's about it! I suppose you're managing to be the child your parents wanted, aren't you?
: Me?
: Yes!
: Me...!! Dad's expectations are low, but I'll only meet Mom's expectations the day I get married as she wishes! Happy Mom!
: Ha ha ha! Have you had lunch?
: No, I'm not hungry!
: How's your health?
: My body is...it's fine! Do you stay in Dhaka much? Will you come to my place?
: Whenever you come to Dhaka, just call me—I'll come!
 Listen friend, now for something else! I don't know whether to call this news or not! Among your admirers, you once mentioned a girl. You said, "You could marry this girl!" Do you remember?
: About what? Oh! Yes, the one from Rangpur?
: No, Thakurgaon!
: You told me, "You're not marriage material!" And neither am I!
: I wouldn't have gotten married. But tell me as my brother, what do you think she'd be like? Could one marry her?
: She seemed simple to me! But you should talk to her and see.
: I've talked to her a bit. It's not that I haven't spoken to her! But I have this terrible talent for misjudging people! I'm not a very shrewd person by nature, and I don't want to be! Because to be shrewd, you have to become petty! I don't like living as a petty person!
: If you can, just go to the mosque and get married! No need for ceremonies! We've turned weddings into grand gatherings of random people. It makes no sense! The mistake I'm making, I try to prevent the people close to me from making. The rest is your personal matter!
If she accepts you as you are, then marry her!
: Alright, then I'll let you know! I can't find your ID!
: Tell people what they want to hear. Explain to those who want to understand, then step away! I've stepped away, that's all! Ha ha ha...
: What are you doing with your writing?
: Nothing much! Sometimes when I write something, I just keep it that way.
: Are you writing a book?
: No! If I get into all that, expectations will form! I want to gradually free myself from expectations as I grow older! I did something today—deliberately didn't cut any cake! If I do it this way, maybe I'll come to better terms with myself!
: The care you put into your writing, the extraordinariness in your words—it's something else!
: There's nothing extraordinary here! Just write and be done with it! To keep myself well! So many masterpieces are created in this world that no one ever knows about. The joy lies in keeping the person within happy!
: True! If you enjoy writing, just keep writing! Friend, take care! You're not going through any troubles, are you?
: There will always be problems! If I can solve them, then they weren't really problems! And if I can't solve them, then it was my destiny!
: You've put that so beautifully!
: I can't do anything beyond this! My abilities are limited.
: We're friends! I learned something here! You said it wonderfully! Friend, take care! We'll meet soon! "Happy Birthday again!"