Birthday and more
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My partner and I met online. When we decided to meet up for a dog walk we decided to talk on the phone and after some time she expressed surprise that I had a southern accent (she thought I was from the North). By the end of the conversation we had discovered the following coincidences:
Both born in Aldershot, on 16th March 1971.
Both in the Princess Louise Margaret Maternity Hospital.
Both our father's were in 3rd Battalion Parachute regiment, and both had met our mothers whilst posted to Malta.
Both mothers are non-English (her's Maltese, mine American).
We had both lived in Reading and Milton Keynes and had connections to Leiden in the Netherlands. And when we met we both were driving Fiat Puntos.
I think this is probably not as unlikely as it seems, but she thinks we have been brought together by fate.
Date submitted:Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:55:20 +0000Coincidence ID:5849
