Meant to be friends?
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My daughter moved to Sydney Australia a few years ago and now has a year old baby and a 5 year old stepson.
As an older mother she felt in need of a 'Mummy Friend', someone in similar circumstances of a similar age, so she went to a playgroup and sussed out the mums there - spotting an older woman with two children and she nervously approached her. As she did so the woman got up to leave with her children and my daughter just said 'Hello' to her as she left. To be honest she was a bit disappointed.
However, the woman came back a few minutes later and they started to chat. They arranged a first 'play date' with the children which was a great success and decided they could be friends.
As they chatted it transpired the woman's husband had been Best Man at the wedding in the UK of my daughter's friends who had also emigrated to Australia. My daughter had met her husband at a party held by these friends.
As an added coincidence, my daughter's husband has known another English woman socially for many years. This woman had, in the past, worked with the husband of my daughter's new 'Mummy Friend'.
It seems that they were meant to be friends.
Date submitted:Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:32:41 +0000Coincidence ID:6821
