Meeting Coincidences
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Two instances at the same birthday party. I went to a party and met a woman I had never seen before. I suggested she was not local to our region and asked where she came from. She replied that her family had lived in Tunbridge Wells. I told her that I was born there. She then said that they had moved to Walton-onThames. I told her I had attended a school in Walton-onThames for a year. I then looked across at the door and saw a new arrival. I thought I recognised her face. It turned out that her mother and I had been very good friends some 40 years ago. I had stayed with this family when I had moved and house alterations were done. Although I had seen her mother on several occasions I had not seen Emma, her daughter in all that time. Two incidents at the party of a man I had only known for eighteen months.
Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:55:48 +0000Coincidence ID:4014
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