2 strangers meeting
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I was doing a little "match making" with 2 people I know that come from 2 entirely different places in my life. The woman works in the corporate world, this is where I work, and the man lives in my town which he owns his own business putting up drywall. The town being about 45 minutes away from my work. So... I was able to get these 2 talking on the phone and when I came into work the next day and the woman said to me "your not going to believe this" but after talking a little bit on the phone with the guy you set me up to talk with told me that he grew up in the house LITERALLY across the street from where I live now. SO.... what does that mean!?!?!? Weird. Two totally different people, different careers, 2 different towns ... the 1 link is me and he happened to grow up on the same street RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET from where she is living? CRAZY... I wish I knew what this meant.
Date submitted:Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:40:47 +0000Coincidence ID:9013
