House and school coincidence
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Coincidence
We bought a house from a very nice family about 8 years ago.
We shared a celebratory drink on completion and then didn't see them again.
This year my daughter is going 70 miles away to boarding school (about 1000 pupils). She is joining in the second year and went to meet the 12 girls of her year that are in her house. As it turned out, one of them used to live in our house, the daughter of the family we bought from.
On bumping into the parents at school yesterday, we discovered that I also share a birthday with the father (not the same year alas)
What are the chances of that
Date submitted:Mon, 25 Jun 2018 17:48:09 +0000Coincidence ID:10046
