Meeting a friend's girlfriend.
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I was on my way from Cardiff to Leeds to visit a friend from Uni, when my train broke down a couple of stops from its destination. Taxis were provided for everyone to complete the journey and I was allocated one with a young woman I'd never met but who appeared familiar to me. As we chatted about our weekend plans it soon became apparent that she was my friend's girlfriend. She hadn't been on the train but was waiting for one to take her in to Leeds and had decided to join the queue for the taxis, rather than waiting for the next train. My friend was utterly confused when the pair of us arrived at his flat together, chatting away like we'd known each other for years.
Date submitted:Wed, 27 Jan 2016 01:41:37 +0000Coincidence ID:8374
