Why did not we not meet sooner?
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After my first marriage broke up, I tried online dating. I very soon met someone who lived a mile away from me in the same city. When we had our first date it turned out that we had grown up over two decades before, less than ten miles from each other and in a completely different part of the country. She had gone to the girls' grammar school in the town where I went to the boys' grammar school. My future sister law was at the same school as her and her brother went to the same school as me. My most influential teacher at school was a close friend of her parents. I played sport and socialised in the town where she lived. We also had the same religious background but were neither of us part of a religious community. We are now married. It is an interesting twist to the story that we would not have been compatible if we had met before. Someone who believed in destiny would say that we were being kept apart until we were ready for each other. I just call it luck.
Date submitted:Sat, 14 Jan 2017 13:30:29 +0000Coincidence ID:8986
