What's The Weirdest This That Ever Happened To You?

[evildan]

Okay, I have one, this is strange... and it carries the theme of the posts so far.

The summer of my 7th grade year in school a family moves in just down the street from where I lived for only a year.

One of the girls who moved in was my same age and we immediately took interest in each other. We didn’t date that summer but continued to be friends in 8th grade. Her family moved about half way through the our 8th grade year and I thought that was the end of our friendship.

Turns out she moved there was some problem with her moving and she actually ended up in a neighbouring town about 20 miles east. But I had no idea. (we had kind of stop communicating when she found out she had to move).

Anyway, first year of High School, sure enough she’s in my class. I was amazed to see her. I really got to know her in High School, because we use to ride the transit bus home. So I spent a good hour a day talking to her about her day, etc.

Turns out she was born April 1st and I was born April 9th of the same year. Not too big of a deal, but, nonetheless a memorable fact.

We were ready to start dating each other but something always got in the way. I would be seeing someone and she wouldn’t or vis-versa. And the timing was very strange. We were always about a day or two off from break-up dates... So much so that we actually joked about it.

It was one of those things that you just can’t get done... And this went on for four years!

We never dated in High School at all. Meanwhile her family is ready to move our senior year in High School and again I thought this was the end of our relationship's progression.

Turns out her dad had problems with his job and the move never took place. Her mom and dad stay and she goes off to college in Arizona. (We lived in north-west Illinois)

While she was down in Arizona she was commuting and her car broke down. My mom and dad were visiting family down there and noticed her along side the street with her hood open. The car had broken down right outside of my uncle’s house. My mom and dad didn’t even know who she was, but invited her in to my uncles’ house to make the necessary calls to get her car towed.

I happened to call my uncle’s house to check up on my mom and dad at that exact moment. I heard her voice in the background. I didn’t recognize the voice as family, so I asked my mom who it was. She told me the story and I jokingly asked my mom “what’s her name? I need to find a girlfriend.”

My mom told me her name and of course I knew her. She got on the phone and we talked for awhile. Turns out that she wasn’t dating anyone either. Of course, she was hundreds of miles away, so we simply joked back and forth about the idea that we couldn't date each other because of fait.

I was so shocked about the chance encounter I said, “It’s because we share the same birth year and month... We’re drawn to each other.”

Fast forward two years. I am visiting a friend in Madison Wisconsin. I am driving along and I am joking with my friend that the intersection we were approaching is ‘Raymond’ and ‘Murfield’ and my dad’s name is Raymond Merfeld. Just as we said this sure enough this girl comes up to the window of my car and says hi. It’s the girl from high school!

I pull over. We talked and we found out that we were living in the same town in Northern Iowa and didn’t even know it! We actually started dating that day. Neither of us lived in Madison (which was 200 miles from out home town) at the time, although I was thinking of moving there in college.

Now this is where it gets weird, because we dated and it was one of those relationships where the expectation of it was greater then the relationship itself. I think we dated for a year and we broke up. I remember thinking back on the continuing birthday joke, and how fondly I felt about that teasing.

Fast forward a few years and a few relationships and enter present day girlfriend. I met her at work, and was instantly attracted to her. After going out on a date, I found out that her birthday was the exact same as the girl from highschool. (April 1st) and we shared the same birthday year.

I told her the above story and when I came to the Madison part, she stepped back in surprise. The year I met up with the girl from high school, my current girlfriend lived in Madison in an apartment building on (you guessed it) ‘Raymond’ and ‘Murfiled’.

After dating for a year, we moved to Madison. We are set to get engaged this year. We didn’t move to the intersection in question, but it remains to this day one of the strangest things that has ever happened to me.

[homer]

Oooh, creepy, evildan. My vote (as if I had one, or that it matters) goes to you!

Unfortunately I have no such creepy stories to tell. *homer bows out in shame*

[BlingBling 3k12]

yea... i ditto that... that's totally crazy...

it should be a movie! start writing an idea!

[twyg]

That... is amazing!!!!

lol...

evildan also gets my vote.

[xoot]

Movie should be called "Deja Vu with SameGirlfriendAllTheTime™"

evildan gets my vote!