We talked about the schools her kids had gone to, which morphed into a discussion of where we had grown up. When she said her childhood home was close to the major intersection that mine was I asked her what school she had gone to.
(The question "Where did you go to high school?" is a St. Louis tradition which is used to understand someone's background, neighborhood, and their social circles.)
It turned out that we also had that in common, and when I asked her what year she had graduated I found out that we both had been classmates in an 800-student class!
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After the class was over I learned I would be receiving a Facebook friend request from her.
AND THEN.....
Another woman in the class heard us talking about our high school and asked which one we were talking about. I learned that she was several years older than Hubby Tony but went to the same school as he did and grew up very close to him. Tony was waiting for me in the lobby, so I walked that way with the woman and introduced the two of them. They spent several minutes trying to figure out if they had any other commonalities (they did not).
Five years ago: Parking Lot Performance
Interesting day! -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteIt was.
DeleteIt is almost always pleasant when that happens - I ran into a fellow resident of our first year at university in a food line a few years ago. We are now friends again.
ReplyDeleteNice!
DeleteSuch a small world, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteCoincidences like this never cease to amaze me.
DeleteI love when invisible dots still get connected.
ReplyDeleteI love your 'invisible dots' analogy.
DeleteSmall town St. Louis.
ReplyDeleteYep.
DeleteIt really can be a very small world. How lovely to make new friends that way.
ReplyDeleteNew friends will definitely make Pilates more interesting.
DeleteThis year - we had someone come in to the office who went to the same elementary school that I did - but he was much younger than me, lol! I do love how small the world can be sometimes :)
ReplyDeleteIn the new social media world I sometimes feel like I have few real life friends...and then something like this happens.
DeleteSuch coincidence is pleasant always 🤗
ReplyDeleteIt happens rarely though but I think many of us ☺️
Glad you shared dear Kathy 🥰
small world ... Isn't it fun to have conversations like this and realize that your lives have much in common.
ReplyDeleteYes!
DeleteWhat an interesting day you didn't think you'd have right? :-)
ReplyDeleteYou nailed it!
DeleteI talk to strangers a lot and often find people who knew my husband in some capacity. Not me so much. He is one of those guys who never meets a stranger. Everybody in Montgomery City knew him and not me. He got out and about a lot more than I did!
ReplyDeleteI guess you were more well known in the camping community.
DeleteI met my very best friend of 30 years at an aerobics class! We found out we had so much in common that we decided to get coffee after class so we could talk more. The rest is history!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great story!
DeleteVery cool, you made a new friend and found out you went to the same school.
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