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I live in one of the largest cities in the country, more than 8 million people in the metro area. And there is this man that keeps crossing paths with me the last 14 years:
-14 years ago when I was working at a gym part-time in college in the same 8 million plus city, this man was a member at the gym. I worked at the front desk so I knew faces well. This gym was in the downtown of my city. He's an extremely handsome guy so he always caught my attention. Anyway nothing weird about that.
-A few years later at a gym 5 miles from downtown, I started seeing him work out at this gym that I was a member of (I had left that part-time a long time ago). Nothing odd, but just coincidence.
-Around that time I was on a boat cruise, and low and behold who was there? Him.
-Fast forward a couple of years later, I left my city to go to grad school in another city. It's about 300 miles away. One day at lunch in the college town, who do I see there eating lunch? This guy.
-I move back to the city after grad school, and then within one summer I see him in 2 bars with what appeared to be his girlfriend. This when I started to notice a pattern.
-I move to a neighborhood in the city some years later to where I never lived before. I join the local gym and who do I see there is also a member? Him again.
-I left that gym after a couple of years. So then I moved to a neighborhood further out, maybe like 2 miles away and who do I see at my local bar with another woman? Him again.
-Then it had been years, and I mean maybe like a good 3 years since I have saw him. I actually completely forgot he existed. This was maybe a few weeks ago, I was working remotely from a random coffee shop, and who is also there working at the coffee shop? This guy. The funny thing is when we both saw each other we each paused and gave a look of "You again?"
-Coincidentally, today in downtown, just a few weeks since the last sighting, I am walking back to the office from lunch, as I am walking down the street who do I see pass me by? Him. And again he we both looked at each other bewildered.
If we lived in a small town this wouldn't be weird and would make sense. But I have so many friends and family that live here, and I rarely bump into them. A good friend of mine lives a couple blocks away and I never bump into him in the neighborhood. But being this is a large city of 8+million people it's just so bizarre. It's just nuts how this guy keeps crossing my path.
I almost feel like it's a sign of something (and I don't mean romantic).
Oh the cruise. Sure yeah. On a cruise AND 300 miles away.
I can give you some weird/unexplained coincidences.
1. Back in the late 90's early 2000's I remember seeing the same guy at a string of different concerts I went to. Spread out over several years. Why did I notice him? Because he had a unique hair and clothing style. But I bet there were other people that I passed who had been in our common vicinity, although they just weren't as noticeable.
2. Once I went to lunch with a friend on a Saturday. Before we leave we decide to meet at this unique location (I'd never been to) to go walking and continue our discussion. As we were walking to our cars I noticed a family going inside. ...After we had been at the second location for about 30-40 minutes, we go to our cars and leave. Guess who I saw arriving at the same place? The same family I saw going in to the restaurant as we were leaving. This place was several miles away. It sounds strange, but personally I think both my friend and that family had the same inspiration to visit the second place.
3. Visiting family on occasion I would always take their dog for a walk. He didn't like long walks so it was usually just around the block. But this time he started pulling me forcefully in the other direction. I'm like whatever so I just follow, but as I am making a turn about a block further up, I happen to see an old acquaintance in that neighborhood who was also visiting for that day turning across the corner. Another 15 seconds and we would have missed each other. Did the dog have some kind of unexplained impulse to know that our paths would meet? After we talked for a while the dog suddenly wanted to go home and was tired again even though we really hadn't walked that far.
I live in one of the largest cities in the country, more than 8 million people in the metro area. And there is this man that keeps crossing paths with me the last 14 years:
-14 years ago when I was working at a gym part-time in college in the same 8 million plus city, this man was a member at the gym. I worked at the front desk so I knew faces well. This gym was in the downtown of my city. He's an extremely handsome guy so he always caught my attention. Anyway nothing weird about that.
-A few years later at a gym 5 miles from downtown, I started seeing him work out at this gym that I was a member of (I had left that part-time a long time ago). Nothing odd, but just coincidence.
-Around that time I was on a boat cruise, and low and behold who was there? Him.
-Fast forward a couple of years later, I left my city to go to grad school in another city. It's about 300 miles away. One day at lunch in the college town, who do I see there eating lunch? This guy.
-I move back to the city after grad school, and then within one summer I see him in 2 bars with what appeared to be his girlfriend. This when I started to notice a pattern.
-I move to a neighborhood in the city some years later to where I never lived before. I join the local gym and who do I see there is also a member? Him again.
-I left that gym after a couple of years. So then I moved to a neighborhood further out, maybe like 2 miles away and who do I see at my local bar with another woman? Him again.
-Then it had been years, and I mean maybe like a good 3 years since I have saw him. I actually completely forgot he existed. This was maybe a few weeks ago, I was working remotely from a random coffee shop, and who is also there working at the coffee shop? This guy. The funny thing is when we both saw each other we each paused and gave a look of "You again?"
-Coincidentally, today in downtown, just a few weeks since the last sighting, I am walking back to the office from lunch, as I am walking down the street who do I see pass me by? Him. And again he we both looked at each other bewildered.
If we lived in a small town this wouldn't be weird and would make sense. But I have so many friends and family that live here, and I rarely bump into them. A good friend of mine lives a couple blocks away and I never bump into him in the neighborhood. But being this is a large city of 8+million people it's just so bizarre. It's just nuts how this guy keeps crossing my path.
I almost feel like it's a sign of something (and I don't mean romantic).
Pretty weird. you should introduce yourself and become at least aquaintances. Then you'll never see him again.
My question would be this: Is the college town located on a route between two large cities? You only saw him there "one time" right?
So the college town is basically the flagship for the entire state. Basically, the city probably has the most alumni from that school than any other school in the state. It's the biggest in the state and the most prominent public university in the state.
Oh the cruise. Sure yeah. On a cruise AND 300 miles away.
Cruise was in our city. I should have mentioned it wasn't like a vacation cruise. We have tons of cruise ships on our coast in the city that do dinner tours and booze cruises. It was that type of cruise, just a few hours long. Not a vacation type cruise. I realize that might add some confusion.
Cruise was in our city. I should have mentioned it wasn't like a vacation cruise. We have tons of cruise ships on our coast in the city that do dinner tours and booze cruises. It was that type of cruise, just a few hours long. Not a vacation type cruise. I realize that might add some confusion.
So...are you going to introduce yourself the next time you see him?
So...are you going to introduce yourself the next time you see him?
Depending on the situation yes. If he's at dinner with his GF now I wouldn't approach him in a situation like that. But if we cross paths outside or at the coffee shop or something like that, I will.
I kind of hope to cross paths again. My friend said it best. Perhaps this person is meant to be in my life for some reason. Perhaps bring something to light or introduce something.
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