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Strangest way you have run into someone from your past?
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PaulExcellent
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I BAD AT WRITING
Seriously, my bad.
I went to a party.
Met an old classmate that lived like, 1000+ miles away because his mom was banging one of my father's co-workers.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Back in 2007 I was at a state wide karate tourney. I was warming up before competing and ran into one of the first people I met when I moved to the state in 1992. We were in many art classes together in middle and high school, and I actually won an award for a drawing I made of him in 8th grade.
I looked up, saw him, and freaked out. He had been going to another karate school in the same style that I was in, but had been doing it longer and ran his own dojo at this point. It had been a decade since I saw him, and it was a wonderful bonding experience to see him again.
I looked up, saw him, and freaked out. He had been going to another karate school in the same style that I was in, but had been doing it longer and ran his own dojo at this point. It had been a decade since I saw him, and it was a wonderful bonding experience to see him again.
HUELEN10
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This one happened a year or so ago at the mall.
"Oh hey HUELEN, haven't seen you in years. Sorry about all the times I bullied and made fun of you, you do remember me right? it's me, Frank. Well, Francine now."
"Good for you"
"Aren't you gonna say anything"
"No, good day"
Seriously, people think that time makes you being a dick to others all better? That guy (girl now, but guy then) kept spreading rumors that I was gay, called me a closet fag and a kike, and gave me a swirly. Fuck that...
"Oh hey HUELEN, haven't seen you in years. Sorry about all the times I bullied and made fun of you, you do remember me right? it's me, Frank. Well, Francine now."
"Good for you"
"Aren't you gonna say anything"
"No, good day"
Seriously, people think that time makes you being a dick to others all better? That guy (girl now, but guy then) kept spreading rumors that I was gay, called me a closet fag and a kike, and gave me a swirly. Fuck that...
Gray Matter
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Gray Matter
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zorlaczerohero
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I bumped into an ex in a pub in a different city to where I met her. Ended up "sleeping" in her dungeon for night.
Bumped into many people I went to school with in various cities around the UK. And just found out a couple of old friends live around 20 minutes away from me here in Australia.
Thing is whilst the odds against bumping into a particular person are huge, the odds of bumping into anyone you know aren't anywhere near as big. Think of all the people you've met and their paths around the world. Couple that with friends sharing interests (The Skateboard story for instance) and the odds drop dramatically. Most of my random meetings have been in an Alternative Pub or Club for instance, because most of my friends had similar interests to me. Thus if they are in the area it's a safe bet they'll be in a similar place to me.
Bumped into many people I went to school with in various cities around the UK. And just found out a couple of old friends live around 20 minutes away from me here in Australia.
Thing is whilst the odds against bumping into a particular person are huge, the odds of bumping into anyone you know aren't anywhere near as big. Think of all the people you've met and their paths around the world. Couple that with friends sharing interests (The Skateboard story for instance) and the odds drop dramatically. Most of my random meetings have been in an Alternative Pub or Club for instance, because most of my friends had similar interests to me. Thus if they are in the area it's a safe bet they'll be in a similar place to me.
March of the Crabs
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I live in Canada but a couple of years ago I was in Chicago and saw a friend from elementary school just walking down the street. We just gave each other the "sup" nod and kept on walking and i never realized how weird it was that we were so fucking casual about it until now haha.
HUELEN10
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Fag and kike? Yeah. The conversation? No, it went more like this (obviously can't guarantee word for word).
"HUELEN, is that you?"
"Why are you inquiring?"
"It IS you, haven't seen you in years!"
"I see. Can I help you?"
"Sorry about all the times I bullied and made fun of you, you do remember me right? it's me, Frank. Well, Francine now."
"Good for you"
"Aren't you gonna say anything"
"There isn't anything to say"
"You really don't have anything to say to me?"
"No, good day"
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
Seems appropriate. I would have replied similarly.
SomeOneInaHat
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I ran into one of my friends from middle school at a family reunion, we both didn't know that we were distant cousins.
That's some professional grade burying the lede, champ.
Gray Matter
Member
Now that's burying the hatchet the right way.
One of the guys that I played football within High School ended up dating one of my interns from a few years ago, and I ended up running into them at a bar. At the time, it was fine, I didn't have much to say about it. Then, later, I did the math of his age and her age in my head, and THAT'S when it got a little weird.
But they seemed happy so, whatever.
The biggest problem is that my memory is so bad, I don't remember most people anymore. A guy that I have a really good relationship NOW I ended up meeting at a party thinking he was someone else and went for a good month with this confused state of persona in my head. I've been at concerts and people will run up to me being all, "YO! I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE HIGH SCHOOL!" and I have no clue who they are. Not one iota.
I'm not very good with people.
But they seemed happy so, whatever.
The biggest problem is that my memory is so bad, I don't remember most people anymore. A guy that I have a really good relationship NOW I ended up meeting at a party thinking he was someone else and went for a good month with this confused state of persona in my head. I've been at concerts and people will run up to me being all, "YO! I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU SINCE HIGH SCHOOL!" and I have no clue who they are. Not one iota.
I'm not very good with people.
richardhawk
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Got matched with a girl on tinder that looked super familiar and I couldn't place how. We ended up going out and it turns out she's the same girl that a friend of mine dated in high school. He always told us about how much she loved tossing his salad so of course I kept going out with her.
She never did it to me, sadly.
Gray Matter
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I'm confused, Is that supposed to be a sexual innuendo?
Back in October I met this guy at my university and we more or less became best friends instantly. But hélas, he appeared to be the intruding and dependent kind of friend which I did not dig at all, so the whole deal didn't last very long.
Anyway, back in April I was going to this party but I decided to go smoke a joint first in this giant heathland that was close by. Note that it was already dusk so I expected nobody to still be there. A few minutes into the heathland I noticed someone walking in the distance and lo and behold: it was my old friend. He was very insecure at first about the whole situation, but I told him to smoke with me and in the end we laughed our asses of for a few hours and I ended up not even going to that party anymore. Good times.
Anyway, back in April I was going to this party but I decided to go smoke a joint first in this giant heathland that was close by. Note that it was already dusk so I expected nobody to still be there. A few minutes into the heathland I noticed someone walking in the distance and lo and behold: it was my old friend. He was very insecure at first about the whole situation, but I told him to smoke with me and in the end we laughed our asses of for a few hours and I ended up not even going to that party anymore. Good times.
Pretty boring stuff. Went to a restaurant once and my high school math teacher came in. We chatted a bit and I left. Next time I went there was a few months later and I ran into him again. Only two times I've seen him outside of school. Though I've been there since and haven't seen him.
Demoncarnotaur
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Ok, this wasn't me meeting someone I knew, but I was with a group of people and one them ran into someone they knew and the story is too fucking good. Some of the details are a bit foggy as this happened a little while back, but I'll try to make it work.
So, I was backpacking in Alaska, with a group of 6 others, and we were exploring various places, some more off the grid than others. We started in Anchorage, made our way to Homer, Denali and various other locations. Anyways, we were in the middle of fucking nowhere, hiking to a random location that wasn't a tourist hot spot like Denali, when to our surprise we see other people up ahead heading towards us on this trail. As we pass them, one of our group guides exclaims the name of the guy traveling past us. They had been old friends and hadn't seen each other in yeeeaars.
Now here is the best part- none of us are from Alaska, or had been to Alaska previously. Same with the guy on the trail, he, like the guide, was from New York. So here we are on a trail that isn't even on a damn map, in a location that if I recall correctly we had to boat to, and we run into someone we know. Well, I didn't know the guy, but still. It was hilarious and bizarre.
So, I was backpacking in Alaska, with a group of 6 others, and we were exploring various places, some more off the grid than others. We started in Anchorage, made our way to Homer, Denali and various other locations. Anyways, we were in the middle of fucking nowhere, hiking to a random location that wasn't a tourist hot spot like Denali, when to our surprise we see other people up ahead heading towards us on this trail. As we pass them, one of our group guides exclaims the name of the guy traveling past us. They had been old friends and hadn't seen each other in yeeeaars.
Now here is the best part- none of us are from Alaska, or had been to Alaska previously. Same with the guy on the trail, he, like the guide, was from New York. So here we are on a trail that isn't even on a damn map, in a location that if I recall correctly we had to boat to, and we run into someone we know. Well, I didn't know the guy, but still. It was hilarious and bizarre.
Last year I went on a cruise with my uncle (short story: he intended to go with his girlfriend, but for medical reasons she couldn't make the trip, and since he had already paid for two tickets he offered me one). Every night there was a show in the ship's theater, and after the first night's show was over, I felt someone touching my shoulder and a voice saying "Hey, are you RionaaM?" Turns out she was a girl with whom I had gone to English classes 4 or 5 years ago, and hadn't seen since.
How could she remember me, I have no idea. Not only my face, but my name too. Weird.
How could she remember me, I have no idea. Not only my face, but my name too. Weird.
Gray Matter
Member
Some people have really good memories, like me. I still remember some people from my early childhood
Clearly our fellow GAFfer thought the girl would cook him a good vegetarian meal. He's just mad he had to buy a pizza instead.
With face and everything? I mean, I still remember the name of some guys from my primary school, but I would never recognize them if I crossed them in the street.
Gray Matter
Member
Yes, my friends always turn to me when there's a dispute about something that happened months/years before.
richardhawk
Member
She licked his asshole.
Ventilaator
Banned
Ran into a childhood crush in all sorts of random places over a few days. Wasn't like "Saw her in a shop and then in a shop across the street!", the places were often a few dozen miles apart.
There was also a time when I had randomly ran into a bunch of people from my past. I said "This is weird, next thing I know *the most obscure person from my past I could come up with* is also here."
Then I turned around and saw that he was.
There was also a time when I had randomly ran into a bunch of people from my past. I said "This is weird, next thing I know *the most obscure person from my past I could come up with* is also here."
Then I turned around and saw that he was.
Manp
Member
now i have this mental image of my 100+ kg ex-classmate giving a lap dance... i could live without it.
depths20XX
Member
Wouldn't it be weird if you were at a swingers party and you were balls deep in some girl and she turned her head around and you realized it was your childhood friend?
Has anyone met someone from their past that way?
Has anyone met someone from their past that way?
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
I was shopping at the supermarket and saw someone from primary school and I hadn't seen them for 7 years. She was with her mother and I could see out of the corner of my eye that she was looking my way and telling her. I pretended to not notice her or anything, just remained oblivious.
I was at Tokyo station waiting for the bullet train to Kyoto when I ran into a friend from high school in Virginia. I was there with some other friends from high school and one of us stops in the middle of the conversation we were having and turns around saying 'that voice sounds familiar.' It had been about 5 years since we had last seen that guy and none of us had really kept in contact with him, so it was a huge shock to find him waiting to take the same train at the same station as us.
My dad owns a small business and had recently changed offices. I ran into my bus driver from high school leaving the office next door to my dad's, she remembered my name even though it had been 7-8 years since I last rode that bus.
Not me, but one of my friends ran into my neighbor while waiting at a taxi stand (or a bus stop, don't remember) in Rome.
My sister ran into one of her friends from early elementary school at her university. We had moved half way across the country when my sister was in second grade, so she was pretty shocked to find that friend again a decade or so later. Edit: to add on to this, one of my friends I met in high school turned out to be the cousin of someone I knew back before we moved, found that out a few years after I met him.
My, randomly assigned, roommate in freshman year of college turned out to be the cousin of a family friend; I had met a couple times previously at dinner parties.
My dad owns a small business and had recently changed offices. I ran into my bus driver from high school leaving the office next door to my dad's, she remembered my name even though it had been 7-8 years since I last rode that bus.
Not me, but one of my friends ran into my neighbor while waiting at a taxi stand (or a bus stop, don't remember) in Rome.
My sister ran into one of her friends from early elementary school at her university. We had moved half way across the country when my sister was in second grade, so she was pretty shocked to find that friend again a decade or so later. Edit: to add on to this, one of my friends I met in high school turned out to be the cousin of someone I knew back before we moved, found that out a few years after I met him.
My, randomly assigned, roommate in freshman year of college turned out to be the cousin of a family friend; I had met a couple times previously at dinner parties.
Like the hat?
Banned
I went to job corps with this girl. Years later I join a band. She shows up at one of our shows. She happened to be friends with the drummer. Small world.
Gray Matter
Member
Umm... Ok
FrostuTheNinja
Member
Ran into an ex at a Bikini Bar. Couldn't stop giggling when she got on stage.
Oh the irony
I think it'd be weirder if she turned around and you suddenly saw she's your wife or gf.
Just becasue she used to be/might still be a bad person doesn't give you the right to insult an entire minority.
viciouskillersquirrel
Member
I sold Radiant Historia on eBay and the buyer elected to pick it up from my house. So my wife and I are watching TV when there's a knock on the door. I go to answer and who should it be but my stepbrother-in-law's ex girlfriend.
Her eyes went wide when she saw me and we all ended up having a jolly old chat inside for a good half hour before she left.
Not for nothing, but none of the bro-with-caveat's girlfriends after her ever matched up and he was an idiot for ever letting her go. I mean for heaven's sake, the woman was practically squealing when she saw that Yoko Shimomura soundtrack, and she got along with everybody.
Her eyes went wide when she saw me and we all ended up having a jolly old chat inside for a good half hour before she left.
Not for nothing, but none of the bro-with-caveat's girlfriends after her ever matched up and he was an idiot for ever letting her go. I mean for heaven's sake, the woman was practically squealing when she saw that Yoko Shimomura soundtrack, and she got along with everybody.
There was this one kid that I went to elementary school with who was always getting in trouble and he eventually moved to another town. A couple years later I was doing "volunteer" work at a local summer camp for at risk children to fulfill a requirement for my high school and he was one of the older kids at the camp. It was kind of weird, but he didn't recognize me and I thought it would be awkward to bring it up, especially in front of the younger kids who looked up to him.
Sirpopopop
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College Orientation Freshman year.
Me & another fellow were the first two folks to arrive to the orientation. We were there together for a good 30 minutes. We got to talking and eventually figured out that we knew each other from somewhere.
Turns out it was one of my best friends from my elementary school.
Me & another fellow were the first two folks to arrive to the orientation. We were there together for a good 30 minutes. We got to talking and eventually figured out that we knew each other from somewhere.
Turns out it was one of my best friends from my elementary school.
Gray Matter
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Lmao. I've never seen this Chris rock special.
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