Its a small world, part 3 (I think)

We have three massive school districts, one medium district and one small one. I have not subbed in the small one because they have subs just down the road from them and I've always lived in another town. But that gives me several thousand people that have met me from the first two times I subbed. I'm older now and storms/weather bother me. Besides, you usually get called by three districts on the same day and none on other days. So many people introduce me to people who know me. Also I'm related to 500 people, more or less, so they tend to know of me. I did square dancing for years, taught at a college, have had many temp jobs, I've been in different clubs, was part of a major religion of the area when I was growing up. I worked for a couple of public service agencies, too. I used to go to all the Craft Fairs and Farmer's Markets when I had money, too. Going somewhere and not meeting someone I know is a challenge. People often reintroduce me to people I already have met or worked with all the time. Due to the economics, many people are moving out and others are moving back that haven't been here in decades. People moving back in with relatives, so some I know and some I don't. Sounds like you guys had a good time with your old acquaintance/friend.

That was neat. I had that happen to me one time but it wasn't a good thing, lol. My ex had called to have a guy come by & talk to him about a little farm we had bought. When he came it was a guy i had dated.. wasn't a word said but the ex picked up on it, big fighr, he had no sense to start with .

No that has never happened to me before I bet that a surprise lol But as you say it is a small world and you just never know what will happen and you will bump into

cant say that that has ever happened to me and I moved alot but did it myself till the last move and the kids got some felers from work to help us Iam still throwing stuff away that didnt even need to come here and that was 9 years ago!

Reminds me of one time I was visiting my youngest sister and her family... we went to a flea market and then a grocery store on the way back and I swear we couldn't go 5 feet without stopping to talk to someone.

i never have that happen any more. ive lived here a few years but dont get out much of that times since retired. but when i lived back "home" in portsmouth, ohio, it happened all the time. funny thing is most of the people i "ran" into were my cousins!!I have 159 first cousins and lots of 2nd, etc. there. not to mention people i went to school with or met at social outings. my first 42 yrs of my life was spent there

It seems like I run into people who "know me" through one friend or another. Or they know me and I haven't got the foggiest of who they are. I think the funniest is a gal friend of mine decided to set me up with a date with a guy she knew. She made arrangements for us to meet each other through her at a local restaurant. I got there early and was having a great time chatting with my friend. I heard a male voice, looked up, and there was a guy that I had dated and dumped because he was the biggest dweeb I had ever met! Needless to say we didn't get together for a date and the friend that was setting up the meeting was astounded that I already knew the dweeb (it turned out that she was setting up a mercy date for the dweeb and figured that I could use a night out on the town. As I told her later not only was the guy a dweeb but a cheapskate! She agreed.).

Almost never. I have in the back of my mind at least once that somebody I knew knew somebody else that I knew, but I don't remember who or what or when...

Hey Elic! It never ceases to amaze me how small the world can be! It just keeps getting smaller and smaller sometimes! I know that I will be out with one of my friends and run into another of my friends and find out that they know each other! I am always amazed how the connections are and how they know each other too! I shouldn't be by now! I live in a pretty big city too and there are some big cities surrounding that kind of overlap! So, at this point I am kind of getting used to everyone having some connection and knowing someone else that I know! It is kind of funny, isn't it?

It sure can be a small world! Things like that have not happened to me very much. My husband comes moved to Western Australia where we live now from the other side of the country, Victoria. Last school holidays we took our daughter to the roller skating rink and my husband said, “OMG! “ really loudly when we walked up to the reception desk in order to pay; the guy behind the counter was an old school friend of his from nearly 2000 miles away!

That doesn't happen to me much,I am kind of shy and don't talk much, but I have a friend that knows someone everywhere we go. She is very outgoing and talks to everyone! She calls people by their first names like she's known them forever, and sometimes I am not sure who she is talking about.