It’s a small, small world...

Yeah there's a girl I can't stand who keeps popping up. First my little sister dated this girl's ex. I run into this girl at the mall, she's working in a store I rarely go to. Then I wind up working at a call center and she's working there too! She's decided she hates me and from then on pretty much everyone I ran into knew her and heard bad stuff about me. And now a girl who dated my boyfriend's brother is also friends with this girl! She's currently trying to screw up my relationship. I need out of this town and away from all ties to her!

What a coincidence! That is hilarious. I had a small world moment last week while chatting on Facebook to someone that we deal with business wise who is in the USA. She may work in the USA, but I found out that she is actually an Aussie. Not only that, but she comes from the same area south of Melbourne that I do. We grew up and our family still live only 15 minutes away from each other. Also when I was working in the USA at a ski resort in 1998, I hopped on a chairlift next to two guys who were talking and instantly picked their accents as being Aussie. I asked them where they were from and they answered "Australia." I said, "yeah, I know that, I am too, what part?" They told me Melbourne and I said "me too, what part?" It turned out that they lived ten minutes from where I grew up. The world certainly is small!

Nothing like that. I did run into a customer at the San Diego Wild Animal Park and a co-worker in Las Vegas...

The close experiences to this that I have is to begin thinking about someone I haven thought or or seen in years and suddenly receive a contact from them. Hubby is much more prone to meet people in different circumstances that he knew before. He does genealogy for several families and will stumble on an old girl friend or lost cousin often.

Yes,things happened like that make us think that this world is rather small,After my graduation from university,I went to south China to work,it's about 2000 thousand kilometers from my hometown,I met my girl friend in my company,she happened to be my townmates,2 years later,I broke up with my girl firend,and I think the life in that city is meaningless to me,then I went to another city nearby,and after about half an year,my mother was sick,so I decided to work in my hometown,I picked up a job very soon,the first day I went to the company,who do you think I met,it's my ex-girl .

I can relate to this because just recently I saw my dermatologist at the bank. I have been avoiding her because I was not able to come back on my schedule appointment a month ago because I was planning to change to a new dermatologist. Its a really small world. I wish she did not see me. I cant imagine of all the places, we would still be crossing our paths.

It is indeed a strange coincidence. It would have been a fairytale ending if only she decided to take up a second chance and got united with the ex as in Millsa and Boon stories.Sorry for the "diehard" romantic streak in me Paula.But this was the first thought thta flitted across as I was just reading through the first part.As for me mmmmhm I have no such stories though I have had other "small world" feeling at some other instance.

That is incredible! I don't imagine many stories will match that. Thanks for sharing, Paula. Actually, it's frightening!

Hi Paula, Well to have been married to him before they must have had a lot in common so the dating agency was matching people well, bit too well though eh! lol. I am sure I do have some small world stories but at this moment in time can't think of any. If any come to mind will add later :) Huggles. Ellie :D

hi paula oh yes a long time back when I was in my early twenties I let my friend talk me into a date with this guy but when I met him he was at least twenty years older than I .He was a nice enough man but he was clearly not comfortable with me or I with him for that matter. so I told my friend Doris not to set me up with any more blind dates. then a month later I was invited to her shower and when I asked who her fiance was it was the same guy she had set me up with for a blind date. Ihad to laugh but had to be very careful as she really loved this older man, but too she was about ten years my senior so they did have some things more in common.

OMGOSH, I have never signed up to one of those sites. I have always been leary of them & too old to start something like that now anyway, just not interested but that would be just about my luck anway, lol.I'm glad the lady found out is was her ex before she went. Can't think of any stories off hand. Have a happy thurs.

When my husband and I were vacationing in Nashville we struck up a conversation with a couple who were staying at the same hotel we were staying in. As it turned out the wife went to the same high school that I did but graduated two years behind me. She didn't know me back then but she knew my brother.

I suggest that these matching agencies should look overseas. LOL. But even then, coincidences could still happen but just slim. It is amazing to hear of such agencies because we do not have such in our country. We have agencies for those wanting to have security guards, househelp, etc. but for those wanting to have dates, no.

yeah, i agree with you. This world is very small. My sister have a friend and his friend have a boyfriend. Her boyfriend have a very big house and there are many room for rent in his house. I have a friend, and i went to his room that he rent from someone. I tell it too my sister that i have seen a big house with many room in there and i show her some pic of it. Then she surprise, she tell that she know whose have that house. Beside that i know that people who has that house know my high school friend. Actually i stay in different town, and it happen in my new town.

Hi Paula I have to say that is amazing lol I do not have any Stories on a Small World no but I have been told many and I have to say sometimes it is amazing

She could do a commercial for a dating agency that is the rival to the one that tried to match her up with her ex-husband.

Indeed the world is so small sometimes. Way back in college, I was around 18 years old. I had a group of friends and we used to go home on the same bus together. It was fun. And of course in any co-ed groups, I had a huge crush on one of the popular guy in the group. So I was really thinking I had no chance in getting him to pay attention to me. Because all the girls were interested in him. But aside from being so tall and so handsome, he was also very nice to me. One time, he even offered his shoulder so I could sleep well during that long way back home. Which of course, it was my most memorable time with him. Of course, I thought, yeah, he only think of me as little sister. But anyway, he was my crush...LOL..And then, he didn't showed up almost for three to four months. I don't know what got him busy. And I sort of ended up with the leader of our group. No one would have expected us to be boyfriend and girlfriend. Me too!..LOL..And then my crush came back. He had huge smile on his face when he saw me. But it disappeared when he saw I was shortly followed by my boyfriend. I almost felt like he got caught off so surprised and some pain and disappointment. Or I imagined it all, I was thinking. To cut the story short...LOL...at the age of 27, seperated, with two children, I took up a second degree, Bachelor of science in Pharmacy. And you have to undergo hours of internship or field duty. So I decided to have my community internship at a local store not far from my home. That was a bit strange at first because the licensed pharmacist there, who was going to give me my training was younger than me. She is around 23 years old. So it was awkward at first, but we ended up in very light and casual training. And after almost a month of my training, one week before it will end. Guess what, I learned that she went at the same high school as I did. Her uncle was my batch mate. So she brought some picture to show me her uncle. I recognized him, but to my surprise, I also recognized the guy standing in the background. My crush! It came to be, he was the older brother of her uncle that was my batch mate. And he also went at my same high school, but graduated before I got transfered there. And that my crush, was also studying now, taking up a second degree at a near college just right next to the store we were in. She called him, we talked on the phone. And he remembers everything about me. He dropped by the store the following day. Wow! I have never thought how seeing your ultimate crush would feel like when you are all grown up and everything. Well, we got to catch up. And eventually, he became my boyfriend. But we're not together now. But yes, what a small small world sometimes....(^^,)

Hello Paula. I liked the story about the agency finding her ex husband, it was quite funny in a way. Well i have a couple of small world stories but nothing romantic: for example the girlfriend of my ex high school desk mate was in the same class with one of my best friends from college.

LOL..it is a small world. I moved here after being estranged from my family for years. Come to find out, my grandmother's sister lived only a couple of blocks from my house. My grandmother saw my name in the phonebook and contacted me. I found out that her side of the family(my mother's side)was from this end of TN. I had no idea when I came.

After highschool, i was talking to a friend about pursuing engineering in college in Manila. He told me he'd be taking the same. Come enrollment, i was in line for payment when someone was calling my name at the back. I turned around and it was him. Same place, same school. It's a small world after all. Lol.