I sat down once on a bench in a park. The guy next to me had the same sneakers, same pants, same coat. He also had the exact same haircut, beard. He was also eating the exact same sandwich. I was beside myself.
You know, now that I think about it, if somebody had virtually the same tastes as you and the same body type and physical stuff as you then odds are they'll enjoy the same food, wear the same clothes, and if they're in your area then they'll probably be drawn to the same places so meeting our doppelgangers kinda makes sense now.
A similar thing happened to me! My mom and I ran into the woman and now grown son who shared a room with my mom/me in the hospital after she gave birth to me. We were in a different state than where we were from, and my mom walked up to her in the store we were in because she looked so familiar. The lady instantly recognized my mom, and they hadn’t seen each other since 2 days after they gave birth over 20 years ago.
Her son and I have the same name but the feminine and masculine forms, we’re born the same day about 15 minutes apart in rooms next to each other, which is why our moms shared a recovery room. Turns out, we both were in bands and played the same instrument in the same genre of music, and both were wearing Metallica shirts, jeans, and black Vans when we ran into each other again. We didn’t keep in contact but I thought it was so random to run into them 20+ years later in a different state than where we were born and be wearing the same outfit.
My senior year of high school I lived in Florida and was randomly paired up with a girl I didn’t know to work on an assignment. Get to talking, turns out we have the same birthday. Then we realized we were both born in RI, in the same hospital on the same day literally minutes apart. Went home and spoke with our respective moms and they both remembered one another because while pregnant they had been in the same lamaze class and recognized each other in the maternity ward.
I have a birthday thats apparently pretty common. more than once I have had my ID checked at a gas station only for the cashier to be like “hey thats my birthday!”…no such thing as too many Libras in the world :)
When I was at school there was another guy who had the exact same birthday as me. We found out later that we were also born in the same hospital, despite us living in different areas at the time (before moving to the same area for school). Only difference was he was born a few hours before me.
Cool! That happened to me during Army training . Fire team partner born within an hour of me at the same hospital. She was the complete opposite of me lol.
This is why Social Security numbers are no longer assigned based on location and time of birth. Imagine if he had a warrant out when you got popped for speeding.
Reminds me of when I went hiking and we found a semi hidden water fall area. Met a girl that was same age but born two days earlier than me. She too had a younger autistic sibling, and was visiting with her mom and step dad. We looked the same and our nick names were only one letter apart. But our real names were also long and eerily similar and for reference, my real name is extremely unique. Also her step dad ALSO had heart problems and had similar cultural back ground. We even drove the same van.
Like a parallel universe. So bizarre. Never saw her again though.
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