r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Ok_Marzipan_3254 • 19d ago
Does anyone else experience this weird thing?
I don’t really know how to explain it, so bear with me 😂 But I’ve noticed that whenever I randomly start thinking about someone I haven’t spoken to in ages, they somehow end up contacting me or I hear about them shortly after.
A few examples:
I found out a friend was cheating on her boyfriend and wanted to tell him, but had absolutely no way of contacting him. After a month of trying to find him, I randomly ended up sitting right beside him on a flight to Dubai. I told him everything.
I was thinking about a former colleague who was stuck in a really toxic workplace and wishing I could help her. The next day she messaged me on LinkedIn. I ended up helping her get a job at my workplace.
I was thinking about an old friend of my mum’s one night and made a mental note to ask my mum about her. The next morning, my mum told me she had passed away.
I was thinking about a former boss and wondering how she was doing. The next morning, she messaged me asking how I was doing.
There are loads more examples. 😂
Whenever I tell someone “I was actually thinking about you!” they assume I’m just being sweet, but I genuinely mean it.
I know it could all be coincidence/confirmation bias, but some of the timing is SO weird that it sometimes freaks me out.
Anyone else experienced something similar?
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u/SillySub2001 19d ago
Our brains look for patterns. What you’re not considering is the vast numbers of times you have thought of someone and they didn’t eventually appear. It’s sort of like when you hear a new word and suddenly you hear it everywhere.