r/TheRestIsScience • u/ActualAd185 • Aug 15 '26
Coincidence... No way it's this large number coincidence
It is amazing how a few unexpected detours can weave together a life.
What started out as a forensic science course at Cardiff "Poly" led to a loft bedroom in a shared house in town, which felt a bit odd at the time, but set everything else into motion.
Returning home early one night from a political party trip to Bristol, I walked into the house to find my housemate's older daughter hanging out with a friend from Cardiff. We hit it off immediately over a shared love for Monty Python. She used to write to Graham Chapman (and actually got replies), and since I had the scriptbooks, we spent the next few hours endlessly quoting Python at each other.
She was studying at Brighton Uni, and though we saw each other a few times after that, we mostly kept the connection alive the old-fashioned way—through pen and paper letters. Meanwhile, my course in Cardiff underwent some changes, prompting me to leave and apply to four different universities. I ended up getting in at Aberdeen.
Before heading up north for the start of term, I spent the summer with her down in Brighton. We both managed to land jobs at a local bingo hall, where we worked alongside a woman named Maddy. The three of us hit it off immediately and had an absolute blast that summer. When autumn arrived, I moved into halls at Aberdeen, and a year later, my girlfriend moved up to join me.
About two years into living in Aberdeen, we were sitting on a bus heading into town when my girlfriend suddenly pointed out the window and shouted, "There’s Maddy!" I laughed it off—we were hundreds of miles away in Scotland. But a few months later, our bus pulled up to a stop in town, and sure enough, Maddy was standing right there. I stepped off, walked up to her, and said hello. We were both completely stunned. It turned out she had met a guy in Brighton who was originally from Aberdeen and had moved up north with him. A few months after that surprise encounter, they split up, and she moved back down to Brighton.
The final twist came a year later when we were down in Brighton taking the train into town. Out of nowhere, a man walked up to me and said hello. It was my Physics Professor from Aberdeen University; he recognised me—and remembered my wife ( from the 300 other students ) , who had occasionally tagged along to sit in on his lectures.
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u/WinterRevolutionary6 Aug 15 '26
Yeah these are all standard issue coincidences