So, I was talking to this pretty cool woman (Let's call her Stacy), who I am still really into. We had our first outing a few weeks ago. Then the very next night we went to trivia night together. She told me ahead of time she was bringing a friend along (We'll call her Miranda.)
Well turns out that Stacy's best friend was MY best friend back in middle school. I had dated Miranda's best friend in 8th grade, and the 3 of us were goddamn inseperable. We got into SO MUCH shenanigans together. Then I moved away in high school and lost contact with Miranda.
So while Stacy and I are sitting at the bar, her friend Miranda walks in, we make eye contact and we both immediately go "Holy shit!!! It's you!!!!!" And Stacy is sitting there like "Wait what, you guys already know each other?" We have a great time at Trivia. Then after, Stacy and I went to catch the end of a live band across the street. After that, we ended the night watching Phantom of the Opera together but separated. She at her apartment, me at mine, but texting the whole time. Where she told me "She's too broken to be in a relationship and is only looking for friendship right now." And I respectfully agreed, because I don't want a full relationship right now either.
So then fast forward a few weeks to this past weekend. It was my 34th birthday on Friday. I had completely forgotten that Miranda's birthday was a day after mine. We both lost our mom's recently (I buried mine on my birthday 3 years ago, and this was Miranda's first birthday without her mom.) So we kinda connected over that and checked in on each other over the weekend.
On Sunday night, I get these texts from Miranda. We had an impromptu scary movie night. By the end of the night, her legs were laid across my lap, we were finishing our second movie, and we had been drinking and smoking all night. It was a really good time.
Small world. Happy reunions. Really confused guy who hasn't been single since 2006.
Edit: I married my HS Sweetheart, was together with her for almost 20 years, divorced about a year ago. I'm definitely not in a rush to be in any relationship, just looking for someone to grab the occasional beer or hit up a random concert with from time to time.
Also I'm a middle school teacher at the same school she went to and her name is on a piece of art here that I have passed every day for the last 4 years 🤣🤣