Well we went out to dinner with this friend. I knew her already but only to say hello to. We never really talked before this day.
I found out some startling coincidences regarding our lives. I will list them all:
She has heritage from another country but lives in the UK (same as me).
Her mother only had partial custody of her when she was a child (same as I do with my kids) and her mother walked out on her at age 12 because of controlling behaviours of her father (same as I did for 8 months).
She lost her father at a young age due to alcohol (I lost my father at 18, due to cigarettes).
She has a history of depression and suicide attempt (same as me).
She met her H in May 1994 (I fell in love with mine in Feb 1994).
She married in May 1995 (I married in December 1995).
She had a daughter on 4th March 1996 (My daughter was DUE 6th March 1996 but was born overdue on 17th March 1996).
Length of labour was 12 hours in her case, 11 hours in my case (so almost the same).
Don't you think that's a bit spooky?
I was looking through all her photos and it made me a bit sad because I was thinking 'Oh yes, I did that that year' and 'I remember doing that on the other year' - except she still has her H and kids.
I tried very hard to stay positive. We will definately be staying in touch now.
