"Was studying abroad in Salamanca, Spain where I met this random student at a bar and chatted with him for about 30 mins. I friended him on Facebook the next day (this was early days of Facebook and I was young and excited about social media). I went on to live in a different city for a few months, then went to Madrid, Spain for the summer. Decided to click through to “friends in Madrid” on Facebook (again, young and excited about social media) on the day I arrived. Saw this student from Salamanca was my only contact in the city and decided to message him. He invited me to drinks with friends that night, where I met this random German dude who invited me to his bday party the next day. I went because I didn’t have anything better to do. I ended up dancing w the random German dude’s brother, who was there visiting just for his brother’s bday. After the dancing (and some talking, etc.,), the random German dude’s brother and I realized we had a serious connection. We maintained a long distance relationship from Germany to Spain, then Germany to the USA for a year. We’ve been married over 8 years now. We had both arrived in Madrid the day before. Up until that point that 4 day window in Madrid was the only time we had ever been in the same country at the same time.
EDIT for clarity that not still long distance
Also adding, tl;dr—through a random set of chance meetings and uncharacteristically extroverted behaviors on my part, I met my husband who I only could have met during one 4 day period when we happened to be in the same country at the same time
Edit 2: our deep “connection” was built on discussing LOST while walking around Madrid until 6am. Of course we thought the fact we were both super into LOST meant we were unique and destined to be soulmates (lol!)"
( lizetta9).
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