# Unlikely coincidences you have experienced **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-coincidences-you-have-experienced/970790 "2022-09-02T05:07:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-coincidences-you-have-experienced/970790/121 "2023-08-20T23:04:42Z")
When I moved from STL to LA, I was on Hollywood bus when I bumped into an ex-girlfriend from home (with 6 million people, what are the odds)? But wait, there’s more–later in a different part of town, I bumped into ANOTHER ex-GF from home! I should have played LOTTO. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-coincidences-you-have-experienced/970790/122 "2023-08-22T16:29:40Z")
Facebook just reminded me of one today… I went to a Catholic high school in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and the archdiocese used to sponsor these week-long summer retreats they called the High School Leadership Institue (or “High-Li”). If you had/were going to have a leadership role in your junior or senior year, a faculty member could nominate you to attend. I went in the summer of 1988, with a bunch of kids from all over. It was a great experience, but I didn’t keep in touch with anyone. Flash-forward 27 years to 8/22/2015: I went to the funeral Mass for an old friend’s mom, and the moment I stepped into the church a woman who looked familiar to me said “you look familiar…” During the repast, we figured out that we went to the same High-Li! 🙂 Turns out she was also good friends with the guy whose mom had died, and had also known him for decades, but our paths had simply never crossed before. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unlikely-coincidences-you-have-experienced/970790.md?page=6)