They Were Born In The Same Hospital Coincidence

Here is a follow up coincidence story following the 67 Not Out post Married Couple Were Unknowingly Photographed Together As Children.

"My husband and I met on a blind date in 1960 and, as we got to know each other, we realised we had been born in the same hospital in Gower within three days of each other. Yet another case of deja vu.

His mum already had two boys and, had he been born a girl, he would have been named Yvonne, which is my middle name.

We've been very happy together and next March celebrate our golden wedding anniversary - not bad after spending our first days in neighbouring cots."

~ Margaret Yvonne Smith.

Other Coincidence Examples:
Squashed Coca-Cola Can Brought Them Together
She Was Topless In Front Of Her Postman
Living Around The Corner From Himself Coincidence

The Romantic Meeting Coincidence

Here's a coincidence story from Rich Masterson.

"I was on holiday last year and was wandering about in Calla D'Or, Mallorca. I couldn't help but notice a youngish man with a beautiful woman. She was all smiles and looked like she was very happy. I went off in a different direction but about half an hour later saw the same woman walking on her own. She went into a fashion shop and on I walked.

It must have been a good hour later, maybe even more, when I went into a small restaurant for some lunch. I made my order to the waitress and in walked the same woman I had seen twice before. 'Quite a coincidence,' I thought.

She smiled at me and, as most of the other tables were taken, she sat at my table after asking if it was all right to do so. I, of course, said, 'Yes.'

We got talking and she was English like me, lived in Kent like I do and was born on the same day as me, June 22nd. Not sure how that came up in conversation but it did. More coincidences: Her surname was Masters (mine is Masterson) and her mother is called Florence, the same as my mother.

To cut the story short, the man I saw her with was her brother.

She and I are now married with a small son. Masters had a son and became Masterson!

I think it was meant to be."

~ Rich

Other Coincidence Examples:
The Lost And Found Happiness Keys Coincidence
Speeding Car Chase Coincidence
Pilot Meets German Who Saved His Life In WW2

60 Years Of Romance Coincidence

Here's a little story to make you go ahhhh! Reg and Christine Upton of Anslow in Staffordshire, England say that a 'moment of coincidence' has led them to celebrating their diamond wedding.

Over 60 years ago they both had dates in a local park but both were stood up. So, with the help of fate or coincidence, the two wallflowers got together instead - in a perfectly respectable way, of course. And now they have been celebrating their 60th anniversary with 140 guests.

Reg and Christine have five sons, one daughter, 15 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Reg told the Burton Mail, "I am proud to say that we are still as much in love as we were when we first met and we would do it all over again if we could. I still remember when we first met. I was 19 and Chris was 17, and I remember having to pay for everything at the wedding.

After paying for the food and all the bits and bobs, we literally had a few pence to last us a week – but it was worth it. And on our wedding night, I had to go out and milk the cows, so we spent the next morning in bed with a cup of tea and a cream cake.

We still love each other as much as we did then and still hold hands while we are on holiday and we love each others company."

I guess some things are just meant to be.

More Coincidence and Synchronicity Stories:
Lucky Numbers That Are With Us Through Life
The World Champion Yo-Yo Coincidence
Winning Lottery Numbers Same Twice In A Row

Romantic Madeira Coincidence Story

A story of romance mingled with a huge slice of coincidence or synchronicity.

My wife and I were in Madeira on a sunshine holiday  and while in the hotel got chatting to a couple in their mid to late sixties. We saw them again the same evening, as we were going in to dinner, and they asked if they could join us at our table.

They were a happy looking couple and we soon found out why, they were on honeymoon! And they had quite a tale to tell.

They first went out together when they were sixteen but, typical of that era, their parents objected. One of the reasons was that he was Jewish and she Christian. They carried on seeing each other secretly but finally Florrie, and her family, moved away to Australia (from England) and they never heard from each other again, even though George sent her many letters.

While in their mid twenties they both married other partners and had children. Florrie became a widow about five years ago and she moved back to England. George meanwhile got divorced at around the same time.

George said he never forgot Florrie and she giggled that she always remembered him.

In 2008 George went on holiday, on his own to Spain, and got talking to a woman sitting on her own and about his own age. After a while he introduced himself as George B and the woman said her sister used to go out with a boy of the same name, when she was a teenager.

"I suppose you are going to tell me she was Florrie T," he laughed.

"Well, yes, she was," was the reply.

George was quite taken aback, to say the least, and the woman continued by saying that Florrie was with her on the holiday. They were sharing a room.

Half an hour later George was emotionally reunited with Florrie and they have been virtually together ever since.

Florrie later told George how, when her mother recently died, she cleared out her home and there she found George's teenage letters to her, tied up with string. Her mother must have kept them for some reason but never showed them to her daughter. Unbelievably Florrie had them with her on her Spanish holiday when the couple met again by coincidence. She said she had a feeling that she wanted to read them quietly.

The couple said they couldn't help but think how their lives might have been if they had never been separated as teenagers.

We never saw them again as the next day they were on their way home.

Lots of people have a story to tell, if we have the time to listen.

This post was first published on my other blog 67 Not Out