ThatDamnedPanda
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I've got two. I'm too tired to share the really good one, so I'll just share the sorta good one.
When I was 18, I moved from Wisconsin to Montana, for reasons that probably seemed quite rational at the time but that i can't even remember now. Anyway, there I was in Montana. I had a good time, dated a really nice woman who'd moved out there from West Virginia after breaking up with her boyfriend, and I really loved the place. But jobs were extremely hard to find, and I got tired of that. So after about 8 or 9 months, I moved back to Wisconsin.
My first night back, my best buddy took me to a new bar to see a band he'd heard good things about. They were from the New York, doing a MidWestern tour, and they were all the rage. Johnny was a guitarist himself, and between sets the band's guitar player was standing next to us at the bar ordering drinks when Johnny said something or other about the guy's guitar. He started chatting with Johnny, and I joined in, and pretty soon we were all three really hitting it off and having a good time. He said, "Look, I need to get back to the break room with the band; why don't you guys come back and party with us?" So we did, and when it was time for them to go out and do their next set, they told us just to come straight backstage during the next break and we'd pick up where we left off.
A couple of the guys in the band started talking about the places they'd been on tour. They were talking mostly about the East Coast, and I'd been there a few times with my parents. So I mentioned how much I'd loved the Appalachians, and the bass player mentioned he was from some small town in West Virginia. Oh, yeah, I'd heard of it - I met a girl in Montana from that same town. Dated her, in fact. Real nice girl.
"Really? What was her name?"
"Barb. Barb Something Or Other."
Total silence.
"You dated... Barb Something Or Other?"
"Uh.... yeah.... "
"In Montana?"
"Uh... well, uh, yeah...."
"What was she doing in Montana?"
"Well... she broke up with her, uh.... high school boyfriend.... and, mmm, was looking for a place to make a fresh start.... I'm, uh... guessing that'd be you, eh?"
What were the odds? She breaks up with the guy and moves from West Virginia to Montana, he moves to New York City to get over her, I move to Montana and date her, then move back to Wisconsin, and my first night back in wisconsin I meet the boyfriend from West Virginia who hadn't seen her in two years and had no idea what had become of her. Now we all really had something to talk about. Upshot was, I called her the next day and passed on his address, and last i talked to her (about a month later) she'd written him a letter. Don't know what ever came of it, because I never heard anything from either of them again, but wouldn't it be wild if they got back together again? I kind of like to think that's the way it did turn out, but I have no reason for thinking it's likely. I'd just kinda like to be likely, that's all.
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