A Dad, His Daughter, Her Friend
A friend of my teen daughter was recently going through a stack of old photographs when she came across a picture of me. I was in a swimming pool, holding her (the friend) so that her head was above water. We were both smiling, mugging for the camera. The girl was three at the time.
Here’s the weird part: this teen girl and my daughter only became friends in high school. The photo was taken fifteen years before.
To which I say: WTF!?
Before this blog post goes all Twilight Zone on you, know that there’s a simple explanation.
By sheer coincidence, our families had both vacationed at Club Med at the same time. Our daughters met and hit it off in the Kids Club. The parents hit off it at the bar, conversation-wise. And I had spent a boat-load of time in the pool with both girls, so much so that the other girl’s mom took photos of us splashing around.
There were pictures of the two girls, as well. But their looks had changed so much over the years, the friend didn’t recognize my then-three-year-old daughter from that trip.
Somehow, I looked the same. (Fifteen years later!)
I guess all those margaritas, mai tais, and martinis have kept me well preserved.
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Comment by mama llama
| March 10th, 2010
Small world. That’s neat–those are the little coinkidinks that make Life so much fun!
Happy Wednesday, Dads! Be well.
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Comment by oshea12566
| March 10th, 2010
Two words: Holy Shit.
Comment by Cece
| March 10th, 2010
Those are the happy moments to always hold on to!
I have pics taken of my brother an sister and me and our best family friend’s kids at the beach on Long Island…and our parents …and they are such happy and fond memories…of the innocent times.
Cece
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Comment by Andrea
| March 10th, 2010
Okay, that’s a little weird….
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Comment by Pippi
| March 10th, 2010
Your daughter is beautiful! And, p.s. the universe is trying to tell you something with a story like that. I don’t know what that is but..WOW!
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Comment by T
| March 10th, 2010
Awesome! Keep up those drinks daddio!! :)
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Comment by Mindy@SingleMomSays
| March 10th, 2010
Wow. Small world.
How about this one? My daughter has a friend who lived down the street from us here in Colorado. Her aunt and uncle were visiting from the same suburb near Chicago that I grew up in. As we talked we discovered they live in my childhood home and they bought it from my parents! They remember meeting me when I was 3!
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Comment by BigLittleWolf
| March 10th, 2010
Gotta love those weird coincidences! (And the alcohol must be doing it’s job of keeping you glowing. Besides that, you’ve got great cocktail recipes. Still mulling that espresso martini.)
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Comment by Sandra
| March 10th, 2010
That’s such a nice story. So nice I don’t have anything snarky to say. Maybe tomorrow.
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Comment by Danielle
| March 10th, 2010
It is such a small world. I have situations like that all the time!
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Comment by Ginger Magnolia
| March 10th, 2010
Wow, I guess they were meant to be friends!
When I was a teenager, I went to a church youth dance in another town (60 miles from home) and met a boy and hit it off, but he lived even further away, so it turned into a long-distance friendship. We found out later that my mom had taught him in Sunday school when we were little. I always thought that was weird.
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Comment by Kelloggsville
| March 10th, 2010
Karma – sometimes things are just meant to go a certain way (Sliding Doors) perhaps the girls were destined to meet but because you didn’t stay in touch after the hols, fate has to try it another way …you are now entering the twilight zone!!!
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Comment by Vinomom
| March 10th, 2010
Very cool story! It is definitely a small world!
Comment by saint nobody
| March 10th, 2010
this was so much fun to read about–must be even more fun to experience.
hmmm….the Dad’s House Preservation Plan sounds like a keeper :)
Comment by Nicki
| March 11th, 2010
How cool is that? Guess some friendships are meant to be. And some of us just age…beautifully. Lucky you!
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Comment by sexandthesingledad
| March 11th, 2010
That is a beautiful story. I like it when parents hit it off at the bar. The question is, how well did you hit it off? wink wink…
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Comment by Don
| March 11th, 2010
Lessons here: 1.You never know who you might meet again….so always put your best foot forward and treat people well the first time! 2.Alchohol is a good preservative.
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Comment by ROb
| March 11th, 2010
That is pretty weird.
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Comment by notasoccermom
| March 13th, 2010
What a fun story. I love those kinds of moments.
Small world indeed.. and what a compliment to you…. young buck
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