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What Are the Chances?!?!!!

Yesterday was a cool yet pleasant day. With temperatures in the low 50s and the sun shining overhead, I decided to take Aerin for a walk despite my lingering cold. (Claire was with her grandparents.)

We walked the 22 blocks to my favorite children’s park and I sat Aerin down on a swing. She hadn’t been there since the temperatures took a dip, so she was obviously over the moon with glee.

As I continued to push my giddy daughter on the swing, I noticed another mom with her baby…

Now, other moms will attest to the fact that making mommy friends is hard. It’s like dating all over again, except that — in my experience, at least — moms can get a lot more catty than single men.

But this mom seemed nice enough, so I took a deep breath and introduced myself.

It turns out that the family lives in the next town over. They got married a couple of years ago and had their baby earlier this year, and this mom too had trouble making good mommy friends in the area! 

We had a pleasant chat together, and we even exchanged emails for future playdates.

Yay! I had found a new mommy friend!


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After we returned home and I put Aerin down for her nap, I decided to be a creepy stalker and looked up my new friend on Facebook. I was almost certain that we had at least one friend in common — you see, I have a theory that Asian Americans are separated by only three degrees, not six, because everyone seems to know each other somehow, especially here in the tri-state area.

Her Facebook profile wasn’t hard to find. And yes, we did have a couple of friends in common!

I clicked on over to her full profile page…

…then my jaw dropped.

She is married to my ex-boyfriend!!!

The breakup was NOT amicable and we had ended things on a very sour note. There was no way in hell that our families can comfortably hang out together.

I also felt a bit defeated, because I had gone to the park in yoga pants, an old hoodie, with no makeup and my hair a mess. Add to that my red and runny nose from this darned cold. Oh why oh why oh why couldn’t I have met her when I looked more polished?

(And to those thinking that I must still have feelings for my ex based on the paragraph above, I’m sorry to disappoint you. After all, what woman doesn’t want to be prettier/thinner/smarter/funnier than her ex’s current wife or girlfriend?)

But seriously, guys…

What are the chances??!!! 

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