Have you ever been part of a pair?
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (64169)
United States
June 8, 2016 8:08pm CST
Okay, if you were a twin, you probably were part of a pair. Often married couples become "pairs" too.
I had a roommate for nearly 30 years and we were a pair. If you saw her, I was probably around and if you saw me, she was.
So, we were Maggie and Elic, roommates.
One day my friend, Elaine, and I went over to a convention. It was the last day and the dealer's room was wrapping up so we were allowed in even though we hadn't joined the con so, normally, we wouldn't have been allowed in.
Heck, we weren't even there to buy anything, though it would've been nice if we had time to even look a bit, but we were there to talk to one of the dealers quickly before she got out of town. In the end we were handing her stuff while we talked as she packed up.
Once we were done, we were leaving.
And we ran into Fred, who was, or at least had been, the President of a club out of the Austin area called F.A.C.T. (Fandom Association of Central Texas.)
And Fred said: "Hi Maggie."
Elaine sort of came unglued, I really don't understand why, but she did. "It's Elic! Elic!"
Fred looked shocked, his wife at the time sort of slugged his arm, because, I suspect, she knew I wasn't Maggie.
I just sort of laughed and said: "Hey, he's got the right pair, that's fine."
And Fred had the grace to look both a little sheepish and grateful.
I mean, Maggie and I don't look alike, well, we're both white, short, overweight, female... but...
So... has anything like that happened to you?
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@allen0187 (59830)
• Philippines
9 Jun 16
Hasn't happened to me as I have always been a lone wolf. That must have been an awkward situation.
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
9 Jun 16
I knew he was used to us together, and, honestly, her name is easier to remember than mine - which isn't really Elic, but not that common either. Although, through a friend, I've met 2 other people with my same name so you have to qualify which one we are. Like "Crazy Cat Lady Elic" is my designation...
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
9 Jun 16
I did that with my sister once. I'm 4 years older. My sister and I don't look THAT much alike, but we do look like sisters. There is actually someone in town I went to school with who looked more like me than my sister did that I was always getting asked about. The problem was that she and my sister have the same name!
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
10 Jun 16
@MGjhaud I'd have to ask how they knew this person. Most of them met her at the "gym." Now, this isn't a gym like we have today everywhere, this was a place where kids learned to do gymnastics, tumbling and the like. In fact, now she teaches kids to do it.
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@acelawrites (19272)
• Philippines
9 Jun 16
They just made a mistake recognizing you! Maybe you and your roommate looked similar that's why.
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