And It Happens Again....

File this under-Does This Shit Happen to Anyone Else? Part 2

(Warning-there's some bad language)

So I'm standing at the Coral Bay Club Bar at a very swish wedding reception this weekend and there are two parallel lines of people waiting for their drink orders to be placed. I know almost everyone waiting in line and we all say hello and exchange pleasantries. Before I know it I'm at the front of the line, I place my order and look to my right just as the guy in the line to my right gets to the bar, places his order and looks to his left. I don't know this guy.

But our eyes meet and there's a glimmer of recognition. Suddenly he does look familiar and I can tell I look familiar to him too but I decide not to say anything. I can smell trouble and I'm not going there.

Then he gets my attention by saying "You look very familiar."

Here we go again. My parents really got around. Shit. Where might this brother come from?!

But I look at him again, and he has dark hair and mine is very gray. His skin looks younger than mine and he has one chin to my unfortunate two. He's thin and I'm not (damnit) so clearly there are no shared genetics. He's probably not related to me at all and I'm starting to feel unusually grateful.

Then it hits me.

"Skip! You were my college roommate. I'm Tom Hackney."

Where did that come from? I usually can't remember names and I haven't seen him in almost 40 years and his name came right to me. Maybe my brain isn't as feeble as I thought it was.

"TOM! Oh. My. God. You look great and you haven't changed a bit!"

Really? REALLY? He may be thin but he's a big fat liar. For a moment I kinda like it.

Knowing he was trying to be kind but knowing he was being more than a little insincere, I decided it was time say exactly what I was thinking (not that that's ever an issue), so I blurted out:

"Fuck you!"

We both died laughing. He kept saying, "Yeah, I can still see the same Tom in there. You're still the same." He wasn't really sure. Neither was I.

So whatever this thing is that started with the Buckhead doyenne (my half-sister?) and then moved to the HB2 couple/restaurant revenge continues with bumping into my old UNC roommate at a wedding bar.

So you might be wondering just as I'm wondering what's going to happen next but I've got a feeling all of these doopelgangers,youthful looking old friends and possible political revengefests are leading up to the big kahuna. So stay tuned and I'll keep you posted. Do these things happen to anyone else or is it just me?!