d very well.

I was going to a party with a mutual friend of ours, and he told me that my best friend was going to propose to this girl I couldn’t stand that night.

He told me where he was going to propose, so I rushed there to stop him and proclaim my love for him, you know how it goes.

When I get up there, I see that he has everything set up: candles, rose petals, the NYC skyline, everything that would make a girl melt.

I pick up a piece of paper he had placed on the ground, read it, and when I look up, he’s down on one knee proposing to ME. © IZ3820 / Reddit

When I was leaving for basic training, my sister was dating an old friend of mine named George.

After basic and tech school, I came back to find out George had married my mom while I was away.

The marriage lasted less than a year, but they still live together 30 years later. © fellar111 / Reddit

Turns out she was running a multi-billion dollar pyramid scheme. But that’s not the real plot twist.

That aunt that I remembered was actually her twin sister who had started the pyramid scheme; she is the evil twin who stole it from her. © Hunterlovespb / Reddit

There was this very cute guy who came in maybe 4-6 times a week. A little often, but nothing out of the ordinary.

I flirted like mad. He flirted back. It was all great.

Then he comes in with his fiancée.

I was betrayed and treated him coldly from then on.

A month later, two of him come in together, and I find out that they are twins, and I’d shot down any chance I had with the single one. © mindovermacabre / Reddit

On the day that she was to give birth, they had doctors and everything prepared to assist in the birth.

Turns out that after she birthed my brother, the doctor turns around and says, “Oh, there’s another one,” and that was me. Surprise twins! © luckyz / Reddit

One month later, I got a new job.

The first day I show up at my office, my boss introduces me to the person who will be training me.

Lo and behold, it was this girl.

We became friends later, so it wasn’t too bad. © i_rae_shun / Reddit

He explains his symptoms to the doctor.

The doctor picks up a medical book on eye problems.

He finds the kind of symptoms my dad is describing.

The doctor shows him the book. In the book, there is a whole medical page explaining what he is experiencing and a picture of a kid from the 1960s.

My dad looks at the picture and says, “Doc, that’s me!” The doctor says, “Yes, those are the symptoms you are showing.” My dad says, “No, really, that’s me in the picture!” It turns out my dad had this eye problem when he was a kid, and it was so rare that they took his picture in the 1960s and slapped him in a book of rare eye problems.

He doesn’t remember much about taking the picture, but he did manage to get a copy of it to take home. © flounceymagoo / Reddit

One month later, I got a new job. The first day I show up at my office, my boss introduces me to the person who will be training me.

Lo and behold, it was this girl. We became friends later, so it wasn’t too bad. © i_rae_shun / Reddit

His eyes lit up, and he burst out laughing. He was a security guard at the shopping center where I live.

He name-dropped the place and also the shops he patrols. I couldn’t believe it. This proved to me for the first time ever that the world really is a small place. © TheTwoHands10 / Reddit

As soon as I arrive, there’s the girl.

At the exact same time, we both say, “I am SO sorry… Wait, what are you sorry for?” Turns out she’d overslept too.

The airline changed our tickets for us, at no charge, and we got to Barcelona a few hours late. © moak0 / Reddit

I got all the contacts out of it and then turned the phone off for the last time and put it in a drawer in my office. I spent that first week sort of in shock and planning for the funeral and settling his estate.

At one point, I had wondered why I hadn’t felt that he was around me.

About 5 minutes later, my phone rang. Caller ID showed it was my Dad calling from his cell phone number.

What!!!

I just sat there in shock for a couple of rings, trying to process it. I answered the phone and there was nobody there.

I rushed from my house to my office and his phone was still in the drawer and still turned off. © Gordon Miller / Quora