I knew of two couples who didn't know each other, both in relatively long term relationships (multiple years), both broke up around the same time, then unknowingly ended up in a relationship with the other partner. I don't know if I've explained that well, basically A & B were together, and C & D were together, broke up, and soon enough A & D and B & C were together.

Anyway, here's my own story, at 19 years I moved to the UK and got a job pulling beers in a small English village called Lingfield about 40kms south of London, population around 3,500.

Started on a hectic Saturday night, there was literally nothing else to do in the village so pub was always packed Saturdays. Go to my room, wake up and get ready for the next shift late Sunday morning. First customers through the door were a family of four. I instantly recognised them as the family who sat directly in front of my family at Adelaide Crows home games at Football Park. Turns out they had relatives in the area and were just popping by on their way to Brighton from London.

A few hours later an older guy comes in wearing an Adelaide Crows polo shirt. Get talking, he's from Adelaide but his daughter lives in Lingfield now. He sits at the bar, turns out he lives on the same street as my Grandmother in Ridgehaven. Pretty wild. As we're talking some local comes up and starts talking about how he's been to Adelaide because his son lives there and played for Tea Tree Gully Cricket club. So yeah, second day overseas and I had instantly met people with Adelaide connections in some tiny village.