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When I and my wife met for the first time we were both tourists, we both had never been to that country before (and none of us had ever been to a place the other had been), and we had exactly one day of overlap at this place and just happened to have decided to go to a particular spot at the same time in the early morning. And it's extremely likely that there would never have been another opportunity at any time later.

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There would have been another opportunity with someone else that you would have fancied as much or even more.

Way to destroy his marriage!

But, it is the truth. Except, such can go both ways. There can be better or worse options that present themselves (to include beyond looks).

A bit unlikely as I got married quite late in life! (And I had zero intentions of getting involved with anyone up to then) (In any case - this was a comment to a discussion about crossing paths with one's SO/partner at other times than when actually meeting - not about meeting someone else. My story was just one where it's guaranteed that we couldn't have crossed paths before - no googling necessary..)

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