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> For whatever reason, I forwarded this email to my parents, brother, and then-fiancee Dana.

A very strange action to take for someone who claims to have no recollection of the meeting.

I don't know for sure, but from his CV, I'd guess I am similar in age to the author. He described remembering the venue (possibly separately to it being the meeting's venue) but not the meeting itself. I would have similar selective memories of business events from 10-15 years ago, amongst years of many meetings and opportunities. Sometimes I have a strong memory of one aspect, but no recollection at all of another. And I can identify with finding that email phrasing (about someone's "situation") being something that might prompt me to send it to people close to me as a sort of "look what happened to me today" thing.

Depends upon how tight knit is the family, yes, it seems strange for me as well. Members in some families are unusually friendly. My family won't even trust me hosting them an Immich library.

The Anna Karenina Principle: "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

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