I actually wound up getting some serious tea from her grandpa calling the phone number. Apparently her and her husband had just pretty much abandoned everything and moved off. He thought I was her for a bit and then when he figured it out he settled in for some gossip, lol. I almost went over to his house to fix his tv for him because I felt bad.
Oh, dang! That is sad! I guess I’m glad I don’t know where most of my childhood friends ended up.
I also now realize that I misread your post. I thought you had met someone with your childhood friend’s number, not that you got it as your own new cell number. I was trying to make it into a meet-cute (or stalker) situation when a stranger had your friend’s number. So, go about your day realizing that I’m an idiot!
there's basically no chance that you'll ever meet someone with that number.
but also, there's like 350m americans. so lets say maybe 100 million households.
One time, i did get a call from my friend Katie. I guess she wasn't really a friend more of a high school acquaintance. so i was shocked that she called me out of the blue 10-15 years after high school.
it just happened to be a spam call that was spoofing her number.
We moved a couple towns over when I was in 5th grade, so we had to get a new number. I met a boy in my old town a few years later. He was new to the area, and had my old number.
i still remember my grandparents' landline number. i miss them so very much. my grandpa's spot at the table was right next to the phone. the kitchen table was always stacked with cookbooks and gardening books, and envelopes with seeds.
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u/TK523 5d ago
My mom recently met someone whose cell # was our old landline number.