lcuy

Well..this may be a first. I was in San Diego for a wedding this week, and tried to set up a GTG. Didn't get much of a response, and since I was a bit sick at the beginning of my trip I only followed up with one poster...She sugested we meet for a lunch. I got there and it was my sister! She's been posting here on Fodor's for a while (she found it independently of me) and had figured out who I was a little bit earlier, but I didn't have a clue!

LoveItaly

Icuy, that is quite a story! I have wondered if sometimes people here really know each other but don't realize it when they are on Fodor's due to the screen names. There was a couple of times I thought friends were Fodorites but after reading several of their posts I realized that they were not. You had a fun lunch I assume!!

MelissaHI

OMG lcuy! what a small world! so which poster is she?

cmcfong

What a funny story, icuy! Thanks for sharing it. And, yeah, who is she?

SandyBrit

Icuy:

By the process of elimination is your sister nanabee? Will you be posting pictures from your mini GTG?

Small world indeed.

Sandy

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What fun! Your sister must have been beside herself anticipating your reaction to meeting her. I wish I could have been there!

AnnMarie_C

Oh, how funny!!

kopp

Now that is a small world indeed! How exciting it must have been. When you first saw her at the meeting point, what was your reaction?

Very cool!

Fodorite018

That is hilarious!

SharonG

Wasn't there a song about this many years ago? the Pina Colada song?

Jed

Does anyone remember "The Shop Around the Corner", where two employees of a store were unknowingly writing love letters to each other? Also made into a musical recently.

http://imdb.com/title/tt0033045/

GoTravel

How funny!

starrsville

How long did she know you were you (on this board)?

nanabee

sandybrit - you are very perceptive!

easytraveler

What a rare coincidence! Must be that billion to one chance...

CAPH52

Great story! How fun that must have been, nanbee!

CAPH52

Sorry, nanabee!

lcuy

I think she figured it out about the time I inquired about having a La Jolla GTG. she was mostly posting on Europe and west coast stuff, but made the donnection when she saw mention of my Vietnam trip!

I had told her I was meeting one of my internet friends that morning...she didn't seem at all interested, so I left without really discussing it. I figured it out when I arrived and there was a "reserved for lcuy" sign on one of the tables, with her sitting there!

Darn! now I can't talk stink about her here. ;-)

She's retiring pretty soon, so I'm thinking we should take a trip together and I will make HER write the report!!

LoveItaly

I love your story Icuy..I shared it with a friend today and we had a good laugh. It is precious. I hope you and your sister do get to take a trip together, imagine you two would have a lot of fun.