Three Times Lucky!

Three Times Lucky!

January 7th, 2011 @ 12:21 pm by Mrs. Cinnamon Bun
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Back when I was little, probably about eight years old or so, my parents took me to the card store to buy a birthday card for my granny in England. We picked one out, I scribbled in it, and we sent it off. After Granny’s birthday, she sent us a photo of her TV set. The TV set wasn’t the point of the photo; the two birthday cards on top were. There was mine, beside a photo of me, and there was my cousin’s, beside a photo of him. The thing was? We sent her the same card! He lives in England, me in Canada, and somehow we managed to send the exact same card to our granny.

I thought about that moment when engagement cards started arriving at our house because we received two of the same card. One from relatives on my side from England and one from relatives on his side in Ireland. It made me smile.

Then, Cinnamon Buns and I went to visit my parents for the Christmas holidays, and Mum gave me a card that had been sent to their house, but it was addressed to Cinnamon Buns and me. I opened it up and burst out laughing. This is what I did with it as soon as we got back to our house:

Yes, that is three (3) of the same engagement cards! I’m starting to think Britain has a serious lack of engagement cards. Either that, or this card is so, SO us, that three sets of relatives that don’t know each other thought it was perfect for us.

They are from:

One of my dad’s sisters and her family, in England
One of my mum’s aunts and uncles, in England
One of Cinnamon Buns’s mum’s aunts and uncles, in Ireland

Did you find any weird coincidences while planning your wedding?

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19 Responses to “Three Times Lucky!”

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RingAroundtheRosie (message) 311 posts, Helper bee

That’s so funny! We haven’t had that experience, but I did get a few of the same Christmas card this year.

1/7/11 @ 12:45 pm (reply)

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mrsbowieii (message) 692 posts, Busy bee

We had the same thing happen to us at our engagement party. We received 2 sets of 3 the same card from his side and mine. I thought it was quite entertaining and I put them all on display on the coffee table.

1/7/11 @ 12:57 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Trail Mix (message) 6,328 posts, Bee Keeper

Hahahaha, at our engagement party in Miami, we received EIGHT of the same engagement card! I guess there are only so many engagement cards to choose from!

1/7/11 @ 1:09 pm (reply)

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MasqueradeMom (message) 445 posts, Helper bee

Great story

1/7/11 @ 1:54 pm (reply)

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Miss Giraffe (message) 4,216 posts, Honey bee

That’s hilarious! I love it! Seriously, though, the first story was equally as awesome. Love it!

1/7/11 @ 2:02 pm (reply)

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MissBike (message) 40 posts, Newbee

That’s an awsome story!!!

My weird coincidence involves our photographer. I found her on Kajiji, price was right, photo’s were great, so we booked. In our exchange of emails I noticed her last name was familiar with a former co-worker. Turns out she is the neice of the former co-worker !!!

1/7/11 @ 2:04 pm (reply)

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emilygrace07 (message) 833 posts, Busy bee

I’ve had that happen. Not with the wedding though. When I graduated from high school I got the same card like six times I think. It was crazy, but then again the card was very me lol.

1/7/11 @ 2:06 pm (reply)

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BeautifulKatastrofie (message) 189 posts, Blushing bee

That’s pretty cool! I didn’t even know people sent cards for an engagement. Guess my grooms family & mine weren’t aware of it, as we didn’t receive a single card. I did get lots of messages on Facebook though, which was really nice because my wall never gets any attention, lol.

1/7/11 @ 2:19 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Locket (message) 2,837 posts, Sugar bee

Hahaha we didn’t have an engagement party and surprisingly for the wedding cards we didn’t have one repeat offender.

1/7/11 @ 2:42 pm (reply)

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Megrit (message) 478 posts, Helper bee

Cute! We received two of the same engagement card, that was cute, I got a kick out of seeing double.

1/7/11 @ 4:22 pm (reply)

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tea (message) 7,288 posts, Bee Keeper

haha, what an awesome coincidence! my mister and i once sent the same exact valentine’s day card to each other. i just about fell out when i opened the envelope. i thought i sent the card to myself! lol

1/7/11 @ 4:42 pm (reply)

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Baileyh (message) 3,490 posts, Sugar bee

Thats so cute!! I got a couple of duplicate cards as well….only in pairs not in threes though!!

1/7/11 @ 5:30 pm (reply)

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mrspaetz (message) 3,805 posts, Honey bee

I got a pair of duplicates before, and then realized that they were placed quite prominently at the check-out counter of CVS (drugstore). I guess his family members thought of us while waiting in line?

1/7/11 @ 7:48 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Glasses (message) 2,741 posts, Sugar bee

This made me LOL. It is a very cute card?

1/7/11 @ 7:55 pm (reply)

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SapphireSun (message) 4,749 posts, Honey bee

There is a serious lack of “congratulations on your engagement” cards. I went to go pick one up for my SIL and there was ONE to choose from, and it was one that we’d received.

1/7/11 @ 8:49 pm (reply)

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Lexsy (message) 537 posts, Busy bee

Sweet! I haven’t experienced any coincidences yet, but I have felt this feeling that things were simply “falling in place” exactly as I was hoping they would, by total chance (some things, not all of course)

1/10/11 @ 7:30 am (reply)

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hesmywatermelon (message) 251 posts, Helper bee

I can vouch for the lack of engagement card diversity here in teh UK! We receievd 3 of the same card (all from within the UK)! A few months later I went to buy an engagement card for a friend, and there we seriously, like 5 choices.a few of which were hideous (in my opinion) So, if you are a keen card maker and looking to sell cards in the UK- then there seems to be a gap in the market!

1/10/11 @ 8:40 am (reply)

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