Thursday, January 15, 2009

Sandwiches and Synchronicity

When Sweet Dub and I first began dating we kept being struck by how similar we were. Naturally, some of that was just part of getting to know each other and finding out how compatible you are (or are not). At one point while we were dating, I arrived at Sweet Dub’s apartment after a horrible day at work and rather than cooking anything, he decided he would just go get us some sandwiches at Subway. Tenderly (partly because you know, these were our early days, and partly because I’d had such a crummy day), he said, “What kind of sandwich would you like, my sweetie?”

“The [sandwich name redacted because now I can’t remember it],” I said. “It’s not on the menu anymore, but if you ask for it they’ll make it.”

“Are you KIDDING me?” Sweet Dub said.

“No, I know it sounds weird, but they’ll know what you’re talking about,” I said.

“I KNOW,” he said. “That’s my sandwich.” He actually sat down, he was so thrown. “I can’t believe it,” he said. “We are so alike that we even eat the same sandwich.”

That has become a shorthand of sorts for us.

Recently, each of us unbeknownst to the other, on the same day, went on to craigslist to check rental prices in our area. While we just moved (JUST MOVED! You remember?) in November into a year-long lease, we both already went back to craigslist to look around. I think both of us were wondering in this economy whether we are getting our money’s worth in the neighborhood we’re in. The consensus: yes. Rents are not coming down, at least not here. We both independently concluded that we should continue to watch the market and possibly start looking at buying a house later this year, as our lease expires. When we discovered that we had each done this on the same day, all we could do was laugh.

“That is unbelievable,” Dub said.

Yeah. Same sandwich.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

How cool is that? I envy that "sandwich" thing you two have goin' on.

Anonymous said...

Aww! What a cute story! I went to Burger King once with Tim and tried to order the ham & cheese. That loser would NOT say it because it wasn't on the menu. Suffice it to say, we have no sandwich stories.

I got here through Nerd Girl's blog roll. I'm diggin' your blog!

Lisa Blah Blah said...

bridget: Yeah, it's a nice reminder of why we got together in the first place!

pserendipity: Welcome! Thanks for reading! - See, I didn't even know BK made a ham and cheese. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't ask...

Cee in SF said...

MMM, BMT with only mayo and tomato... Good times...