For those people that have ever wished for a change of scenery, life sometimes likes to play a joke on them. As if to say, here take this--you wanted it didn't you? An then they have to deal with the consequences of whatever strange things happens next.
This is what happened to a friend of mine and her sister. Now these two girls, both in their early twenties, are so much physically alike that they could pass for twins. Their friends keep mixing them up, as in when they see one of them on the street and say hello, to who they think is sister A, when in reality it's sister B, and then these people get upset when the girl ignores them.
However, the sisters have at times used this confusion to their advantage when some unexpected event forced one of them to change her plans, as it happened to sister A. She was supposed to go on a date with this very nice young man that she had met at a party.
But she came down with this terrible cold, so she called sister B, who had her own place, and asked her if she could go on the date instead. You see -- this young fellow had bought tickets for a Broadway show and then afterwards to dine at this very fancy and exclusive restaurant, and sister A felt bad that this poor guy would lose his money. Sister B said that OK she would take over, besides--she had no interest in the guy, but wanted to see the Broadway show.
With that settled, sister A called the young man and told him that ...hey look I'm sick and can't make it for tonight, but my sister agreed to go with you so that you don't waste the tickets for the show. He at first got confused, but then said that it was alright with him, heck at least he got a date -- and who knows what else he thought!
So, as the sisters told me, the young guy goes to the apartment of sister B, rings the doorbell ---and nearly dies of shock -- when sister B opens the door. He just stood there, staring in disbelief, and when he finally found his voice, all he could say was -- alright, ha! ha! nice little joke -- so you're not sick after all. Sister B waited for him to get over the shock of seeing how much she looked like sister A, and calmly explained that -- no, she was sister B, nice to meet you, and can we go?
Once he got over the huge similarities, the young man was actually quite pleased, telling sister B, that well--he actually liked her better than his original date. This made her think that he was nothing but a creep, and made sure to let him know. This only made him more determined to convince her that ---well, it was fate and could he -- after that night--actually date her -- and not her sister?
You can well imagine the turmoil that caused between the sisters, one which I wanted no part of, as the girls both told me their story.
