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Before my connection dies completely I was reminded of something that happened a good few years ago, and is still happening.
I am still close to my ex and, although she now lives in Nottingham, I still visit her parents (an odd setup I know but what the hell).
While I was having a coffee with them the other day her mum said that a friend of theirs had died a few days ago. Before I could say anything she continued with 'and before you ask, yes the ties came out'.
This was something I had completely forgotten about.
About 4 years ago while tidying up Janet (my ex's mum) opened the wardrobe in her bedroom and a black funeral tie fell out. She picked it up and put it away again and thought nothing of it. About a week later they got a call to say that someone they knew from the pub had died. They duly went to the funeral, and when they came back Janet put all the black ties back in the wardrobe.
A couple of months later while cleaning the house she opened the wardrobe and hey presto! the ties fell out again. They got a call about 3 weeks later to say that Janet's mum had died.
This keeps happening.
Everytime the ties fall out someone dies within a few weeks. It sounds slightly more sinister than it actually is as no-one gets murdered, or has a bad car accident they either die of old age, or cancer, or a heart attack, yet it's still spooky.
At one stage, the year my ex and I broke up, she took to tying the ties onto the wardrobe rail so they couldn't fall out. Foolproof, yes? No. While getting ready to go out for the night she pulled a dress out of the wardrobe and got the hanger caught on the tie, which undid itself (not supernaturally, it was tied in a bow) and was dragged out of the wardrobe. Someone they met while on holiday died the same week.
Someone will be reading this and thinking that I've made it all up because it seems like a big thing to forget about, especially as I'm a member of this kind of forum. But it became such a part of everyday living that it didn't seem strange. It was just one of those things.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar?
I am still close to my ex and, although she now lives in Nottingham, I still visit her parents (an odd setup I know but what the hell).
While I was having a coffee with them the other day her mum said that a friend of theirs had died a few days ago. Before I could say anything she continued with 'and before you ask, yes the ties came out'.
This was something I had completely forgotten about.
About 4 years ago while tidying up Janet (my ex's mum) opened the wardrobe in her bedroom and a black funeral tie fell out. She picked it up and put it away again and thought nothing of it. About a week later they got a call to say that someone they knew from the pub had died. They duly went to the funeral, and when they came back Janet put all the black ties back in the wardrobe.
A couple of months later while cleaning the house she opened the wardrobe and hey presto! the ties fell out again. They got a call about 3 weeks later to say that Janet's mum had died.
This keeps happening.
Everytime the ties fall out someone dies within a few weeks. It sounds slightly more sinister than it actually is as no-one gets murdered, or has a bad car accident they either die of old age, or cancer, or a heart attack, yet it's still spooky.
At one stage, the year my ex and I broke up, she took to tying the ties onto the wardrobe rail so they couldn't fall out. Foolproof, yes? No. While getting ready to go out for the night she pulled a dress out of the wardrobe and got the hanger caught on the tie, which undid itself (not supernaturally, it was tied in a bow) and was dragged out of the wardrobe. Someone they met while on holiday died the same week.
Someone will be reading this and thinking that I've made it all up because it seems like a big thing to forget about, especially as I'm a member of this kind of forum. But it became such a part of everyday living that it didn't seem strange. It was just one of those things.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar?