Stories about being in the right place at the right time ...

Anyone have any to share?

My most significant is a few years back when I was in between jobs doing what I focused on at the time (a victim of the 2008 financial crash, jobs were scarce), I joined the casual overflow team for a utilities company, answering after-hours calls.

One day one of my customers asked if I'd like a job working for one of his companies as he loved the sound of my voice. I called him outside of working hours to discuss it further and although I didn't accept what he was offering, he told someone else about me, who just happened to own a talent agency for professional voiceover artists. I've been doing work for them ever since and it pays quite well; often though, it's just fun being picked up and driven across town to a professional recording studio, being given refreshments and treated like a queen. I still do my 'real job' alongside my voiceover job.

I have plennnnnty of stories about being in the wrong place at the wrong time, but let's not go there

I binge watched The Sopranos in 2014 and the day after I finished the final episode the news was plastered with revelations about the ending’s meaning. The timing was incredible as I can’t stand mysteries

Was bored at home one day so I signed up to a online dating type sight for a laugh, i got chatting to somebody by chance and glad to say we are now married and about to celebrate our 13th year together in a few months

In 2014 I got the train from London to Manchester. As I was walking down the platform at Manchester Piccadilly a man from behind tapped me and said 'I hope you don't mind but I'm a doctor, if I were you I'd see your doctor about the marks on your legs' (I was wearing shorts). He then hurried off.
I thought he was a weirdo but it played on my mind.
I had a few patches here and there that I thought were low key bruises as I'm a bit accident prone.
It turned out to be leukemia.

I'm not sure how things would have planned out for me if that had not happened but after a rough ride I'm in the clear now all these years later.

Blue pumpkin said:

In 2014 I got the train from London to Manchester. As I was walking down the platform at Manchester Piccadilly a man from behind tapped me and said 'I hope you don't mind but I'm a doctor, if I were you I'd see your doctor about the marks on your legs' (I was wearing shorts). He then hurried off.
I thought he was a weirdo but it played on my mind.
I had a few patches here and there that I thought were low key bruises as I'm a bit accident prone.
It turned out to be leukemia.

I'm not sure how things would have planned out for me if that had not happened but after a rough ride I'm in the clear now all these years later.

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This gave me goosebumps! So glad to hear you're well.

Got engaged and months later I looked at the diamond/ring certificate stating all the stuff like weight, cut and then saw the date my ring was created: the 26th of September 2018
To our astonishment my engagement ring was created on the day we first met and went on our first date the 26.09.18