My therapist sent me a link to some meet up type events that she thought I would be interested in going to so I could meet people.
When I got the email, I told myself I'd finish cooking, eat and buy the tickets for the board game night afterwards. Three hours later and I was disappointed to see the last tickets were gone and the event was now sold out.
The same event promoter had a halloween party so I booked a ticket for that instead.
I went to the party and had a great time. At the end of the night as everyone was leaving, I heard someone who I never saw that night loudly say "I'm going to see Enter Shikari next week!" I was a bit in shock but I told her I also had tickets to see the same band next week too. We talked for 5 minutes and exchanged numbers before parting ways that night.
It's been nearly a year since that night and we are now super close friends. There's so much love and understanding between the both of us. When we hang out, there's so much talking, hugs, kisses and cuddles and I feel so lucky to have met her. Plus I get to meet a these amazing and unique people through her, her partner and her friends which I'm also super thankful for as well.
I was super disappointed to miss the board game night but the Halloween party was where the magic all happened :)