Just my luck...

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10. Just a chance encounter

July 25, 1974 in Berlin.

I was talking to a nice girl from Münster, and she told me she was leaving for China the next day. I thought "oh, well." Then she said, "but you should meet my girlfriend." I said, "sure, where is she?" She leaned back, and I was blown away when this tall blonde angel materialized. I figured, "right, like I'd EVER have a chance with a woman like HER." But then it struck me, "If I take that attitude all my life, I never WILL have a chance with someone like her. Even women like her end up with SOMEBODY, so why NOT me?" And so I struck up a conversation--the first of a lifetime of conversations (my German is a LOT better now).

Like I said, it CAN happen.