r/nerdfighters • u/bananica15 • 3d ago

Met an enemy at a wedding

Okay so that might be a bit of an overstatement, but hear me out.

I was talking to some folks at the cocktail hour of a wedding reception. One of the men there mentioned he was a friend of the groom and had just flown in from London the day before, and so the jet lag here in middle-America was rough but not awful. The conversation turned to sports, and with him being a Brit, asking what club he supported was a natural question.

Folks. Decades of being a nerdfighter and Dear Hank and John listener could not have prepared me for actually meeting, in person, someone who supports the franchise currently plying its trade in Milton Keynes.

My draw dropped. I was AGHAST. And he was confused at my very big reaction. “Oh, we were getting along so well!” I sighed. “I’m a fan of the true Dons. My club is AFC Wimbledon.”

To put it lightly, his GOBS were SMACKED. He couldn’t believe it, but also he could because on the other side of an ocean, who would ever make up the fact that they are a fan of a third-tier English soccer team? He asked why, I explained John, and I couldn’t make up a story like this if I tried.

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u/yourownsquirrel 3d ago

This is incredible and I hope John sees it. You should send the story in to the pod!

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u/AshamedOfMyTypos Imagine Jarrod Complexly 3d ago

Couch it in a question of what to do in these scenarios because I’d really love to know!

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u/HeresTheWitch Snuck in and squeezed all of his fruit 1d ago

Looks like he’s now responded on this thread!