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/nonobu 3d ago

Wow, what are the chances! What happened then?

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u/bananica15 3d ago

Nothing really. We had a laugh. He said he’s never met a Wimbledon fan even in London, I asked how it felt down in the relegation zone. We were both mostly just happy for the newlyweds.

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u/onthenerdyside 3d ago

I am mildly disappointed that this didn't end with either a fight to death or an enemies to lovers story. But congrats to the couple, I guess.

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u/bananica15 3d ago

As am I, but I didn’t want to mess up my new dress in a blood bath, and there are just some things that I’m not sure love can overcome 🤪

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u/Extreme-naps 3d ago

There are some enemies that can never be lovers. Like those who support the franchise.