Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle

So Brian and I have unwittingly worn matching outfits on at least two separate occasions. At least, we've made no conscious decision to match. Yesterday evening, after a long day of going from a conference to the office to my old office's x-mas party to brian's very nice birthday dinner to our friends' M&B's to open presents (including an unexpected and nicely-sized present for ME!!!), we're sitting on M&B's couch. And realized (or, rather, it was pointed out to us) that yet again, we were matching.

Other than talking about wearing my t-shirt that says "I ~heart~ my geek" and his that simply says "Geek" at the same time, and a couple of times double-checking our outfits before we leave to a more formal nite out (e.g., symphony) just to make sure we're not clashing, nada, as far as we know. And the time that we were supposed to wear the matching t-shirts, we forgot.

I'll interject here that a dear, dear friend and I used to match all the time. With him, it may have been telepathy or something, because we didn't coordinate or live together, so each for our own part would get dressed, then meet for lunch or dinner or something and find out that he was wearing, say, a burgundy dress shirt and I was wearing a skirt with burgundy detail or something like that. We've drifted apart these last couple of years, but for a long, long time he was an essential part of my life and was a significant influence on the parts of me that are still at my core. Thus, if Brian and I are developing that kind of energy between us, I think it would speak highly of/bode well for our relationship.

Also, if we were one of those couples (at whom I've always curled my lip up in slight derision) that chose to wear matching outfits all the time, I'd have no problem. It would be our decision, and whatever others thought (including other lip-curlers) would hold little bearing on our decision. Nevertheless, I am intrigued by this subconscious matching. I'd say it was sheer coincidence, and perhaps it is, but it'd be a pretty big coinky-dink, if you ask me. Brian got dressed first yesterday, so it could be something going on in me (I can't remember who got dressed first the last time we matched).

2 friends of ours, M&M [hey, I just realized their initials are the same as a famous chocolate company's] probably don't ever have that problem. M wears black, period, so she can wear the entire color spectrum and never clash. Bri on the other hand wears colors, so if we're going to some place where it matters a little more, I at least try to make sure we don't wear something that hurts the observer's eye.

We had already spent the entire evening with all but one of this group, including Brian and I sitting next to each other at the restaurant, but it wasn't until we were sitting on the couch that anyone noticed. Isn't that weird, too? I mean, we arrived together and sat right down at the table in the restaurant, but M&M didn't notice. By the time M&B got there, I had taken the matching sweater off, so they wouldn't have seen it. The other thing is, both times we were with this same group of friends. Maybe I/we want to match around them? Or maybe we've matched on other occasions and have just never paid attention.

So what does it all MEAN? Brian says nothing and that he wasn't embarrassed at all. He says to test it, we'd have to forget about it and then get dressed and only check it after we've gotten dressed, because if we thought about it before-hand, we'd skew the results. Heisenberg's principle says that if you measure one element, you alter the other simply by having measured it. It doesn't really matter one way or the other, frankly, and I'm probably too conscious of it now to really experiment on it.

Aaah, the absolutely trivial things in life that make you go "hmmmmmm."** The best part is that I wrote 691 words about it (up to but not including the asterisks**). But if you read it, hey, that wasn't my fault... I'm sorry readers (if any) won't get those five minutes of their life back...