You Remind Me Of The...

At lunch today, Ellen leaned across the table and said, "I don't want this to sound weird..." and I finished her sentence in my head before she even had the chance to. But you're just like this guy I..."dated in high school." For some reason, this sentence always starts that way and the only thing that ever changes is the last detail.

"Oh, really? Well, I'm sorry if we broke up under bad terms."

"We did."

"Why?"

"I wouldn't sleep with you."

Shrugging, I said, "Yeah, I do that."

However, is it as ubiquitous for everyone as it is for me for people to come up to them and say "I know you, but different and somewhere else?" I'm known for a dry sense of humor and for reflecting too much (read: obsessing) over the dark parts of life. But I'm always someone's best friend from high school.

And then they say that we should meet because either A) we'd be perfect for each other or B) we'd get along so well.

My response to this is that A) I don't need someone like me. I'm screwed up in my own ways. And if I can't help myself, then I certainly can't help someone going through the exact same things. We have to help each other out if that's going to work. Plus, if they're just like me, they're far too paranoid, feisty, selectively social for it to work out. We'd end up getting on each others nerves. And as far as getting along...I don't know...I think there can be only one person holding court at a time.

Plus, I never say this. Nobody I meet and spend time with is the same as anyone else. They are all unique. So, do we say this as a gross over-simplification or do we say it because we just meeting the same boring slags again and again?