TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: A wrong number leads to decades of friendship

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TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: A wrong number leads to decades of friendship

We’ve all been there before you answer a wrong number or call a wrong number by accident. But how many times do you actually stay in touch with that person?!

Over two decades ago a woman in her 50s named Gladys Hankerson tried to call her sister in Maryland, but dialed the wrong number.  A random guy from Rhode Island named Mike Moffitt was the one who answered on the other end. He was in his mid-20s at the time.  She apologized and hung up, but then dialed the same wrong number again, so so they had a laugh and started to talk.

Now over 20 years later, Gladys is 80 and Mike is in his 40s. They STILL keep in touch! She says he’s a “very nice person,” and she loves him to death.  The craziest part? They had never actually met in person. Until last month when they met each other in real life for the first time.  He was traveling from Florida for Thanksgiving, and stopped by to see her.  

Here’s a fun photo of the two of them.

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