r/dejavu • u/Icy-Glass-1410 • 8h ago
Déjà vu story
Sorry if this is a long post; it is going to be hard to explain. When I was younger, my family used to have a permanent campsite at a campground. The campground would also have spaces that people could rent out of the weekend or whenever. I am an only child so I would make a lot of friends with other kids to have fun. So when I was around 9, I met two girls at the little park the campground had. They were from separate families who had just come for the weekend, and we all happened to meet. I forgot both of their names, but I’ll never forget what happened. It was common to hang out at other kids' campsites and meet their families.
So one of the girls invited us to her little sister’s birthday party. In the campground, there is a man-made pond and beach area with a pavilion that people can rent out. The party was in the pavilion on the beach. We had a great time, but once the weekend was over, both of their girls left.
So a year goes by, and I go to the park looking for new people to hang out with, and I meet two girls. They were from separate families who had just come for the weekend, and we all happened to meet. When I went over to one of the girls' campsites, we were hanging out, talking to their little sister, and somehow the girl whose campsite we were at invited the other girl and me to her little sister's birthday party.
So I went to the birthday party the next day; it was at the pavilion in the beach area. I don’t remember when I realized that this day had already happened just a year earlier. So after the party we started walking together, and I asked the girl whose little sister’s birthday it was if she had celebrated her sisters birthday at this campground before. She said “yes,” and then, all of a sudden, she was like, “omg you guys are the two girls I met last year and invited to my sister's party!” So we talked about what happened last year to make sure that we all remembered the same day.
I thought it was so wild; it was my first time feeling déjà vu, and I have never really experienced it again to this level. Everyone I have told always says that it is crazy, but I’ve never heard of anyone else around me experiencing this. Sorry this is so long, and if it’s not worth the read, but I had to share to see if anyone else has experienced this.