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Even more off topic, but a somewhat amusing Matt Doherty story (at least

to me).

My wife is a UNC grad and back in late 2005 she was at the Ft Lauderdale Airport waiting for a flight when she saw Matt Doherty also waiting for the flight (he was the coach of FAU in Boca Raton at the time). So she struck up a conversation with him and they chatted for a while. During the conversation he asked if she had any kids and my wife, who had JUST found out she was pregnant -- like that Sunday, and this was a monday morning flight -- told him that she was pregnant (just without really thinking, and knowing she'd likely never see him again). This was such breaking news that we hadn't even told our parents yet. When she relayed the story to me, I said "Wait, so the first person to know about your pregnancy is ..... Matt Doherty???". So we laugh that the people who found out about my wife's pregnancy in order were me --> Matt Doherty --> my wife's parents --> my parents.

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Posted: 10/17/2017 at 12:14PM

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