If that's the case, Irish, then you believe in fate.

I remember how I met my current girlfriend of almost 11 years after getting up from a blackjack table in Atlantic City and wandering around the casino, where i found her having a drink.

Was it "fate" that made me get up at the exact time that I did? She was about to leave, so the timing was perfect. Another minute or two at the blackjack table and I would've missed her.

Or was it my "destiny" - was it "fate" - that caused us to meet?

Would we have met at some other time and place if not then and there?

If I hadn't gotten up from the table at that exact minute, the last 11 years of my life might've - probably would've - been completely different.

Was there a mysterious force over which I had no control that made me get up and start wandering around when I did, or was it just dumb luck?