I was in seat 9. Jonah in 8. Although the tickets we held were reversed.
Which might not seem like a big deal, except that one time before we were married, I went to a Mets game with Kathy and her brothers Tom and Jim. Kathy and Jim had sat in each other's seats, when the Mets announced the winner of a $500 gift certificate from a jewelry store in Staten Island was sitting in seat......Kathy's seat! But Jim's ticket! They squabbled like siblings for a bit, then agreed to split it.
Later, Jim bought his then-girlfriend (and future ex-girlfriend) a necklace or something. Kathy bought her then-boyfriend (and future husband), um, nothing. And bought herself a watch. That she later lost. Hah.
Mets lost, too. (Tonight, that is. Don't remember much about 1987.)
Well, this is a good story, with a good compromise. If I remember right, at least part of the squabbling was each saying the other should get the $500. Jim actually spent over $100 of his $250 on jewelry for his Mom (Emma's Grandmother)!
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