a missed-connection calculator

Parallel Lives

Before you met, you were already close. Tell us where you both lived, studied, danced and wandered — and watch the invisible string appear.

Find our string

follow the thread

An old legend says an invisible red thread ties together the people who are meant to meet.

It can stretch. It can tangle. It never breaks. Parallel Lives looks for the places where that thread pulled tight — the summer you were both in the same city, the concert you both went to, the street one of you walked years before the other.

Two lives Add the homes, schools, holidays and concerts of each person.

Same time We find every moment you were near each other without knowing.

One string A map of almost, ready to keep or share.

II.

Two lives, side by side

Add as many places as you remember. A whole city is fine, an exact school or venue is even better. Dates can be loose — “2015–2018”, “July 2018”, “summer 2016” or “31 May 2018”.

First person's name

Second person's name

III.

Where the string finally pulled you together

Optional. Near-misses after this day don't count — you were already together.

Where you met

When

Nothing is saved on our server. Your story lives only in this browser and in the links you choose to share.

IV.

The map of almost

Keep the string

Save your card for stories and posts, or send the private link to the other end of your string. The link holds everything — no account, nothing stored by us.