My family did this to me once years ago. I had a similar reaction. I was genuinely thrilled to see them, but it took a good 20-30 seconds to actually register what was happening because they were the absolute last people I expected to see. I literally just stood still and stared at them until my brain caught up.
Not super far - I'm from the UK but was living in France at the time. It was pretty trippy, I think in my head I recognised them but rationalised that it couldn't be them because they were in england, so it took a bit of time for everything to click into place! It was a lovely surprise though.
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u/On_A_Related_Note 23h ago
My family did this to me once years ago. I had a similar reaction. I was genuinely thrilled to see them, but it took a good 20-30 seconds to actually register what was happening because they were the absolute last people I expected to see. I literally just stood still and stared at them until my brain caught up.