The way the fortune cookie crumbles

I've been blogging with three fabulous women for two years and have been enjoying all the fun topics we come up with week after week. If you want to see what we've discussed in the past, check out our posts here.

This week, Froggie chose the topic: This week is about fortune cookie fortunes. Do you have a fortune cookie fortune that came true? One you wish would come true? Do you think they are silly? Share your thoughts!

Before reading ahead, first see what everyone else had to say on this topic:
Froggie
Mom of Many
Moma Rock

This topic is perfect for me, given I used to work at a Chinese restaurant. I'd get to take home the broken fortune cookies at the end of the night and found some pretty funny fortunes from time to time. My favorite is "You will receive a fortune (cookie)." No joke!!!

When I was living in New Jersey, we always got take-out from the best Kosher Chinese restaurant (one of the few things I still miss about living there). One night, in early summer 2007, I received one that talked about increasing my family (or something along those lines) and on the back, it said "younger brother." (Most fortunes I get have a phrase that you can translate into Chinese.) Shortly after receiving that fortune, I found out I was pregnant with my younger son (whom I thought was a girl until the day he was born). What are the odds of that happening?!?

Another time, almost a year after we moved out here, my husband received an interesting fortune about luck being related to hard work, which was related to an ongoing discussion I've had with a close friend. I wrote a post about it at the time, which you can read here.

This past week, we went out for our usual pre-Pesach Chinese buffet dinner. The fortune I received afterward said: "You will travel to exotic places on your next trip." Given we just got back from a big trip, I have a feeling it will be a while. However, I hope this means that a trip to Hawaii is in order!