[Marc]

Right bare with me guys, I'm not too sure how best to describe this.

But have you ever say; learned a new word or brought a t-shirt and then realised that so many other people are saying that word or are wearing that t-shirt after you've learned/brought it?

For example, I learnt what the word 'vignette' meant the other day and I have heard so many people say it since, when I had previously never heard it spoken before!

Another example is the word 'bespoke' I had only learnt what it meant late last year and I keep seeing it everywhere written in books, on signs and people keep saying it!

And another example, when I got my first car, which was a very rusty piece of poo (that I loved), I had never seen one before on the roads - or at least that's what I thought! But since driving it, I've seen so many on the road!

Obviously you like to think it's coincidence, but it can't be! It's as if your eyes are now open to these things and your mind accommodates/identifies these new things more often.

Has this ever happened to you? If so what with?