If you don't mind, could you share what were you guys talking about when this happened?
I've had this happen a few times and the one common thread between them was that at the time it happened, my outlook (or a friends outlook) on life
changed at that moment. For example, the last time this happened I was talking to a friend that had just gone through a terrible relationship. She
was depressed from having endured it to say the least. She didn't eat much, couldn't sleep and didn't enjoy doing the things she used to. One
night I went over to cheer her up. We started talking and somehow we worked through her issues and she broke free from her depression. It was a very
happy moment for the both of us.
A little while after we noticed the tv remote was missing. Before we had started the talk we had the tv on. She was sitting on the couch and I on a
recliner. I remember her turning the tv off and placing the remote next to her. We never moved from our spots during the talk nor after until we
went searching for the remote. Well we found the remote on the counter which was about 10 feet away from the couch! When we turned on the tv it was
also set on another channel from when we had turned it off. She was quite freaked out by this but eventually convinced herself that she must have put
it up there at some point even though I assured her she never did.
My experience may not be as strange as yours but they seem similar. I've had a few other experiences similar to this and they always leave me saying
"Well, that wasnt there before", or "That's different". Like I said it always happens when either I or someone around me changes their outlook
on life. Also, these experiences are differnt then deja vu because something is always different. With deja vu you're seeing something exactly as
you've "seen" it before.
I have a theory on why this happens which I may go into depending on your reply.