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propinquity-noun  [proh-ping-kwi-tee]
1. nearness in place; proximity.
2. nearness of relation; kinship.
3. affinity of nature; similarity.
4. nearness in time.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/propinquity

Their propinquity didn't matter at all, since they had no idea that the other was there.
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