This Woman’s One Simple Tweet At A Bookstore Found Her The Love Of Her Life

June 7, 2018 twitter

You want romance that’s worthy of “The Notebook?” We have it.

Ifyou’ve ever hesitated to DM your Twitter crush, listen up: Victoriais total proof that slipping into someone’s DMs can actually result in marriage.

She fell in love with the man behind a Waterstones bookshop account in the UK.

Victoria said she was dared by a friend to go on a date with Jonathan O’Brien, and ended up taking a real liking to him.

It all started back in 2012, with this tweet:

well I’m in love with whoever is manning the @WstonesOxfordSt account. Be still my actual beating heart.

— Victoria (@VictoriaOB_) November 20, 2012

Then, on Sunday, she dropped this absolute bombshell:

Dear reader, I married him #noreally #yeahidunnohoweither pic.twitter.com/OKuosKzdJL

— Victoria (@VictoriaOB_) July 17, 2016

Victoria said, “It took a couple of months. Jonathan ignored my first tweet, but the second had a typo and he picked up on that.”

@JillMansell @WstonesOxfordSt @jeremyduns haha! It actually happened from a typo, he ignored my 1st tweet but caught the 2nd… I’d been

— Victoria (@VictoriaOB_) July 17, 2016

@JillMansell @jeremyduns dared to get a date with the ‘Oxford St guy’ and two months later it worked! Three years + one book later; married!

— Victoria (@VictoriaOB_) July 17, 2016

Everyone is loving this fairytale ending.

@VictoriaOB_ @JonathanOB_ Well from this random net stranger, CONGRATULATIONS!! Yr amazing story has blown me away and cheered me right up!

— Reuben Scratton (@ReubenH) July 17, 2016

@VictoriaOB_ GORGEOUS! Congratulations!!xx

— M. (@Melissa_Maria) July 17, 2016

@VictoriaOB_ @JonathanOB_ Not sure who either of you are, but Canada thinks this is brilliant! Have a happy life!

— TheThawedCanadian (@MgniM) July 17, 2016

Her new husband found the whole thing hilarious.

hahahaha https://t.co/0wuqzHd0WL

— Jonathan (@JonathanOB_) July 17, 2016

Then, he seized his moment of fame in the only way a book nerd knows:

in fact, while we’ve got a bit of limelight, now’s probably the best time to tell you all about chemtrails.

— Jonathan (@JonathanOB_) July 17, 2016

So, there you have it: a little bit of 20th-century love to thaw your icy cold heart on a Monday.

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