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