This Woman Asked for a Wedding Date Via Twitter and Married the Man Three Years Later
A woman who was looking for a plus one to a wedding through social media is now married to the man who responded, almost exactly three years later.
Llia Apostolou sent out a tweet looking for a date to her sister’s nuptials on June 6, 2014. “Are you a man? Can I borrow you for a wedding next week? Bonus points if you can source a baby that I can pretend is mine too,” she hilariously wrote. To which a man named Phil Gibson immediately replied.
@Llia I can do this, I've got a suit and everything!
— Phil Gibson (@philgibson01) July 6, 2014
The eager response seemed to quickly catch Apostolou’s attention, which incited an ongoing — and flirty — thread. The two went from chatting about the wedding, to discussing meeting Gibson’s grandmother. And while it was all fun and games at the time, it turned out to be quite telling of their true future.
@Llia It's a date! Just a date though, right?
— Phil Gibson (@philgibson01) July 6, 2014
@Llia My Grandma already wants to meet you.
— Phil Gibson (@philgibson01) July 6, 2014
@philgibson01 that's nice and all, but I didn't invite her to my wedding. No, wait, THE wedding. Slip of the tongue.
— Llia Apostolou (@Llia) July 6, 2014
Coincidentally enough, Apostolou did end up discussing her own wedding with Gibson, as he later became her fiancé and now husband. The initial announcement came on Tuesday, via Twitter of course, when Gibson posted a photo of the two after filing their wedding license.
Did it! Here's me and my wife @Llia on the way back from the registry office. pic.twitter.com/Q117Rx1XE2
— Phil Gibson (@philgibson01) July 4, 2017
On Wednesday, Apostolou followed up with a tweet of her own to announce the exciting and ironic news. She sweetly re-tweeted the thread of her and Gibson’s original conversation, so people could see where it truly all began.
Almost exactly three years later, I can say… Reader, I married him. https://t.co/4Gldzbbsw2
— Llia Apostolou (@Llia) July 5, 2017
The tweet, which has garnered over 51,000 likes, reflects a storyline she admits to dreaming about since their first online encounter. But never had she believed that it would actually happen.
But still – I jokingly wished to marry him, having not even met him, and it happened. Still blows my mind.
— Llia Apostolou (@Llia) July 5, 2017
The announcement tweets have been met with many congratulations, aside from one skeptic who’s wondering if this love story is too good to be true.
Oh, it's true! Getting married for a prank would be a little excessive!
— Llia Apostolou (@Llia) July 5, 2017
Twitter is a magical place pic.twitter.com/BW5KHML6ni
— Ouissal (@_ouissal_) July 6, 2017
I AM SO HAPPY I AM REALLY SHOUTING ON THE INTERNET XXXXXXXX
— Anna Rafferty (@raffers) July 5, 2017
Is this real life? Stuff like this happens for real? Really? For real?
PS: Congratulations to you both! Wish you the best of everything!
— Santosh Rao (@hsotnas) July 5, 2017
— Saleena (@Saleeeeena) July 6, 2017
As for the couple, they are off enjoying their honeymoon – which they gave a sneak peek of on their forever favorite social network.
This will do. pic.twitter.com/E7SU1YrZ3a
— Llia Apostolou (@Llia) July 6, 2017
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