Weddings

<p>Dating can get discouraging, but this <a href="https://www.someecards.com/love/weddings/wedding-ruined-horror-stories/">modern day love story</a> of two people meeting online will give you hope. And no, they didn&#39;t meet on Tinder or OkCupid&mdash;they met on good ol&#39; Twitter. Maybe you&#39;re just lookin&#39; for love in all the wrong places.</p><p>Back in July 2014, a woman named Llia Apostolou <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/celebrities/kim-kardashian-twitter-puppy-name-baby-jesus/">turned to Twitter</a> to find date to her <a href="https://www.someecards.com/love/weddings/bridesmaid-dresses-100-years/">sister&#39;s wedding</a>.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Are you a man? Can I borrow you for a wedding next weekend? Bonus points if you can source a baby that I can pretend is mine too.</p>&mdash; Llia Apostolou (@Llia) <a href="https://twitter.com/Llia/status/485917486807003136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Her post caught the eye of a man named Phil Gibson, whom Llia had never met before. Gibson volunteered to attend the wedding as Llia&#39;s date.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Llia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Llia</a> I can do this, I&#39;ve got a suit and everything!</p>&mdash; Guybrush Tweetgood (@philgibson01) <a href="https://twitter.com/philgibson01/status/485921219028742144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The two proceeded to have a very adorable (and rather flirty) casual exchange.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/philgibson01?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@philgibson01</a> See you at the altar.</p>&mdash; Llia Apostolou (@Llia) <a href="https://twitter.com/Llia/status/485924627714437120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Llia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Llia</a> It&#39;s a date! Just a date though, right?</p>&mdash; Guybrush Tweetgood (@philgibson01) <a href="https://twitter.com/philgibson01/status/485925518127423489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/philgibson01?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@philgibson01</a> is this how internet dating works?</p>&mdash; Llia Apostolou (@Llia) <a href="https://twitter.com/Llia/status/485927241399156741?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Llia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Llia</a> My Grandma already wants to meet you.</p>&mdash; Guybrush Tweetgood (@philgibson01) <a href="https://twitter.com/philgibson01/status/485928040070131713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Like <em>really </em>flirty ;) ;) ;)</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/philgibson01?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@philgibson01</a> that&#39;s nice and all, but I didn&#39;t invite her to my wedding. No, wait, THE wedding. Slip of the tongue.</p>&mdash; Llia Apostolou (@Llia) <a href="https://twitter.com/Llia/status/485930031756369920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 6, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Now, if you are thinking that the two then attended Lila&#39;s sister&#39;s wedding together and fell in love, you would be wrong. In fact, Apostolou clarified that Gibson did not go as her date to her sister&#39;s wedding after all, but the two agreed to meet up for the first time later in the week.</p><p>Cut to three years later, and here are Llia and Phil now:</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Did it! Here&#39;s me and my wife <a href="https://twitter.com/Llia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Llia</a> on the way back from the registry office. <a href="https://t.co/Q117Rx1XE2">pic.twitter.com/Q117Rx1XE2</a></p>&mdash; Guybrush Tweetgood (@philgibson01) <a href="https://twitter.com/philgibson01/status/882102359249362948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Yep, after prophesying their own wedding on Twitter a few years before, the two got hitched almost three years to the day of their first interaction.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Almost exactly three years later, I can say... Reader, I married him. 😎 <a href="https://t.co/4Gldzbbsw2">https://t.co/4Gldzbbsw2</a></p>&mdash; Llia Apostolou (@Llia) <a href="https://twitter.com/Llia/status/882572340357468161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 5, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Now that will be a fun story to tweet to their grandkids some day.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Woman asked Twitter for a wedding date, ended up with a husband instead.

Dating can get discouraging, but this modern day love story of two people meeting online will give you hope. And no, they didn&#39;t meet on Tinder or OkCupid&mdash;they met on good ol&#39; Twitter. Maybe you&#39;re just lookin&#39; for love in all the wrong places.Back in July 2014, a woman named Llia Apostolou turned to Twitter to find date to her sister&#39;s wedding.Are you a man? Can I borrow you for a wedding next weekend? Bonus points if you can source a baby that I can pretend is mine too.&mdash; Llia Apostolou (@Llia) July 6, 2014 Her post caught the eye of a man named Phil Gibson, whom Llia had never met before. Gibson volunteered to attend the wedding as Llia&#39;s date.@Llia I can do this, I&#39;ve got a suit and everything!&mdash; Guybrush Tweetgood (@philgibson01) July 6, 2014 The two proceeded to have a very adorable (and rather flirty) casual exchange.@philgibson01 See you at the altar.&mdash; Llia Apostolou (@Llia) July 6, 2014 @Llia It&#39;s a date! Just a date though, right?&mdash; Guybrush Tweetgood (@philgibson01) July 6, 2014 @philgibson01 is this how internet dating works?&mdash; Llia Apostolou (@Llia) July 6, 2014 @Llia My Grandma already wants to meet you.&mdash; Guybrush Tweetgood (@philgibson01) July 6, 2014 Like really flirty ;) ;) ;)@philgibson01 that&#39;s nice and all, but I didn&#39;t invite her to my wedding. No, wait, THE wedding. Slip of the tongue.&mdash; Llia Apostolou (@Llia) July 6, 2014 Now, if you are thinking that the two then attended Lila&#39;s sister&#39;s wedding together and fell in love, you would be wrong. In fact, Apostolou clarified that Gibson did not go as her date to her sister&#39;s wedding after all, but the two agreed to meet up for the first time later in the week.Cut to three years later, and here are Llia and Phil now:Did it! Here&#39;s me and my wife @Llia on the way back from the registry office. pic.twitter.com/Q117Rx1XE2&mdash; Guybrush Tweetgood (@philgibson01) July 4, 2017 Yep, after prophesying their own wedding on Twitter a few years before, the two got hitched almost three years to the day of their first interaction.Almost exactly three years later, I can say... Reader, I married him. 😎 https://t.co/4Gldzbbsw2&mdash; Llia Apostolou (@Llia) July 5, 2017 Now that will be a fun story to tweet to their grandkids some day.

Couple who bonded over weddings on Twitter wed in real life.