This brilliant thread went viral because it’s the most extraordinary romance story you’ll ever read
There’s only one thread people are talking about today and it’s this by @sixthformpoet on Twitter which, as you’ll see, has gone madly viral because it’s so beautiful and extraordinary.
It twists, and then it twists again, and the ending, well, have a read for yourself.
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My dad died. Classic start to a funny story. He was buried in a small village in Sussex. I was really close to my dad so I visited his grave a lot. I still do. [DON’T WORRY, IT GETS FUNNIER.]
— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
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I always took flowers and my mum visited a lot and she always took flowers and my grandparents were still alive then and they always took flowers. My dad’s grave frequently resembled a solid third place at the Chelsea Flower Show.
— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
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Nice but I felt bad for the guy buried next to my dad. He NEVER had flowers. Died on Christmas Day aged 37, no one left him flowers and now there’s a pop-up florist in the grave next door. So I started buying him flowers. I STARTED BUYING FLOWERS FOR A DECEASED MAN I’D NEVER MET.
— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
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I did this for quite some time, but I never mentioned it to anyone. It was a little private joke with myself, I was making the world a better place one bunch of flowers at a time. I know it sounds weird but I came to think of him as a friend.
— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
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I wondered if there was a hidden connection between us, something secretly drawing me to him. Maybe we went to the same school, played for the same football club or whatever. So I googled his name, and ten seconds later I found him.
— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
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His wife didn’t leave him flowers BECAUSE HE’D MURDERED HER. ON CHRISTMAS DAY. After he murdered his wife, he murdered her parents too. And after that he jumped in front of the only train going through Balcombe tunnel that Christmas night.
— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
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THAT was why no one ever left him flowers. No one except me, of course. I left him flowers. I left him flowers every couple of weeks. Every couple of weeks FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
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I felt terrible for his wife and her parents. Now, I wasn’t going to leave them flowers every couple of weeks for two and a half years but I did feel like I owed them some sort of apology.
— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
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I found out where they were buried, bought flowers and drove to the cemetery. As I was standing at their graves mumbling apologies, a woman appeared behind me. She wanted to know who I was and why I was leaving flowers for her aunt and grandparents. AWKWARD.
— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
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I explained and she said ok that’s weird but quite sweet. I said thanks, yes it is a bit weird and oh god I ASKED HER OUT FOR A DRINK. Incredibly, she said yes. Two years later she said yes again when I asked her to marry me because that is how I met my wife.
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— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
And here are just a few of the things people were saying about it.
This is a brilliant Netflix series of a thread… https://t.co/NO995q21Tn
— Richard Osman (@richardosman) June 9, 2019
THIS IS A FILM. MAKE THIS A FILM
— Rafael Schacter (@RafaelSchacter) June 9, 2019
Not a fan of ‘threads’, which are usually an excuse for self-indulgent waffle. But this is one of the most extraordinary romance stories I’ve ever read…. https://t.co/tUiTAGkWJa
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 9, 2019
This has to be a contender for the greatest “how I met my wife” story
— Lady Janie Geek (@LadyJanieGeek) June 9, 2019
Do anything at all you want today but before you do, this thread. https://t.co/jURKeJ9pZi
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 9, 2019
This is the best thing I’ve heard in a long while. My husband is terminally ill and I read this allowed to him and he loved it too. It’s wonderful how love can come out of a sad and weird thing. Congratulations to you both x
— Hannah (@mrs_h_allen) June 9, 2019
And amazingly, it didn’t end there, because he started up a whole new (but related) thread.
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We had two children and last year they said they wanted to go to Disneyland. We saved up and booked it but rather than say sure you want to go to Disneyland let’s go to Disneyland, we decided to make them earn it. I told them they needed to raise £3,000.
— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
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Every time they did something good, I’d add £10. Every time they were naughty, I’d take £10 away. £3,000 and we’d go to Disneyland IMMEDIATELY so if they did ten good things a day without being naughty they could go in a month. Easy.
— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
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Suddenly they were PERFECT children. I’d get home from work and they’d be all how was your day, can we take your coat? I’d say this is nice oh right wait I get it, sure add ten pounds and they’d say ten pounds is that all – we said hi, took your coat – SURE OK ADD SIXTY POUNDS.
— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
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The day before we were due to go, they were on £2,950. We were playing frisbee in the park and it landed next to a homeless guy. We went over and said hello. His name was John and he was an artist and he did a VERY AMUSING Kermit The Frog impression.
— sixthformpoet (@sixthformpoet) June 9, 2019
