Dating and social media have been synonymous for years. Think about all the times you entered AOL chat rooms against your parent’s advisory and got hit with the A/S/L line. Or, when we were all on MySpace cruising through stranger’s profiles. Time flies when you’re trying to find perspective love interests on social media, am I right? It seems as though when we talk about our “love interests” on social media, there’s a .1% chance it’ll really go anywhere, especially when your love interest is semi-well known. But for Torey Stachowicz, it’s as though the social media Gods were looking out for her.
Torey Stachowicz, according to Mashable, is a personal trainer in Cleveland, Ohio, with a specific love interest with a local sportswriter. She tweeted in 2014 to the writer, Ben Axelrod, that she truly wanted to go on a date with him. Thinking nothing would really happen, she probably forgot about it–never thinking he would answer.
https://twitter.com/toreydanae/status/540373303752273920
But, surprisingly, a few hours later, he simply replied: you buying?
@toreydanae you buying?
— Ben Axelrod (@BenAxelrod) December 4, 2014
Not waiting too long (get it girl), she responded yes, at his favorite place, too.
https://twitter.com/toreydanae/status/540473614232207360
Ben cleverly responded that she could pick, as long as the place had chicken fingers.
@toreydanae nah, if you're buying, you can pick. Just make sure they have chicken fingers.
— Ben Axelrod (@BenAxelrod) December 4, 2014
The rest…well, it seems is history. We don’t know what happened in the four-year gap of Torey and Ben’s relationship, other than that it went extremely well because four years later, Ben tweeted:
I want to marry @toreydanae https://t.co/gJxNBqyTNY
— Ben Axelrod (@BenAxelrod) February 11, 2018
Along with an adorable photo to match.
I bent the knee. She said yes! pic.twitter.com/nVwPHtpxOx
— Ben Axelrod (@BenAxelrod) February 11, 2018
And, Torey was clearly stoked.
https://twitter.com/toreydanae/status/962692534962130944
And, strangers on Twitter were extremely excited for them, too.
https://twitter.com/sumolincoln/status/962766075271069696
So smooth pic.twitter.com/ATGgh7oiwX
— Paul Riley (@Riles400) February 11, 2018
Twitter love story ❤️
— Piper (@resist_sister) February 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/ferociousfuz/status/962739692646158338
https://twitter.com/msmeganl/status/962903760841445377
https://twitter.com/lauraevf1968/status/963082715003154432
Will there be chicken fingers at the wedding?
— jenjen (@Yankeejen1) February 12, 2018
https://twitter.com/Carmen87825114/status/962990545126805504
https://twitter.com/bonocarmiol/status/962929404446994432