Woman's public appeal for wedding date takes incredibly romantic twist two years later
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It sounds like a plot straight out of The Wedding Date, but a woman managed to find her future husband after issuing an appeal for a stranger to accompany her to somebody else's nuptials.
In 2015 Madison O'Neill sent a random tweet, probably thinking there was a chance somebody might reply to her - but it was most likely a bit of fun.
She wrote: "So hmu (hit me up) if you wanna be my date to a wedding tomorrow" complete with lots of smiley faces.
Her appeal didn't exactly go viral, receiving just one retweet and two likes.
But she did get a response five hours later: a direct message from Chuck Dohrmann, who wrote: "Dude I'll be your date to a wedding! When is it?"
(Image: @MaddieJo_13/Twitter)
The pair had a brief conversation about what time the wedding started the next day and Chuck very happily said: "Well if you still need a date count me in!"
It was a conversation that would change both of their lives. Madison revealed on Twitter three days ago that the pair are now engaged.
She shared the screengrabs of her tweet and their first conversation, along with a photograph of him proposing and a lovely snap of the happy couple.
(Image: @MaddieJo_13/Twitter)
Madison wrote: "Crazy how things work out."
Two years after Chuck offered to accompany her to a wedding, he asked her to have a wedding of their own.
But the pair weren't exactly strangers before he got in touch on Twitter.
Madison confessed: "We went to the same high school but he was a grade older and I always thought he was obnoxious but we didn't actually know each other."
(Image: @MaddieJo_13/Twitter)
Some people were confused by her tweet, with one replying: "Proposing to someone at a wedding is disrespectful to the couple getting married."
Madison snapped back: "Good thing he proposed 2 years AFTER the wedding," along with an eyeroll emoji.
Her tweet has proven much more popular than her appeal for a wedding date two years ago, racking up more than 96,000 retweets and 476,000 'likes'.
Hopefully Chuck and Madison will post more pictures when they finally tie the knot.
Who knows? Maybe their guests will need wedding dates...
Congratulations to the happy couple.