A 21-year-old college student shared a “sweet gesture” done by her boyfriend on social media.
But, she never thought that this was the kind of reaction she will get from people.
“I was shocked with the online reaction,” Ball State University student Abigail Gibson told BuzzFeed News. “I didn’t think the tweet would get so much backlash.”
Abigail said one of her closest friends, Stephanie, got cheated by her boyfriend and was going through a through time. When Abigail’s boyfriend, Max Kupfer, 21, came to know about Stephanie’s situation, asked Abigail if she’d feel OK if he bought Stephanie flowers to cheer her up.
Abigail spent a night with Stephanie to make her relax, Max “messaged me and asked if buying her flowers would be creepy,” she said.
“I didn’t think it would come off creepy or overstepping, especially since they’re close friends,” she said.
She said, that Stephanie’s boyfriend buys her flowers every single day.
“I wanted to cheer her up and do something nice for her and show her not all guys are so shi**y,” Max told BuzzFeed News.
So he surprised Stephanie with flowers that evening.
Stephanie was so “surprised” by his gesture that “it almost made her cry.”
“It made my day better knowing I had people around me who cared for and supported, me so much,” she added. “I appreciated the gesture.”
You thought wow, Good, great, everyone’s happy, right? No, it’s not a happy ending.
Social media users saw the gesture and came out with a different opinion.
Abigail shared the moment on Twitter, and wrote, “He knows if he’s dating me, he’s dating my friends,” people raised an eyebrow to it.
“Yeah my bf will not be giving my best friend flowers,” wrote a user, whose tweet has now been retweeted over 16,000 times.
“That’s sweet, but who’s gonna buy you flowers when they end up smashing?” someone else joked.
“This is the dumbest sh*t I’ve ever seen,” someone even wrote.
Some people defend Max’s gesture and supported Abigail.
“If your friendships are healthy and your relationship is healthy you would understand the pure love in this,” one person responded.
Abigail was surprised to see the responses from strangers online. She thinks her tweet was “misinterpreted.”
“I meant it more as a metaphor…my friends are his friends,” she said of the uproar to her suggestion that her boyfriend also “dates” her friends.
Nothing matters if Abigail is happy, and her friend is happy.
“Max has a heart of gold and he cares about the people I keep close to me,” she said, “which is everything I could ask for in a boyfriend.”
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