This woman went on Twitter looking for a wedding date and instead found her husband

The INSIDER Summary:

• A woman shared the story of finding her husband through Twitter. 
• She tweeted in 2014 looking for a wedding date and her now-husband responded. 
• They didn't actually attend the wedding together, but three years to the date of the initial tweet, the two tied the knot. 

A woman is melting hearts everywhere after sharing the digital love story of finding her now-husband thanks to a single tweet. 

Llia Apostolou tweeted in 2014 that she needed help with a predicament that many find themselves in: She needed a date to a wedding and she had no one to go with. 

"Are you a man? Can I borrow you for a wedding next weekend?" Apostolou asked. "Bonus points if you can source a baby that I can pretend is mine, too."

A man named Phil Gibson replied to her tweet offering to take her, and the two proceeded to exchange witty tweets back and forth. "I can do this, I've got a suit and everything!" he chimed in.

The exchange didn't drum up too much attention at the time, but three years to the day of the initial tweet, Apostolou had some good news to share. 

 "Almost exactly three years later, I can say ... Reader, I married him," she tweeted.

Apostolou clarified that while she did not actually take Gibson up on his offer to accompany her to the wedding — she noted that her sister would probably not appreciate her bringing a complete stranger from the internet to her wedding — she and Gibson met up shortly after. 

Apostolou said that her initial wish to marry Gibson was a joke, and that it still blows her mind that the two actually did it. 

So, there's a lesson here kids — don't be afraid to shoot your digital shot. You just may find yourself at the alter IRL with your Twitter crush. 

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