Not always should your respond to friend’s requests from strangers on social media. Especially if you are a female it becomes even dicier to do so. But!! In some rare cases, a sudden meeting with a stranger may deliver positive results as Rebecca Luff 18 found out to her surprise. When this teen accepts a Facebook friend it changes her life forever.
When Rebecca Luff and Michael Young 25 from Adelaide Australia, met on Facebook, The meeting would change their loves and all because of one friend’s request.
A Facebook friend request made a huge difference in the case of Rebecca Luff and Michael Young. Two years back Rebecca decided to accept Michael’s friend request on Facebook. This led to some friendly conversations which graduated to Skype chats online. In December 2015, their relationship became official.
After a year in December 2016, Michael decided to meet Rebecca and so he travelled to Plymouth where they spent 3 weeks together. They even went to Amsterdam for a break. Upon meeting with Michael, Rebecca would recall “When we first started talking, I never thought it would be this serious. Nobody took us seriously for a long time; I think everyone thought it was all a bit bizarre.”
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When it was time for Michael to depart, Rebecca was deeply saddened in seeing him off at the airport. She wondered if she would get to see him again. It was on 3rd of October that Michael; and Rebecca last met and they would continue their online dating. Rebecca now has plans of visiting Michael in July when she will be travelling to Australia. It seems when this teen accepted a Facebook friend, she never realized how far the relationship would grow.
Rebecca says “I’m so excited to finally be able to go and visit the places he regularly tells me about, and of course finally get to meet his family and friends properly. It’s strange because I already feel like I know them, we’re Facebook friends and I regularly speak to them when we’re on Skype to each other.
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Rebecca has even grown close to Michael’s family where his Nan will allow Rebecca to use her car to travel around while Michael is at work. Michael’s family is extremely supportive and Rebecca hopes to see Bondi beach soon which is on her wish list.
Although the couple realizes that one of them will have to move across the globe to be together, it doesn’t really worry them as they know they will be happy together. According to Rebecca, added: "It sounds incredibly cheesy, but if it's meant to be we will find a way to make it work”. This teen accepted a Facebook friend and it turned out a beautiful love story proving not always are strangers bad on social media.
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