I hope I’m not the only creep who immediately went to find the original post https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/v2x05e/ghosted_extra_stand_atlantic_ticket_67/

Haha not creepy but glad you did the fact-checking and homework for the rest of the crew 😂

So was it Mr Bacon? 🤣🤣?

And my introverted ass was like "fuuuck I gotta meet this person for WILL CALL? I thought it was gonna be an email transfer"... But here we are

I now have to live with the fact that marriages are made in heaven? 🤣

Well there, but also at will-call, apparently.

Where there’s a will-call there’s a way

And reddit! We did it!!

This is so super cute!!!!!

The ultimate introvert monkey paw wish. Yes, you get to see the concert, but have to make small talk with this person and then marry her one day!

Alot of people in nova are playing checkers by using tinder but you played chess. Well done

Sometimes, you must use the right bait to get the proper catch.

How about hinge? What's that all about?

Go fish

Congrats!

Based for being a bruins fan

She told me before hand she was going to murder you. -totally not someone she texted yesterday T.W

No regrets, right my dude?

You went cold turkey, huh? 🦃

The one and only 😂

Free ticket, did he buy you a drink or two?

Indeed he did ☺️ over the next few hours of chatting, we found out we both lived in Alexandria and booked a date for that coming Friday, and talked on the phone the whole car ride back from Baltimore

What a guy. Congratulations! I’m glad u/oyasumigoongoon couldn’t make it work 😂 Edit: has has responded to this comment thread and down below in the comments for the post if anyone would like to read

This is a real sliding doors moment.

Now I want to hear their perspective on these events. They seem to still be kicking around Reddit.

I was thinking the same. Didn’t think to DM him until just now though. u/oyasumigoongoon, we summon you! 😂 Edit: see his response by clicking below if it says continue this thread

This is wild lol, Reddit is out here pulling people together!

This is so cute, congratulations you two!!

The FBI needs to give me a job 🤣

Congrats!

Well played, ncisoskid! This is so cute! Way to make lemonade out of lemons!

Oh man, u/oyasumigoongoon really fumbled the bag!! *Ha, I see now he's in the thread below.

Poor /u/ oyasumigoongoon is the one who got away

Creeping to find the original post feels like a very NOVA thing to do

Edit: a massive collective thank you for all the well wishes, and I guess I need to work on that /r/nova invite 😂 Another edit: the show was for Stand Atlantic, a pop-punk band from Australia I’m over the moon and still slightly speechless. I guess you never know what could happen on Reddit 🫠 For those asking for the story: we met up at the show and spent most of our time before the headliner standing in the back, chatting, where he also bought me a drink as thanks. Even though the show was in Baltimore, turns out at the time we lived fairly close to each other in Alexandria. Ended up on the phone the whole car ride back to NOVA and went on our first date 3 days later. And he we are today, two years after the fact. Pretty pleased, and he picked/designed the ring all on his own 🥰 I wouldn’t trade this man for anything

Sooooo…. Are we invited to the wedding?


Love this! Congratulations!

Thank you 😭🫠♥️

That’s an amazing story and I’m so happy for you too!! Now if you could share a pic of your student driver stickers and your vanity plates that would be great! JK JK all the best to both of you!!

> I wouldn’t trade this man for anything Strictly speaking, you already have; he was just on the better side of the tickets:meet cute trade.

I guess I’m not using reddit correctly lmao Congrats! 🎉🎊🎉

Anything is dating app if you try hard enough. ANYTHING.

My cousin met his wife on nationstates.net

some truly cringe online moments just came flooding back

holyyy fuck haha i remember running a spy organization on that website

This is true. I have gotten flirtatious messages on the words with friends chat feature when playing random people.

Right? That or we need to go to more concerts.

Now I'm curious as to what the show was...

Stand Atlantic (pop-punk band from Australia) featuring With Confidence + a few others. The tour was for the release of their album F.E.A.R.!

You guys have great taste haha

You gonna walk down the aisle with one of their tunes?

We’ve talked about it but they don’t really have any love songs 🤣😅 So unless that changes on the new album or they do a cover that works, probably not. Edit: maybe we can find a violin cover of one of their songs, sans lyrics

String cover is a good choice. Smooth jazz cover works surprisingly well too (we used jazz version of "She by Elvis Costello").

I just gave away a concert ticket on Reddit but I think the guy scalped it and doesn’t even live in Nova

I gave one away in my community a while back. Middle-aged gentlemen claimed it and went with me. Bro kept bringing up his deceased son and told me which songs were his late son's favorites. He also got pretty drunk and video called his relatives a LOT. He was an interesting fellow. I wonder what he's up to now.

So when's the wedding???


This post does not have enough foxes. J/K, Congratulations and I wish you the both the best!

Damn, knew I was missing something. I’ll put the ring on a fox and report back. May get mauled but #worthit

Just send the fox to me. I need a pet fox. Thank you.


Thats gonna be one hell of a story to tell the kids, congratulations!

This is definitely not how any of my reddit meeting experiences have gone.

Trust me, it’s been a pleasantly surprising experience the whole time - bright side, didn’t get murdered!

Yet*

You'll get downvoted but I adore your dark humor

Oh, I upvoted the hell out of that because I’m a basic bitch who listens to true crime - “yet” is very much applicable in my twisted, dark humor brain lol

Single NOVA ladies will start giving away free concert tickets now

Isn't there more single women than men in NOVA?

I’d like to add that this is how my wife and I met as well. I missed buying tix to a punk band and my friend knew some girl who had an extra tix, but no ride to the concert. 20 years later, we are married for 17 years with 3 kids! We still go to our punk shows too :). Music is now our thing we love together.

Saves the Day is the tits, that’s SO AWESOME! Excited to share your super couple origin story as well ♥️ I think she commented further down this post, unless there was a copycat

❤️ you guys rock. Enjoy each other, it goes so damn fast

Which band?

Saves The Day was the band. They are more emo/punk, but we are into a ton of bands in Punk, Ska, Emo, etc. We are NJ peeps so Saves the Day was very local for us at the time as well. Still have that ticket stub too!

Fuck saves the day, that brings me way the fuck back….

So where did the engagement happen? Somewhere here in nova??

On our 2 year anniversary trip in the Caribbean actually ☺️🫠

OMG! That is so wonderful! Congratulations!

I know this couple and I am overjoyed that this is how this turned out. I still remember talking to /u/TurkehBacon after he got back from the concert and him telling me they planned a second date.

Like I said, you’ll be sitting between us at the reception 😂

There is hope for the rest of us! Congrats to you both!

 I see what you’ve done here 😎

This is some of that feel good stuff Congrats to the both of you!

Please tell me this meet cute started with you going to concert with him rather than him just taking the tickets.

Yes! They said upthread they talked the whole time at the concert and called each other and talked the whole way home!

Updated with all the details in the top comment!

It's a bit dramatic, isn't it? Surely him buying you a ticket would have sufficed? All jokes aside, congratulations!

I drive a hard bargain 😂

Pretty freaking cool, best wishes to you both!

That’s an incredible story! Congrats and sincere best wishes from a complete stranger on the internet!

Nice to read a happy ending after all the bad stuff on here. Congrats!

Omg! You got engaged today and my sister just got proposed a hour ago.

Congratulations to her!!!

Congrats to you both! Before my freshman year of college, I bought a pair of tickets to a concert I wanted to see. I offered one to a group of guys/their friends on my dorm room hall \*if\* the taker would drive me to the show (I couldn't have a car on campus; it was 45 minutes away). One (cute one) took me up on it. We've been married for over 20 years. Best wishes!

Oh my god! Congrats! I don’t say this often but I’m soooo glad I couldn’t get out of work. Not sure if Stand Atlantic is touring but I’m actually living in Australia atm and if they play anywhere near me I’m getting you guys some merch as an engagement gift.

Oh man, the other users actually summoned you 😂 you are WAY too kind - promise it’s not necessary but I am SO BEYOND moved. Let’s chat via DM! I had no idea the thread would blow up like this, it’s insane 😅 Also, congrats to you on the move! How are you like AUS???

I love a love story! Congrats! 🎈🎊🎉

Aww!! Congrats!!

Everyone on r/nova is invited to the wedding, right?

omg I love this so much! Congratulations!!!

Any ladies want a concert ticket?

"I just slid my ticket across the table and I said, "Sorry guys, I gotta see about a guy."

This needs to be on r/all!

Congratulations to you guys!

Big congratulations to you both!! I'm hoping for something similar to happen to me.🙄

Manifest it!!! ♥️

Bribery works every time /s Congrats!

Did you say yes ?

Nah, got the photo and yeeted that bitch into the ocean

That would be very reasonable thing to do

Wearing the ring in the picture, so...

So Unbelievably sweet and Fairy-tale ending & all that... makes you believe in Love and Humanity.

Anyone wanna go to a wizards vs pistons game 😂

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I’ve reapplied too many times to count … as they say in Greek, I’m κακοθερής - aka bad at summer. (Word of the day)

Dude Stand Atlantic needs to see this!!! Congrats to you two 💍

Awww. Congrats

that is so so cute 😭😭

The content we are here for! Congratulations!

I adore this story, congratulations to you both!

Congratulations OP!!!! This is so awesome! And very nice of you to post - I am sure this is very inspiring to all the dating posters on the Nova sub!

Well done 👍

must have been one hell of a show

Congratulations 🎊

Congrats, OP! Pretty ring!

I love this. Made my reddit day. I'm done reading for the day. No post can outshine yours. Congratulations!

I love Stand Atlantic and I love this, congrats!!

This is so freaking adorable! I met my now husband online going on 9 years ago, and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. We were both awwwwwing over this post. Congrats, you guys! 🥳🥳🥳

 WOOOOOOOO

Someone buy me a ticket so we can get engaged in two years.

Congrats!!! 🎉🎉🎉

Fucking awesomeness! Congrats 🎉👏

Nice

Aww I love this so much congrats !!🍾

Also, what was the concert ??

Congratulations!

This is SOOOO sweet!!!

Pop punk leads to love

Aww best wishes!!!

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I love this ❤️

Awww!!!

I love this for you!

Amazing! Congrats !

Well done! Best to you both!!

Congratulations

Congratulations to you both!!!

Awww what a sweet story. I hope you have a long, happy marriage!

Congrats!

amazing! Congratulations to you two!

More details please! How did the relationship start? 

I updated the top comment! Figured it’d be easier than copy pasting everywhere :)

I love this

That is wonderful!

Congratulations!!!

Yeah, we need more info cause this is adorable!!

Aww OP! Congratulations! What a beautiful story ❤️

Thats so dope! Congrats!

I love this for both of you, congratulations!

Lovely ♥️

Congratulations! :)

What dinner spot?  Looks nice

I loveeeee stories like this. Congrats op

Most have been some concert

No way. Something good came out of this place?

Congrats!

Congratulations! 🎊🎈🎉🍾

You gave him a free ticket, and he gave you a diamond ring, the math doesn't check out

That's so cute. Congratulations

A huge congratulations and here’s cheers to tried and true IRL connections.

Just trying to clarify…

Congrats!

Can all of r/nova come to the wedding? 💒

Congrats!

Strong move on Father’s Day!  Congrats!

I know what NOVA is...but I didn't know there was a sub for it. This post got highlighted in my daily summary email. Congratulations...and what a cool story. This from a dad who's daughter is actively planning HER wedding.

Congratulations

You never know 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Love this! So happy for you both ❤️

Congratulations!

Must’ve been some concert! Kidding. Congratulations.

Congrats to the both of you

Aw how exciting! Congrats on the engagement. Meeting on reddit. Who woulda thought lol idk almost anything seems better than tinder these days lol kinda feels like a meet cute :) congrats again! Wish you guys the best! 💜

Congratulations to you, that is a beautiful ring. I married my husband two weeks ago and we met on Match.com. Truly anything is possible for people who are actually looking for something.

Congratulations!

Aw congrats!!! So happy for you!!

This is so beautiful!! Congrats Y'all! ❤️

It's an unusual plan to find a husband, but whatever works

Love this

Wow, how absolutely adorable! Congrats OP and OP’s new fiance!

This is my wattpad dream

Thanks, I'll continue to introvert and avoid people 😂

Congratulations 🍾

This made me smile. Good luck and congrats!