A Filipino couple is the new talk of the town!
On January 30, X (Twitter) user @badmaloi posted a photo of a red hardbound book. Many Filipinos easily recognized it as the most common design of thesis projects in the Philippines.
The book, however, was not anything related to academics.
OH MY GOD, GUYS????? MY GIRLFRIEND MADE ME A THESIS FOR OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY?
— @badmaloi
TANGINA NIYO MGA TEH????? GINAWAN AKO NG THESIS NG JOWA KO FOR OUR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY??????? pic.twitter.com/okPEvByzty
— ezie. (@badmaloi) January 30, 2024
The couple, Beatrize and Christine, were celebrating one year of their love. A reflection of this was captured in the pages of the book.
A Year, For Real? A Case Study On The Unwavering 12-Month Relationship Of Beatrize And Christine For The Year 2023. 2023 As Women To Women Lovers
A Thesis Submitted To The Faculty Of The Sapphic Community
University Of Women Love Women UniversityIn Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The First Year Anniversary
— Thesis
The thesis design was not just for show. The Filipina later shared an image of the second chapter of the paper, the review of related literature, which was filled with actual studies on same-sex relationships.
slaying those rrls https://t.co/IwDeh1o922 pic.twitter.com/9AQYfUdJ7J
— ezie. (@badmaloi) January 31, 2024
Amazingly, it turned out that the original poster also gave the same type of gift to her partner! She joked that her girlfriend’s looked better simply because of the “prettier binding.”
The way our gifts are the same though…but okay, she has the prettier binding.
— @badmaloi
Needless to say, the story of their high-effort anniversary gift went viral! The post itself already garnered 37,000 likes and was viewed over 2.8 million times. Netizens were amazed at their show of commitment towards one another and hoped that this, too, could be them one day.
as a gift giving + words of affirmation girlie dream ko talaga 2 https://t.co/HXkUQO5Q4y pic.twitter.com/oiG1Fg6pRg
— n! (@seilour) January 31, 2024
ang cuteeee 🥹🫶
— banter 🎧 (@banter_po) January 30, 2024
They were also not surprised that it was a lesbian couple behind the thoughtful idea.
was in so much disbelief i had to zoom in and ofc only a woman would do this like i refused to believe a man did this https://t.co/hGv8HqwlM7
— earth angel (@babyfIav) January 31, 2024
"SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE SAPPHIC COMMUNITY" 😭😭😭 https://t.co/Vo6VEHZVpg pic.twitter.com/6566SdAzxq
— yves 🍉 (@WATSONH0LMES) January 31, 2024
