No trabalho, num casamento, num campeonato de karaoke. Todas as pessoas, até as que dizem ser avessas ao romantismo, gostam de uma boa história de amor e não resistem a saber como um casal se conheceu. Talvez por acreditarem que, eventualmente, lhes vai acontecer o mesmo.

Foi a pensar nisso que, há cerca de duas semanas, Brooklyn Sherman, de 27 anos, criou uma conta de Instagram intitulada “The Way We Met” — em português, “como nos conhecemos” –, que conta como começaram várias histórias de amor. A norte-americana pediu a casais felizes que contassem como se conheceram e até à data já partilhou mais de 40 finais felizes, numa conta que já ultrapassa os 90 mil seguidores.

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"We met in high school. I'm a year older than him but we both played on the soccer team. One day his toe fell off. No literally, mid-soccer game he broke his big toe and it was hanging on by a thin piece of skin. He was cringing and screaming. Stuff like that doesn't bother me so I sat by his side until his family came and took him to the hospital. For the next 4 years we were best friends. Last year, I got into a horrible car accident and became paralyzed from the waist down. I was in the hospital for 7 months and he drove 6 hours every weekend to sit next to me and hold my hand as I slept. That was it. I loved him, and I think he always loved me too. The minute I was out of the hospital he officially asked me to be his girlfriend, wheelchair and all. It's been a year now, and I know I found my soulmate."

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Ao Good Morning America, Brooklyn disse que “as pessoas amam falar sobre amor”, acrescentando que “estas histórias dão esperança a quem não está numa relação, de que vai encontrar alguém”. Este Instagram romântico mostra ainda que o amor pode ser encontrado em vários lugares e todos os dias, com histórias que não estão confinados a um tempo ou local específicos.

Se anda é descrente no amor ou se adora um bom final feliz, pode ser que esta história com uma relação de 58 anos lhe abra o apetite para seguir aquela que já é uma das contas mais românticas das redes sociais:

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"We worked at the same company. She was in the key punch department (they don't have those anymore) and I was in the blueprint department, so our paths would cross. I took her out to lunch at the cafeteria, and wouldn't you know it, I didn't have any money on me so she had to pay! The rest is history. I've been paying ever since, gladly. We've been married for over 58 years."

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