Rebecca
Luff, 18, didn't know her life was about to be turned upside down when she
accepted Michael Young's request two years ago
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Facebook friend requests can be annoying - but for one teenager it turned her
whole life upside down.
Rebecca
Luff, 18, didn't know Michael Young when he added her by chance on the social
network two years ago.
Just one
tiny significant detail mattered - the 25-year-old lived in Adelaide,
Australia.
Casually
accepting the fateful friend request two years ago, and starting off with
friendly conversation - before the pair fell in love.
The pair had
been speaking online for months via Facebook and Skype and eventually made
things official in December 2015.
After
endless conversations, Michael came to Rebecca's home town of Plymouth in
September 2016 where they spent three weeks in each other's company and
travelled for a mini-break to Amsterdam.
Rebecca told
the Plymouth Herald: "When we first met it was like I had known him my
whole life, it wasn't awkward at all. We just clicked.
"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."
Rebecca
explained how leaving each other at the airport, "your stereotypical,
movie-style, upsetting goodbye" as they didn't know when they would next
see each other.
The couple,
who have not seen each other since October 3, have now been dating for a year
and a half.
After almost
five months apart, Rebecca, who works for insurance company TH March, is taking
a three-month sabbatical from her full time job to travel and spend three
months with Michael in Australia.
She said:
"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.
"His
Nan is letting me borrow her car whilst I'm there so I can travel around whilst
Michael is at work, which is lovely.
"The
best part is, everyone is so supportive, and my Dad always tells me to do these
crazy things whilst I'm young."
The couple plan
on travelling around Australia as Rebecca really wants to visit Bondi Beach.
"It
would be rude not to, since as I've gone all the way there," she said.
"I need to tick it off my bucket list".
As for their
future, they both know the day is going to come when one of them is going to
have to take the plunge and move half way across the world so they can be
together for everyday life.
Rebecca
added: "It sounds incredibly cheesy, but if it's meant to be we will find
a way to make it work".
(UKMirror)
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