“You’re Lucky, Bro”: SA Falls in Love With a Young Couple in a Long-Distance Relationship

“You’re Lucky, Bro”: SA Falls in Love With a Young Couple in a Long-Distance Relationship

  • A young couple meeting in real life for the first time after dating online melted hearts with their pure joy and love
  • The TikTok clip, filmed at the Intercape bus station, showed the sweet moment when the guy welcomes his girlfriend with hugs, a nose kiss, and pure affection
  • TikTok users got emotional, saying this kind of love is what they dream of, while others warned about staying safe when meeting people online
Many wished them happy years together and hoped they would get married one day
A couple who met on an online gaming app finally met each other face-to-face, and Mzansi loved their love story. Image: @ziyacaliva
Source: TikTok

A young pair who met online finally saw each other face-to-face, and the moment was too cute for words.

The video was shared on TikTok by @ziyacaliva and got over 14K comments, with users all over sharing their love, tears, and curiosity.

The lovely couple's face-to-face meeting

The clip starts with the guy waiting patiently at the Intercape bus station. Then, she arrives with a big smile, a slow, tired walk, and all the nervous-excited energy. The moment they hug feels like something straight out of a rom-com.

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He kisses her on the nose and later on the forehead, clearly treating her with gentleness and respect. The camera cuts to them sitting and chatting like they’ve known each other forever, kissing each other in between.

TikTok users advised others to be careful when meeting people they met online
A young man embraced his girlfriend, whom he was picking up at the bus station. Image: @ziyacaliva
Source: TikTok

Mzansi loves this online love story

The clip gained 10.1M views, 971K likes, and nearly 15K comments from social media users who were deeply moved by the couple's video. The comment section turned into a diary of people confessing their readiness for soft love. Some asked what platform they used to meet, hoping would find themselves partners too.

The nose kiss had people googling what it meant, with many saying it gave genuine love energy. Others dropped gentle reminders about safety, especially for women meeting people from online platforms.

User @Nonkululeko said:

"Ok, guys, I am tired of pretending. What does a kiss on the nose mean?"

User @Marisa Rizo Kefilwe🇿🇦🇿🇦 shared:

"Take care of her, young man, treat her well; she risked her entire being for a stranger. All the best, young lovers ❤."

User @masbu6 commented:

"Guys, when you finally meet your online person, l can accompany you just for your safety."

User @user123456789 added:

"You're lucky, bro. To us, they refuse to come, but we're just neighbours."

User @Lesedi.Sea shared:

"This is cute 🥺. But, the comments take me out 😭😂✋. We are indeed traumatised as a country by online dating."

User @Yws.Nomsa said:

"The nose kiss was so cute🥺."

Watch the TikTok video below:

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  • A content creator exposed a man she met on a dating app for using ChatGPT while communicating with her, and social media users advised her to ask him for money to get him off her.

Source: Briefly News

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Bongiwe Mati (Human Interest Editor) Bongiwe Mati is a Human Interest reporter who joined Briefly News in August 2024. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree from the University of the Western Cape. Her journalism journey began in 2005 at the university newspaper. She later transitioned to marketing and sales at Leadership Magazine under Cape Media (2007-2009). In 2023, she joined BONA magazine as an Editorial Assistant, contributing to digital and print platforms across current news, entertainment, and human interest categories. Bongiwe can be reached at bongiwe.mati@briefly.co.za