“Desidido na po talaga ako noon na mag-pa-eyelash.”
A content creator from Mindoro received a message that she won a “free” eyelash extension. Surprisingly, it was her boyfriend’s way to apologize after spending hours playing Mobile Legends.
“Ang pinag-awayan po talaga namin noon is ‘yung nag-e-ML siya tapos naka-turn off po ‘yung notification po. Nakailang tawag na po kasi ako, walang reply. Tapos hindi man lang sinasagot. Mga ilang oras na po iyon. Mahilig po talaga siya mag-ML. Kaya yun po, parang nainis po ako na ‘Ah sige ha, hindi mo ako kakausapin?’ Tapos nakita niya, late na. Sabi ko, ‘Bahala ka, block kita,’” 22-year-old Gichelle Quiñones told The Philippine STAR.
After seeing his girlfriend’s messages, Leymar Magnaye immediately stopped playing and thought of an idea to communicate with Gichelle.
“Pag galit siya, gagawa talaga ako nang paraan para makausap siya. Nag-isip po ako tapos gumawa po ako ng page. Kunwari nanalo siya ng eyelash extension,” Leymar said.
“Naghehelp din po talaga ako sa mga small businesses. Kaya akala ko totoo. Tapos parehas na parehas pa po iyong message. Professional na professional ‘yung message so sabi ko, hindi ka talaga magdadalawang-isip. Kasi usually alam ko ‘yung scam sa hindi,” Gichelle recalled.
When his girlfriend replied, Leymar continued to talk to her to explain the details of the “free” treatment.
“Confident po ako kasi doon po sa ginawa kong page, pwede po magmessage. Minessage ko po siya eh reply po siya nang reply kasi nga po mahilig siya sa eyelash extension. Tapos nung nagrereply po siya, sabi ko ‘punta ka dito, dito po yung shop namin, punta ka lang po dito.’ Nagrereply naman po siya kaagad,” he added.
Gichelle admitted that she did not expect that her boyfriend would create a “fake” page just to talk to her.
“Sabi ko, paano naman naisip nito? Loko-loko talaga nito. Kaya sabi ko disappointed ako, kasi as in, desidido na po talaga ako noon na magpa-eyelash. Kumbaga, hindi na po talaga ako nag-ayos non. Sabi ko, ‘Hay nako, nadali na naman ako nito,’” she shared.
Leymar surprised Gichelle with a date, flowers and cake on January 24, 2023.
“Hello po miss Elle, nanalo po kayo ng free eyelash extension,” Leymar can be heard saying in the video.
“Ayaw niya lang po talaga sa ‘kin ipakita na kinikilig siya. After noon, nag-usap naman kami, nag-kain. Nag-date na po talaga kami,” the couple said.
Netizens were quick to react on the effort of Leymar to reconcile with his girlfriend.
The video has already garnered more than 4.6 million views on TikTok.
“Tumaas na naman standard ko beh,” a netizen said in jest.
“Sana all this is a reminder for women and men to never settle for less you deserve the best no matter what,” another netizen commented.
Leymar said he already learned his lesson. “Narealize ko po na, kapag gusto po, syempre may paraan. Dapat po talaga winowork-out po palagi ang relationship, hindi po one-sided lang para mas tumagal po ‘yung relationship niyo.”
