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11 Irish texts that prove romance is not dead

We have a way with words.

Nov 4th 2016, 6:13 PM 12,720 Views 2 Comments

1. When an American girl decided to text a few of the random lads she met in Coppers, she got some romantic responses

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Once they’d been chatting for a while, along came the killer line:

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“Especially with a bum like yours. Keep the head up love x”

Poetry.

2. When this guy on First Dates informed a friend that his greatest dating fear might be taking place

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“I have a mic on, scared to fart”

<3

3. Of course, “King Bogger” himself has been known to pen some lines to woo potential lovers

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4. While for those in a relationship, a drunk text of confession is the height of romance

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5. Chat up lines have to be delivered on a case by case basis

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6. But always, honesty is the best policy

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7. “bottles of alcohol” is perhaps the most glamorous advance

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— kate (@BadGurlKate) October 3, 2014

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Better be Bucky.

8. There was that time an Irish lad unknowingly messaged an English girl on Tinder around the time of the 1916 centenary – wonderfully showing us off as a nation of wordsmiths

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9. Domestic texts are probably the most romantic of all, really

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10. When Ed Sheeran songs force you to have a romantic crisis

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11. “meet some time and go with each other?” – one of Shakespeare’s sonnets

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Pure romance <3

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