People fall in love in the most mysterious ways. Just ask Jillian Druzgala.
The 23-year-old is a student at the University of Iowa. She’d been crushing on Derek Donnellan, the “cute guy in the dining hall,” for a while before working up the courage to give him her number… only to have him send a text informing her he’s gay.
Whomp, whomp.
Jillian’s disappointment was short-lived, however, because Derek then informed her he had an identical twin brother who was straight and single and that he would be happy to introduce the two of them.
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“Unfortunately I am gay BUT I am an identical twin and he’s straight if you’d like his number or Snapchat,” he wrote.
To which Jillian replied, “That works out. Yes please.”
so yesterday i gave my number to a cute guy in the dining hall… LMFAOOO pic.twitter.com/jxVh27V2M9
— jilli (@JilliBearr) November 21, 2019
Jillian tweeted a screenshot of the exchange and it quickly went viral, receiving over 400K likes and nearly 55K retweets.
“So yesterday i gave my number to a cute guy in the dining hall…LMFAOO,” she wrote.
She followed that up with an update informing the world that she had met up with Derek’s twin, Scott, and the two of them hit it off: “Went to lunch with the brother. his name is scott. will be hanging out again after thanksgiving break.”
update: went to lunch with the brother. his name is scott 🙂 will be hanging out again after thanksgiving break 👍🏻 pic.twitter.com/bJB3UnlTUi
— jilli (@JilliBearr) November 22, 2019
She followed that up with a second update saying she and Derek are now friends, too: “@derekjdonnellan are now friends 🥰 we will also be hanging out after thanksgiving break too.”
update 2: @derekjdonnellan are now friends 🥰 we will also be hanging out after thanksgiving break too 👍🏻 pic.twitter.com/guW2e2CPVf
— jilli (@JilliBearr) November 22, 2019
Ain’t love grand?
Chrisk
Ha. Yep. Easy to tell the gay one from the straight one.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Wuz gonna say the exact same thing :-p
maleficent
yep and the straight one looks far better
Doug
I think the gay one is the hotter of the two.
Boston495
The gay one is the cuter one. lol. What a great story. Everything was done with such respect. Now we need to hear that the girl has a gay brother and. …..:::
rmhale
Lucky girl…
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Gay brother was very cool looking out for both her and his brother…
maleficent
yeah right……
DuMaurier
Always good to have a spare.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
You won the
internets
today! :-p
maleficent
can you offer the same to her?
NateOcean
I thought this was going to be one of those “fake twin” movies. Where the gay boy pretends to be his straight brother, and adds in a fake accent to seal the deal. Hilarity ensues.
One of the “twins” could be from, say, Zanzibar or Barclay Square, the other…who knows.
Man About Town
Yeah, but once she learns a hot dog makes him lose control, she’s outta there.
ChrisDC
OK, this just made me smile. 😀
Terrycloth
They can’t. Be identical ..they gay brother is cuter..glad everybody is happy
My2CentsWorth
This is an interesting article. Hope that the outcome will be good.
queerty02
Another story of a gay man supporting a straight woman in her pursuit of happiness and fulfillment.
maleficent
what the hell?? give it up to societal changes
Chevelter
Best story I’ve read in a long time.
rray63
Nice story!!!