Certain stories are just too amazing to keep to ourselves, especially those with unexpected, heartwarming twists. We’ve put together a collection of 12 tales where people did or said something so surprising it left us thinking, “How is this not a movie scene?”
Story1
My boyfriend is Spanish, and I secretly began learning the language to surprise him. Today, he got a call from his mom and started chatting in Spanish, assuming I couldn’t understand him. But his words left me stunned.
He said, “Here’s the plan. I’ll pretend that I’m taking you both to a fancy restaurant to make it look casual. That’s when I’ll propose to her.” I’m thrilled, but I’m keeping it a secret, so I don’t spoil his surprise!
Story2
My long-term partner thinks he is the champion of making coffee. He’s a coffee artist. When we started dating almost 10 years ago, he wooed me with his amazing coffee, freshly made each morning. With cinnamon sprinkles on top.
His coffee is bad. So bad, I sip on it for a few minutes, let it get cold, and dump it down the sink. He puts so much sugar in the coffee that the bottom of it is a clear, melted, grainy crust. He adds so much spices on top that it literally feels like drinking sand. Sometimes the layer of spice is so thick, you can barely see the liquid surface underneath it. And it’s so overwhelmingly sweet, you can’t taste the coffee at all.
But it’s so heartwarming when he delivers it to my desk, specially made just for me. This is the first time I’ve admitted this to anyone. I hate his coffee. I will take this secret to my grave. © Unknown author / Reddit
Story3
I started dating a guy who was kind of shy, a little overweight, and who lived with his parents, because I liked him and he was funny and passionate about his career and technology and thought my weird hobbies were interesting too.
Turns out that business did REALLY well, and twelve years down the road he’s still funny and passionate about his business, but now sometimes we get to fly places in his plane, and I’ve gotten to travel more than I ever thought I would. Was not expecting this turn of events in my early 20s, but it was a fun surprise! © Tintinabulation / Reddit
Story4
A few years ago, I was out with a friend at a restaurant, celebrating his birthday. He feels super awkward about others paying for him, so he asked us all not to pay for his dinner. I gave the waiter my card and told her to tell him that his dinner was on the house because it was his birthday.
He believed it and keeps raving about how that restaurant has great service now. He still doesn’t know it was me, but it makes me smile every time he talks about how much he likes the restaurant. © AccountForAmoebae / Reddit
Story5
When my best friend died, his wife’s best friend in another city commented on Facebook that she was so sorry she hadn’t called, because her phone had been cut off. And she was using what money she had to pay for travel expenses to come to the funeral.
So I anonymously paid her phone bill, got it reconnected and made sure she had enough credit for quite a few long distance phone calls. I’ve never told anyone, and she still has no idea who did it. © gurlat / Reddit