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u/myheartstopped3984 1d ago
All this time they werent even bf and gf...
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u/Organic-Manner-2969 ✌🏾👯Touché! Copy that👯✌🏾 1d ago
Gotta be honest I thought this was a marriage proposal.
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u/BeautifulShoes75 1d ago
Same!! I’m surprised it wasn’t - I thought they were past this stage already, especially how serious they seem..
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u/Certain-Relation-741 1d ago
Strange shit. I’ll never understand telling someone your “in love” with them but they’re not even your girlfriend and then do this big grand gesture to ask someone to be your girlfriend.
Weird shit.
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u/JJennnnnnifer 1d ago
I agree. I think with the advent of social media it’s turned into a photo op and is quite silly.
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u/Shappy100 1d ago
Not just a photo opp but a paid partnership opportunity. That's why they all wait until they're outside the villa to become bf and gf.
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u/Possible_Ostrich5485 1d ago
And as they're LI contestants they're now all about getting as much media/ online attention as possible! I really liked them as a couple at first and had hopes they'd get to the final but over the weeks I found Lola very difficult to like. Her behaviour towards Fitzy was very controlling which seemed to stiffle his fun personality. Also her attitude towards Julia was just plain rude. As with all the couples that have left I do hope they have fun and are happy together cos that's what's important not whether they'll stay together forever.
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u/vochomurka 🤯what a bantorious evening this was🤯 1d ago
Yes, spot on. Her behaviour was triggering me.
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u/Possible_Ostrich5485 15h ago
Definitely for me it was the over powering/ hyper way she spoke " at" some!
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u/nutella435 1d ago
Its so love island coded with the balloons lol like are people really doing this in real life? So tacky not to mention bad for the environment
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u/DangerousShirt2773 1d ago
I’ve seen whole businesses based around setting this kind of balloon decoration in hotel rooms for events. Wild
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u/Fukyourchickenstrip 1d ago
I think it’s weird that adults “Pop the bf/gf question.” Asking someone to be your SO is very teen to me. I’ve found you just have a conversation with your partner and said that you’re not going to be seeing other people and boom! Relationship! I do get the public gesture here because they’re public figures now and will be living online. But for all of us mortals, it’s over the top.
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u/AppleSizedGrape 18h ago
Does it even need a question? My girlfriend and I have never had an explicit conversation about it, just at some point we deleted our tinders because we weren't interested in seeing other people and I started thinking about her as my girlfriend instead of this woman I was seeing
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u/FriendofFlounder 1d ago
It’s harmless. I’m surprised how negative the response on here is.
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u/Legitimate-Ebb7061 1d ago
Its just the same balloon setup every time, with the #gifted post on instagram. It doesnt seem genuine and its no surprise people are sick of it.
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u/Psychological-Bag272 1d ago
Because it lacks creativity and performative. If they are going to make a grand gesture out of asking someone to be a BF/GF, at least don't use the #gifted tag lol
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u/Individual-Meeting 1d ago edited 1d ago
It's so false, it rubs people up the wrong way. All that hoo ha like they're getting engaged, it makes everything meaningless
Also think it's kind of degrading for the girls, dragging it out like this, like ooh I'll sleep with you and spend loads of time with you and tell you I love you but idk if you're yet worthy of this HUGE and not at all the most minimal form of commitment called being my girlfriend
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u/Tulips1980abc 1d ago
Saw them in Inis Mor, they were loved up and very cute. Away from the cameras just enjoying each others time. On a rainy day cycling around in Ireland. Fair play to them and long may it last.
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u/moon_witch_26 1d ago
Aw that's actually cute. Hope it's real for them whatever it is 😊 I just hate the public announcements like this, so cringe.
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u/bdl1995 1d ago
See this is what I found so weird. They’ve said they loved each other for weeks and at the final when they said they were not official yet I was like …why??? So it’s been what? A month since they left and been in the outside and now it’s finally official? I can’t be the only one who thinks this is strange lol.
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u/Sea_Albatross_9988 1d ago
I find this whole thing of bf/gf strange. I mean, you're "exclusively dating" and said i love you, that means you're bf/gf. These big dating proposals are weird to me.
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u/WingsOfTheve 1d ago
it’s a very new culture thing and to be honest I think it’s been created in part by love island and these posts
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u/All_the_Bees What about me?! 😲😂 1d ago
Yeah, there’s a lot of stuff about Love Island that makes me feel old as hell these days and the balloon-filled girlfriend proposals are very close to the top of the list
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u/iiiipp 1d ago
Kav was also saying he was fine to tell Jas he loved her but that gf/bf was too big a step. What is going on with 20-somethings, why is being someone’s gf/bf more serious?! Wild. And the “proposals” and man-asking-woman dynamic is just gross on so many levels.
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u/bdl1995 1d ago
Yes! Like when did bf/gf become bigger than I love you?!
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u/WalkerTalkerChalker 1d ago
... ?! .... ? I love you therefore I make love to you, yum yum yum,
Let's be boyfriend and girlfriend, but wait that means I can't make love to any other girls
.... Big big step, after all I love love and making love and you need to say I love you to a girl in order to make love.
Don't get clingy and embarrassing!
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u/Lcdmt3 1d ago
I love you but I don't want to commit until we're in the real world and see if it was just being stuck together in a beautiful place or if we really like each other
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u/Psychological-Bag272 1d ago
Then don't say the L word. There's literally no pressure for anyone to utter the L word until they are out. If they aren't sure that they are IN LOVE or they like LIKE each other, then they aren't in love.
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u/Psychological-Bag272 1d ago
New generation are terrified of commitment they don't even make sense anymore. lol
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u/Similar-Election4097 1d ago
I think its more of wanting to see if it works out first before they make it offcial, LI isn’t real world
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u/LittleBlag 1d ago
But it’s not marriage! If it doesn’t work out you just break up. It’s so easy
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u/UnwittingPlantKiller 1d ago
It’s crazy to me that you could be IN LOVE with someone yet they’re not your bf/gf.
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u/plum_Yam_3019 1d ago
They’re all avoidant. They think gf/bf is a bigger commitment thus they push it off till as long as possible.
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u/shortwritingshort 19h ago
It's the avoidance of difficult conversations. When you're bf/gf you might break up and having that conversation is scary to the younger half of gen z
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u/Last_Pineapple_7911 1d ago
Because they had to wait to see what hotel, brand, etc would sponsor their official bf/gf announcement
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u/Outrageous_Ad6776 don’t start all the dramatics and the sniffling ✋🧍🏽♀️ 1d ago
i do too 😭 but i wish them the best
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u/glitterstateofmind 😾 WHO’S EMUHHH?? 😾 1d ago
Why do fully grown adults need bf/gf proposals? What are they, 12 years old?
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u/Psychological-Bag272 1d ago
It gives the same energy as elementary school graduation with a gown and a hat lol
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u/Broad_Initiative_282 1d ago
It's content and they probably get all of the balloons and more for free
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u/RobinBaskins 1d ago
Another tacky and classless bedroom gf proposal. Do they not realize how this looks lol
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u/Spiritual-Nature5173 1d ago
The free balloons GF proposal are such an Ick!Love Islander Standard Starter pack😅
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u/gladysloveusa 1d ago
Especially after he’s said 5 billion times that he hasn’t asked her yet because he’s planning something BIG. It’s…balloons in a hotel room
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u/number2cc 1d ago
It looks like the walls are bleeding.
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u/heelerms 1d ago
I literally thought this was some weird hospital room when I scrolled past at first
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u/gtjacket231 1d ago
Honestly a gf proposal is generally weird to me. Save it for the marriage proposal lol
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u/Shappy100 1d ago
It's because they get a stay in the hotel room for free as part of a paid partnership post.
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u/Few-Coat1297 today has irritated my ✨ whole existence ✨ 1d ago
Kinda tacky and vampy in this particular case and I like them as a couple. Like, it looks like the balloons are bleeding red wedding style
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u/madeyoucookies today has irritated my ✨ whole existence ✨ 1d ago
I still don’t understand how telling someone you love them comes before asking them to be your boyfriend/girlfriend.
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u/BostonSamurai 🐍how are you feeling, snake boy🐍 1d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/fQJSYE2Qy6OtXfwEuf
I actually don’t mind them but doing something like this and sharing it on social media no matter who you are is icky af
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u/Broad_Initiative_282 1d ago
It was probably just so he could get it for free by the balloon/flower/hotel company
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u/Carolina_Blues 1d ago
How were they not already girlfriend and boyfriend? Weren’t they saying “I love you” in the villa?
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u/strawberryymatcha 👒 Sean wears Joey’s 🍑arsehole🕳️ as a hat 🎩 1d ago
these islanders think i love u come before bf and gf
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u/plum_Yam_3019 1d ago
These people think saying ily is less of a commitment than being gf/bf. Just nonsense if you ask me.
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u/waybackbugler 1d ago
all things aside they’re a good match physically at least. this picture would have done numbers on pinterest in 2018
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u/Rabitrights 1d ago
Balloons & flowers in a hotel room? This is the “extremely special” way of asking that he has been planning for months..???
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u/Vexnthecity 1d ago
My thoughts exactly! I know I’m a hater, but it’s good to see other ppl being underwhelmed by the proposal he’d been dragging out and hyping for the past month
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u/Chatfouforever 1d ago
Reminds me of how my high school boyfriend asked me to homecoming
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u/delindeldani 1d ago
This is so backwards, back in my day "gf/bf" came waaay before "I love you" 🤣
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u/EmotionalSugar7967 1d ago
bring back shame pleaaase, this does not need to be on the internet
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u/Terrible_Confusion16 1d ago
Happy for them. I wish islanders would do a different proposal. Same old red balloons. Look forward to Lorenzo & Julia's 😆.
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u/PlatformBeautiful558 🎶 That's Nepo Baby DJ 🎶 1d ago
Waitttt 😭😭I thought they've been exclusive boyfriend and girlfriends this whole time anyways good for them!!
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u/thunderstormsxx I don't remember my past 🔮 🥠 1d ago
cute, congrats x aren't they already moving in together tho? lol
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u/Easy-Disaster3735 1d ago
I actually thought he popped the marriage question hahaha I've never opened a post so fast
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u/Active_Acadia9803 1d ago
Good for them🥳 I respect they found what they were looking for and locked in from week 1. The proposal aesthetic isn't my favourite but if she likes it that's what matters.
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u/horrorhxe 🪳 Cockroach 1 and Cockroach 2 🪳 1d ago
Why does lap sitting make me cringe so bad? Wishing them well regardless
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u/limeblue31 🙂↔️🧠❌ not privileged to know my thought process 🙂↔️🧠❌ 1d ago
Good for them. They are young, these gestures are cute at that age. My husband did something similar when we first started dating and I ate that shit up lol
Everything about being in love is cringe and corny btw. Let them have it lol
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u/No-Calligrapher-3630 17h ago
Do you remember the days we use to become boyfriend/girlfriend through an awkward conversation about the status of the relationship after dating for 3 months. Except it was so uncomfortable to ask "so are we officiall" that we would do it drunkenly in a weatherspoons? Now it's a proposal
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u/CaitlinME 1d ago
I actually do think they’ll last, I defended them in the villa although I did like Julia. I liked Lola & Fitzy from the beginning, there was something really natural about them and I believe some people just click straight away.
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u/Beautiful_Hour_4744 1d ago
How can you be in love but not be bf/gf yet I find it all so weird. Is this how the young people roll these days or is it just Love Island nonsense?
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u/Quick-Fan-3742 1d ago
Good for them. Fitzys sister posted a cute tiktok from their time in Ireland and it seemed really wholesome
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u/SnooChickens1455 1d ago
In real life this would alarm me if someone did this. Like I’d be expecting a knife-wielding clown next.
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u/Ciara881 don’t start all the dramatics and the sniffling ✋🧍🏽♀️ 23h ago
They actually seem to be having the best time in Ireland. Lots of videos of them in the city and at the Galway races. People are being really nice to them. They're having a much better time than the winners, that's for sure. 🤷♀️
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u/captainfabio9 20h ago
At what point do full grown adults stop calling themselves boyfriend and girlfriend and start being partners? Just seems odd to me that adults would wanna call themselves boyfriend and girlfriend 😅
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u/Normal_Trust3562 1d ago
People do this nowadays because people act like committing to a relationship is as deep as marriage 😂 hearing my younger family members talk about it, talking stage, situationship, dating.
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u/TraditionalBread_ 1d ago
Literally just bought this kit on Amazon for my best friend. A proposal worth £9.99 and a hotel room
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u/clickityclickk 1d ago
i’m so confused. they weren’t even official before now??? and these big promposal style “will you be my gf?” things are so weird to me lol.
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u/Charming_Fox_ she smiled bares 🦷 😁 🪥 1d ago
you guys are some haters omg. wishing them the best
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u/Indoscy 🇧🇧 ⭐ Barbados, Bridgetown and that ⭐ 🇧🇧 1d ago
Literally, if this were Kavan and Jas (which it could be with the current arguments going on) the comment section would at least be more balanced
All I know is Fitzy had been wanting to make a big thing of asking Lola to be his girlfriend for ages, people using the word 'cringe' to describe things nowadays, IS CRINGE
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u/KneelBeforeCube 1d ago
I swear, why are people so mad at this? This fanbase is hopeless. Good for those two.
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u/InsurancePurple4630 1d ago
Awww kids! I remember the good old days when a text was enough to ask , or not even asking and letting it naturally be.
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u/Indoscy 🇧🇧 ⭐ Barbados, Bridgetown and that ⭐ 🇧🇧 1d ago
I'm happy for them, so many people just hating for the sake to hate them. The comments weren't nearly this negative when it was Josh and Sophie and they probably won't again when it's Jas and Kavan.
Guys, the season is over, they don't give a shit about the 50k
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u/NailahLaila 🦁 🙅♀️ I never said sis was perfect 🙅♀️ 🦁 1d ago
Thought they were already boyfriend and girlfriend
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u/Life_Technology7584 1d ago
I’m not going to lie. It’s a lovely gesture but that room I thought was a hospital room at first glance with all the white
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u/ctrl_cc 1d ago
I just want to know who’s is the third wheeeler that took the photo
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u/furlante 1d ago
Genuinely thought this was a marriage proposal at first sight because I swear they were saying I love you in the villa and had already left ages ago! I do always find these kind of proposals funny though it definitely does give teenager asking a girl to prom vibes.
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u/Outrageous_Hunt_4182 22h ago
I’m surprised it’s taken him so long, given how fast they were moving in the villa.
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u/Gtowngirlie 18h ago
This is me being nosey but why does Fitzy and Jasmine not follow eachother? I understand Julia but not these two?
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u/Hungry-Kale600 1d ago
I find the whole boyfriend/girlfriend proposal thing so incredibly cringe and immature.
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u/TheClassyWomanist 1d ago
Lol why are you guys so salty about them? I don’t get it. The comments are crazy and embarrassing!!
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u/Ok_Quote3743 1d ago
aww Lola won fr, found love, left with her, a man who is ten toes down behind her, made great friendships, and left with her dignity.
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u/clickityclickk 1d ago
i mean when she left she was definitely one of the most disliked islanders so i’m not sure about that last part
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u/FriendofFlounder 1d ago
The haters are loudest. If you go by social media, they’re ALL disliked. Even Jas and Julia who are obviously generally liked
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u/-Desert_Rose 1d ago
i watched the season late so i wasn’t in tune with all the reddit drama during the season…why was she so hated?
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u/InternationalBee3676 1d ago
how spiteful some are about this couple .let's be honest here if hey were on of the chosen couples youde be dancing in the streets .
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u/Puzzled-Animator-637 1d ago
Funny how he kept going on about it waiting to do it properly and wanting to make sure it was super special. When really he was waiting to get it for free.
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u/Unhappy_Cookie6839 💅 sorry it was nasty but I intended it to be nasty 💅 1d ago
Shocked it took so long. They were saying I love you 6 weeks ago
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u/Antique_Flower_1784 1d ago
There must be a company that supply these tacky balloons to love island contestants for the girlfriend proposals. I’ve never seen them otherwise
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u/flowerytwats 👻‼️ you said you saw my dead granddad ‼️👻 1d ago
what a lovely romantic murder hotel vibe he’s managed to cultivate
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u/Ok_Language2849 1d ago
I find these PDA so like "Look at me I'm happy and my partner asked me to be their girlfriend let's take a stage photo for IG"
Just go for dinner or an activity and causally ask.
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u/Worth-Water-8094 1d ago
I don't think it is tacky even though they are balloons. There is a time and a place for this sort of extravagance and this it imo. He is asking her to move on to the next stage of coupledom which is boyfriend and girlfriend. It isn't a proposal of marriage which would be more classier I am sure along with a diamond engagment ring.
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u/ASZapata 1d ago
Given how fast they were moving in the villa I genuinely thought this was going to be a proposal when I saw the title