AUSTIN, Texas – A tweet sharing the story behind the iconic "i love you so much." wall in Austin is going viral as many were never aware of the beautiful backstory.
Twitter user @jumexdedurazno tweeted a photo of the wall Sunday, writing, "Today at work I learned that the owners of Jo’s are lesbians & they were drunk & got in a fight & broke up & one of the wrote this on the wall so the other one could see it when she opened the next day & they’ve been together since & they rewrite it whenever they repaint the wall."
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Today at work I learned that the owners of Jo’s are lesbians & they were drunk & got in a fight & broke up & one of the wrote this on the wall so the other one could see it when she opened the next day & they’ve been together since & they rewrite it whenever they repaint the wall pic.twitter.com/oWntMAh1GS
— Nova (@jumexdedurazno) May 19, 2019
KSAT called Jo's Coffee Tuesday, and they confirmed that the iconic graffiti was, in fact, the result of a "grand romantic gesture."
Many Twitter users began responding to the tweet with their own photos at the popular wall, many of them couples.
— Bailey (@McNotABride) May 20, 2019
The tweet has been shared more than 14,000 times and garnered 74,000 likes in just one day.
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