Student who sent her ‘hot rugby boy’ neighbour a ‘marry me’ paper airplane in a viral TikTok video reveals they’re dating after he got in touch when she wrote her Snapchat username on her window
- Francesca Burrin, 20, spent months wooing her rugby player crush next door
- Liverpool University student stuck notes to her window and sent paper airplanes
- Posted a video of the experience to TikTok which gained over 447,000 likes
A student who spent months pursuing her ‘hot rugby boy’ neighbour has revealed how she made him her boyfriend by sending him love notes, wolf-whistling, knocking on the window and making paper airplanes reading ‘marry me’ for him.
Francesca Burrin, 20, a student at Liverpool University, had been revising earlier this year with her housemate when they spotted a rugby ball being thrown up and down behind their garden wall before discovering it was Joe Pearce, 21.
The anatomy and human biology student then began to ‘spy’ on her crush from her bedroom window before slowly trying to get him to take notice of her – which Joe admits he and ‘the boys’ found hilarious.
She even began scrawling romantic notes on paper airplanes and even pinned up a sign on her window featuring her Snapchat username to entice Joe.
It took three days before Joe, from Newport, south Wales, finally added her account, coolly asking ‘you must be the neighbour then?’.
Francesca Burrin, 20, a student at Liverpool University, had been revising earlier this year with her housemate when they spotted a rugby ball being thrown up and down behind their garden wall in Liverpool, before discovering it was Joe Pearce, 21 (pictured together)
Joe first caught Francesca’s eye while tossing a rugby ball against his garden wall, as shown when she captured him in her viral TikTok video
The pair chatted online for a while before Francesca and her housemates met Joe and his friends for drinks, and quickly began dating.
Now, after celebrating two months as a couple, Francesca hopes her love success story will encourage other woman to ‘shoot their shot’ – proving romance can be found outside of dating apps.
Meanwhile Joe admits it was ‘obvious what Francesca wanted’ from the start when he noticed the blinds ‘twitching’ and confessed that putting signs up in the window ‘is not the most subtle’.
Francesca, originally from Newcastle said: ‘When my housemate Jasmeena and I spotted him, I said “go to your room – there’s some boys over there. Let’s go see who it is’.
Francesca Burrin bagged herself a rugby boyfriend after sending him love notes and writing funny messages in her window above his garden
Francesca makes up an airplane that reads ‘marry me?’ as a joke to catch Joe’s attention
Francesca and her housemate would routinely check the window when they were upstairs to see if Joe was there
Francesca and Joe go-carting together. The now couple love telling their story when people ask how they met
‘I’d just come out of a long-term relationship so Jasmeena was pushing me into it.
‘When I spotted him, I was attracted to the fact he was sporty and tall. I found him good looking.
‘It got to the point where every time we were upstairs we’d look outside the window to see if they were there.
‘They eventually caught on once we started knocking and whistling and stuff.
‘They lapped up the attention but pretended they weren’t interested, but then we finally met them.
‘When I tell people how we met, they can’t believe it because everything nowadays is the usual Tinder or Hinge.
‘It’s good because on TikTok it’s encouraging girls to just shoot their shot. I’d usually be too scared to do that.’
Pictured: Francesca Burrin’s flatmate Jasmeena Sahota, 20, with Joe Pearce, 21, and some of his friends, in Liverpool, Merseyside
Francesca Burrin, and flatmate Jasmeena Sahota would both come up with ways to capture Joe’s attention from the window
Francesca had been ready to find love again after a recent break up and after spotting Joe, who studies biomedical science at the same university, decided to try her luck.
Francesca said: ‘Me and Jasmeena were revising in the lounge doing essays around February.
‘Our back garden backs on to the boys’ back garden. We saw this rugby ball being chucked up and then coming back down and being chucked up again.
‘We ran upstairs to Jasmeena’s room which is the back bedroom where I stuck the sign on the window.
Francesca and Joe on the beach. The boys in Joe house found the girls antics amusing yet thought they weren’t very subtle
Francesca’s view from the window. The pair started dating in May and have now been a couple to for two months
‘We saw Joe and a couple of his friends playing outside. I don’t think they saw us at first.
‘I think they chucked a scrunched up note into our garden but it had been raining and we couldn’t see what was written on it.
‘Jasmeena said “why don’t you put your Snapchat on the window”. We didn’t hear anything but about three days later, someone added me on Snapchat and it was him.
‘I put an “at” sign which said ‘@rugbyboy SnapChat = Francesca Burrin’. His nickname was “the rugby neighbour”.
‘His first message was “you must be the neighbour then” or something like that.
‘We talked for about two months and didn’t agree to go on a date or anything. We knew who each other was and followed each other on Instagram.
‘We eventually met in May and went for some drinks. Jasmeena my flat mate matched with Joe’s housemate on Tinder and he said “why don’t you and the girls come out for some drinks”.
‘We all got on really well but me and Joe didn’t get to chat that much. Then he asked me for a couple of drinks the next day then we got on really well.’
Francesca took her chance while she had it and thought it wouldn’t matter if it didn’t work out because she wouldn’t see him again
Francesca had been ready to find love again after a recent break up and after spotting Joe, who studies biomedical science at the same university, decided to try her luck
Soon after, the pair started dating and were even forced into self-isolation together as Francesca caught coronavirus.
Despite admitting it could have been make or break, Joe temporarily moving in helped them grow closer and before long, they were an item.
Francesca said: ‘We just got on and I ended up being his girlfriend.
‘We became official in mid-June so we’ve only been properly together for two months but known each other since the start of the year.
‘When we’d known each other for about three or four weeks, I caught covid, maybe from the gym or something, and he’s living with three boys.
‘He hadn’t really seen them so he had to isolate with us. He had to isolate with us after only knowing each other for about three weeks.
‘It was make or break but we got on. It made us get on even more.
‘We’re not living in that house anymore because we’re going into our final year of uni, so we’re not actually neighbours anyone.
Soon after, the pair started dating and were even forced into self-isolation together as Francesca caught coronavirus
Joe admits it was ‘obvious what Francesca wanted’ from the start when he noticed the blinds ‘twitching’ and confessed that putting signs up in the window ‘is not the most subtle’
‘I took my chance while I had it and thought it wouldn’t matter if it didn’t work out because I wouldn’t see him again.’
Joe had enjoyed watching Francesca and her friends spying on him from their home for weeks before getting in touch – admitting they ‘weren’t the most subtle’.
Joe said: ‘Me and the boys used to go out in the back garden and mess about when it was hot. We’d always be out there.
‘We clocked a few times that blinds would twitch on a window on the opposite side of us. Eventually we caught on and we’d look over, then their heads would disappear.
‘In the end we used to know and pretend we weren’t paying attention then eventually we caught their four heads and they disappeared. It was quite funny.
‘One day she put that note in the window and me and the boys saw it. We fell about laughing – it was funny.’
‘I decided to add her on Snapchat. I had an idea what she wanted – it was a bit obvious. A big note in the window kind of says it – it wasn’t the most subtle’ says Joe
Francesca is glad her TikTok video went viral and hope it will encourage other girls to go for who they want. Pictured with her flatmate
‘One of the boys threw a note over their wall but I can’t remember what was in it. I think it was raining and can’t remember what it was.’
‘I decided to add her on Snapchat. I had an idea what she wanted – it was a bit obvious. A big note in the window kind of says it – it wasn’t the most subtle.’
‘We didn’t really speak much then we were out one night drunk and the boys were on at me to get them out. They came out and met us then that was it then.
‘We’d just got together then the next day, just as I went back to my house, Francesca text me saying ‘I just got a positive covid test’.
‘I didn’t want to stay in the house so she said ‘you might as well come and isolate with me’.
‘I was straight back in the back garden with my bag then.
‘We’ve been together about two and a half months now and things are going well.’
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