A 22-year-old man and an 86-year-old woman who play Words With Friends together finally met IRL, and the pictures will melt your heart
We are so in love with this story, but we’re warning you now: You may need some tissues, because it’ll give you all the feels. After playing over 300 games together, a man and woman who play Words With Friends recently met IRL. According to Metro, 22-year-old Spencer and 86-year-old Roz met for the first time on Friday, December 1st. He flew down to Florida all the way from New York!
Of course, Words With Friends is the super popular word game that’s a lot like Scrabble (but not actually affiliated with Scrabble). People get very addicted to it very quickly. In fact, it’s so popular that Words With Friends 2 recently came out too. You can play both games online with actual friends of yours, or with strangers. And that’s exactly how Spencer and Roz “met” over a year ago.
Since then, they’ve managed to play more than 300 games together. However, the two live several states apart; Roz lives in a retirement community in Florida, while Spencer lives in Harlem up in New York. So how did their in-person meeting come about? It was arranged by a pastor in NYC, Rev. Dr. Amy Butler, aka Pastor Amy.
Naturally, Spencer tweeted about meeting Roz IRL. In one of his posts, he said that Roz is “a good friend of mine.” Aww.
so last summer i randomly met this 80 y/o woman on words with friends. we played 300+ games together and she actually ended up becoming a good friend of mine. today i got to go to florida and meet her in person
— High Class Filth (@Filth800) December 1, 2017
Naturally, the Twitterverse is loving it.
Look at those smiles, this is everything good about social media and online gaming wrapped up in four pictures and a tweet.
— TV's Nate (@tvsnate) December 2, 2017
People are feeling all the feels.
— Jessica Webster (@A2Jess) December 2, 2017
So emotional!
Sitting in a restaurant here totally choking up. My family’s like “what just happened to mom?”
— Jessica Webster (@A2Jess) December 2, 2017
It’s always nice to read a positive feel-good story.
this is the kinda thing i wanna see in America, not the negative stuff that’s talked about on a daily basis
— ㅤㅤㅤㅤ (@___Wazza) December 2, 2017
And if you’re curious about their Words With Friends scores, Spencer tweeted their stats.
and to clear the air, she was not crushing me boy don’t play with me pic.twitter.com/FcESsdO097
— High Class Filth (@Filth800) December 2, 2017
And, naturally, he also thanked Pastor Amy.
huge shoutout to @PastorAmyTRC for making this possible tho
— High Class Filth (@Filth800) December 2, 2017
Pastor Amy also tweeted about Spencer and Roz meeting.
Sweet day today with Spencer and his #wordswithfriends friend, Roz, watching them bond in person for the first time. #relationshipschangeus pic.twitter.com/9sW0ojE318
— Amy Butler (@PastorAmyTRC) December 1, 2017
Words With Friends even tweeted about it!
We can’t get enough of this! Amazing. Thank you for sharing your story with us. #WWF2 #UseYourWords https://t.co/oXSv2sHYkB
— Words With Friends (@WordsWFriends) December 2, 2017
We love how Spencer and Roz connected, and that they got to meet in person. We hope they will continue their friendship and their Words With Friends games!
