A man has gone viral after revealing the date night tradition he “invented” with his girlfriend.
Collin Rutherford, 26, took to X – formerly Twitter – on 4 March to share a selfie of him and his girlfriend each holding a bottle of wine. He explained that the couple were taking part in what they dubbed as “bottle night,” a tradition they started while stuck in a blizzard in 2023.
“Do you know what a ‘bottle night’ is? Probably not, because my gf and I invented it during a 2023 blizzard in Buffalo, NY,” Rutherford began his post. “We lock our phones away, turn the TV off… Each grab a bottle of wine, and talk. That’s it, we simply talk and enjoy each other’s presence.”
The Greenbox Storage founder admitted that although they live together, it’s “easy” for them to “miss out on ‘quality time’” with each other. “What do you think? Do you have other methods for enjoying quality time with your partner?” he asked.
While Rutherford had asked fellow users to chime in with their own date night suggestions, instead his replies were flooded with confused responses to his claim that he “invented” drinking and hanging out with his partner.
“Bro discovered hanging out,” joked one person in response to Rutherford’s post.
“This dude thinks him and his girlfriend ‘invented’ getting drunk and hanging out,” another replied.
A third user wrote: “Obsessed with rebranding the concept of just hanging out.”
Some people took to the comments to criticise Rutherford, with claims that he and his girlfriend must drink alcohol in order to enjoy each other’s company.
“So you each need a bottle of wine to converse with each other?!” said one person, while someone else commented: “I invented talking to my girlfriend. We both have to get hammered though or it doesn’t work.”