student tweet about last name becomes twitter hit
kim chaudoin | 615.966.6494 |
on saturday morning steven kleinschmidt was working his shift at the student activities center when, during a slow period, he happened to check twitter.
a post by @gracerandles from july 27 caught his attention. “what if my future husbands last name doesn’t make a cute pun for our wedding hashtag…… like this is the stuff that keeps me up at night.”
what if my future husbands last name doesn't make a cute pun for our wedding hashtag...... like this is the stuff that keeps me up at night
— grace randles (@gracerandles) july 28, 2017
kleinschmidt found her post amusing as he thought about his own 12-letter, often mispronounced last name.
“jokingly, i said i wanted to apologize to my future wife because kleinschmidt doesn't give a lot of cute wedding hashtags,” said kleinschmidt, a junior mechanical engineering major from lilburn, georgia. he is also a resident assistant in high rise residence hall and is a member of tau phi men’s social club.
so, at 10:11 a.m. on july 29, kleinschmidt — or @stevenmk30 to his followers — posted his clever response to @gracerandles comment. “i wanna apologize now to my future wife,” he wrote.
i wanna apologize now to my future wife https://t.co/qbq7b4bjan
— steven kleinschmidt (@stevenmk30) july 29, 2017
after posting his response, kleinschmidt went back to work and didn’t think much more about his post.
“i thought i might get five likes max,” he admits. “next thing i know, my phone won't stop going off, and the tweet is exploding.”
as of 9:33 a.m. july 31, kleinschmidt’s eight word, 39 character post, has accumulated 518 comments, has been retweeted 59,231 times and has 342,975 likes from individuals around the world.
“eventually i had to turn off my notifications,” he said. “i mainly think it’s funny how much attention it’s attracted. a lot of kind people from twitter gave me some good ideas for a wedding hashtag!”