18-year-old boy rejects university admission to follow girlfriend to smaller college because ‘they’re in love’

An 18-year-old boy has sparked widespread attention after rejecting a university admission to follow his girlfriend to a smaller college, claiming their love as the reason for his decision.

This was shared in a post that quickly gained traction on the popular social media platform, X (formerly Twitter).

In the post, a woman who seems to have witnessed the incident provided details online, stating that the young man, at 18, should have seized the opportunity to attend university.

Instead, he opted to join his girlfriend at a smaller college, motivated by their love for each other.

She wrote: “Got a listener whose son is rejecting an offer from UCT so that he can follow his gf to a smaller college because they are in love. Omg. At 18.”

As the post gained attention, concerned individuals flooded the comments section, sharing their thoughts on the young man’s decision.

See some reactions below: 

@TLMathabe: “Suddenly my hands are itching, bare onna kae yena son owe.”

@Phathis03457426: “I would faint hundred times ,our children bathong.”

@Sihle_Phama: “One of my senior schoolmates got a sports scholarship to study in the states and stayed behind for a man who later killed someone and went to jail for years while she raised their child.”

@GodPenuel: “Nothing wrong. As long as he studies the course he wants and concentrates in class.”

@SibaAtSea: “Yeah, I had mates like this. The quality of their lives would be so much better if they’d listened.”

@StraightupGal: “Oh no, hormones dictating life’s choices. When exactly do children stop being headaches?”

@__arike_adey: “I really don’t like when kids dictate what they want contrary to what their parents want at such young age or younger.”

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