Sad Man Lures Brave Young Woman Into Free Round-The-World Vacation
Last month, a Canadian real-estate bro named Jordan Axani went on Reddit to explain that his girlfriend had broken up with him, leaving their "fairly wicked trip around the world for Christmas" in limbo. The plane tickets didn't require passport verification, and could thus be used by any resident of Canada named Elizabeth Gallagher—would any Liz out there perhaps like to accompany him dans le monde? Strictly platonically, of course. (Of course.)
And now he has found his new travel BFF (or whatever: Axani tried to play it cool, claiming he didn't care if the Replacement Liz spent any time with him on the trip). Elizabeth Quinn Gallagher, 23, is the "lucky" volunteer for this insane stunt.
The Nova Scotia student and office administrator can replace Original Liz on the plane—stopping in Prague, Paris, Bangkok, and New Delhi—but she'll never replace the ex-girlfriend in Axani's heart.
For one thing, she has a "serious" boyfriend, and he's not all that happy about the situation.
"He understands that I've always wanted to travel, so while he's not happy I'm taking off for nearly a month at Christmas with a random guy, he's smiling through it," Liz II told the New York Post.
She says she was creeped out by Axani at first, but after talking to him, she felt the situation was "less creepy and more awesome." That doesn't mean she's DTF, though: "This is totally sort of like as friends," she confirmed to the Post.
Making the situation weirder, Axani is still clearly obsessed with the first-gen Liz Gallagher, who he calls "an incredible person" who "remains a great friend." But now that his widely publicized stunt has failed to win her back, he'll just have to go to war with the Liz he has, not the Liz he wants. Totally sort of like as friends.
Best of luck, Liz Jr. Come home safely.
