In August, 19-year-old Lea Adame observeda guy feeding his girlfriend individual chicken nuggets as she was getting her nails done in a salon in Orange County. Adame's tweet and photo of an unidentified couple quickly went viral.

Adame told BuzzFeed News she learned that the manicurist in front of her was actually the mom of the boyfriend, and that the mom and the girlfriend were meeting for the first time.

Strangers online thought this was a sign of true love, while others thought it was downright cringeworthy.

After the moment went viral, the couple in the photo came forward and identified themselves as 23-year-old Aubrey Yip and 25-year-old Sam Huynh.

Yip and Huynh are still together today, but they told BuzzFeed News they weren't "official" at the time their private moment was shared. That quickly changed...or, er, was quickly forced to change.

"The funny thing is, we were not 'officially' labeled as 'boyfriend/girlfriend' when we went viral. We had just started dating and we joked about being more low-key/private on social media regarding our relationship. That clearly didn’t work out," Yip said, laughing.

"I can't think of anything more surprising than being known as the dude who feeds his girlfriend chicken nuggets," Huynh joked.

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