Yesterday my other half passed round the link to this video and I think it’s too good not to share. In his own words…

“ During the Summer of 2007, I had the opportunity to backpack around Europe for 2 weeks. I talked about it often before I left. My girlfriend however, although great in many respects, was not the world’s greatest listener. I left on Friday June 1st. Despite even calling her to say goodbye the night before, she never realized I left. When I arrived home 2 weeks later, I had several emails from her, waiting in my inbox… “

Above and beyond being a good story well presented it’s also a great example of a very successful viral, in the little time it’s been up it’s had well over 300,000 views and has an awesome amount of ratings and interactions. It’s simple, honest (or at least appears to be) and is a subject everyone can relate to. I think it deserves all the views it gets and JD can count himself very lucky for getting out of that relationship alive, it makes me appreciate the one I’ve got even more.

That said… I wonder what kind of mentalist I’d put up with for overnight YouTube success? Hmm…