Smooth soccer fan gives girlfriend gloves for Christmas 'because she's a keeper'

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Ref Flops During Soccer Match After Getting Hit in the Leg with Ball
Ref Flops During Soccer Match After Getting Hit in the Leg with Ball

Is he sauntering off stage in triumph or ducking a hail of boos and rotten fruit? We're not sure, but one boyfriend-slash-soccer-fan definitely just dropped the mic.

Our unnamed protagonist here gave his girlfriend a pair of soccer goalie gloves for Christmas, according to a photo she posted on Twitter. Why? Because she's a keeper, of course.

Wow. Just...wow.

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Here's the photo evidence, which has been retweeted and liked a combined total of more than 50,000 times since Sunday.

Soccer goalies are traditionally called "goalkeepers," if you don't follow the sport. For short, they're called 'keepers. So...well, you get the point.

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