About

I Said Yes refers to parodies of engagement announcements that grew popular on Twitter in October of 2021. Typically, an engagement announcement will feature a woman saying “I said yes!” to the implied question, “Will you marry me?” The parodies mimic the excitement of a typical announcement but follow it up with a more humorous question.

Origin

On October 24th, 2021, Twitter user @jzux^[1] posted a parody of an engagement announcement, writing "I said yes! Someone asked me if I was feeling sad." The tweet gained over 108,000 retweets and 539,000 likes in four days (shown below).

Spread

Over the following week, other users made jokes with the format of @jzux's tweet. Some popular examples include a post by @medtechtwts^[2] that gained over 840 retweets and 2,200 likes in two days (shown below, left) and a post by @myelessar^[3] that gained over 300 retweets and 1,900 likes in the same amount of time (shown below, right).

The format was quickly picked up by branded accounts on Twitter. For example, the Reddit account^[4] posted, "i said YES! a stranger online asked if they were the asshole," gaining over 100 retweets and 1,200 likes (shown below, left). The official account for the state of New Jersey^[5] posted, "I SAID YES!!! someone asked me if i want a bagel!!", gaining over 700 retweets and 5,400 likes (shown below, right).

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