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

 By 
Sam Laird
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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.

My face when I received goalie gloves from my boyfriend for Christmas because I'm a keeper..... pic.twitter.com/zWMtkXAEpR— Catherine Ward (@catherinelward) December 27, 2015

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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