Single? Just make a wine box boyfriend like this guy

Tired of being single? Michael James Schneider (@BLCKSMTHdesign) has a solution.
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Shelby Slauer
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Tired of being single? Michael James Schneider (@BLCKSMTHdesign) has a solution.

Taking matters into his own hands, he made his own boyfriend out of boxes of wine.

Michael told Mashable that his inspiration was, "A couple years ago I had a rough breakup and self-medicated through wine. Though I'm over the breakup (and the copious consumption!) now I always thought it would be sad, funny, and a little sweet to make a companion from the empty cartons left over."

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I mean, their couple photos are better than any couple photos I'll ever have.

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This one even has a cat. What's more couple-y than a cat?

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And I imagine wine would have the best opinions about crackers:

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"At first glance the photos could seem like cheesy stock photos that you find in a frame somewhere, it's the photo of the ideal couple that you throw away before putting your own in there," Michael said.

I wish all stock photos looked like this.

"Maybe we all secretly want that significant other who boops us on the nose with pasta sauce while cooking, who goes grocery shopping with us and is as concerned as we are with the calorie content of focaccia chips."

If I didn't before, Michael, now I do.

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I have to say I'm really rooting for them, and so is the rest of the internet:

And my personal favorite:

If only we could all find love like this.

You can see more works of art by Michael on his Instagram or in person here.

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Shelby does standup in NYC and contributes writing to nice places. Someday she wants a nice back porch. Follow her on Twitter or check out her website, why don't you.

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