If you are one of the 30% of Americans who said they feel loneliness at least once a week per American Psychiatric Association poll results released this week , a trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras could be just the thing to bring love into your life.
That’s what happened to a couple featured last October on the Humans of New York Instagram page . As of this week, the post had more than 200,000 likes.
“Picture it, okay? Mardi Gras. New Orleans. Bourbon Street. I’m on college break with my three best childhood friends,” said an unnamed woman quoted by the page. “Zak is there with his parents. He’s got his mom and dad with him. So it’s two different vibes, but somehow we all end up on the balcony of the same bar. Everyone’s got beads in their hands. We’re all yelling to see boobs. Well, I’m yelling to see boobs.”
Humans Of New York’s post didn’t clarify what year the couple met. If it was 2019, their beads might have been part of 266,000 pounds of beads recycled in the city, per WalletHub. Each year, over 25 million pounds of beads are thrown in the city during Mardi Gras, said the personal finance website.