An American man named Caleb recently flew all the way to Australia to meet his online girlfriend Cecilia before returning two days later.
An American man named Caleb, from Ohio, recently flew 20 hours to Australia, with only $100 in his wallet, to meet his online girlfriend of two years. When he arrived in Sydney, Caleb was pulled aside by immigration, who questioned him about his affairs in the country before he could continue flying on to Melbourne. The journey was documented on a resurfaced episode of Australian Border Security.
When immigration discovered that Caleb only had $100 in his wallet, along with roughly $30 in his debit account, they began to question if the American interloper would end up on the streets. On top of that, he would be entirely relying on a person he’d never met for his stay.
‘I’ve stretched money worse than this situation,’ Caleb told immigration.
He then told immigration that he had no way of contacting Cecilia, so they called the Melbourne airport where she was waiting for him. They were then able to get into contact with her and corroborate Caleb’s story.
‘I met him over the internet about two years ago,’ Cecilia said.
‘We started emailing each other and at the beginning of this year he asked me for my number. We’ve been chatting on the phone ever since.’
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Caleb was released and was able to meet Cecilia.
Caleb said he was embarrassed by some of the ‘details’ of his trip, mainly his lack of funds, but was excited to meet Cecilia.
‘Things have a weird way of working out and even though I haven’t met her, we both love each other very much,’ he said.
On the other hand, Cecilia said she’s only ever seen one picture of Caleb and it was blurry.
‘I just need that closure of finally meeting her to solidify all the things that have been said and all the feelings and whatnot,’ Caleb said before meeting Cecilia.
The two then went back to hang out at Cecilia’s house. Something must have happened, as Border Security reported that Caleb flew back to the states only two days later despite his plan to stay in the country for at least two weeks.
