Alexander Pieter Cirk waited in the airport for 10 days (Picture: CCTV News/ Facebook)

If you were hoping for a fairy tale romance for the digital age then this is not the article for you, tbh.

Alexander Pieter Cirk met a woman online and really fell for her.

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After two months chatting to his dream woman (identified only by her last name Zhang) Cirk decided he couldn’t wait any longer and had to meet her in real life.

The 41-year-old Dutchman flew almost 3,000 miles to Changsha Huanghua International Airport in China.


He waited for Zhang to meet him in the airport – for 10 days – but Zhang didn’t show up.

Alexander Pieter Cirk waited for 10 days for his online girlfriend (Picture: Rex)

Cirk shows a photo of Zhang on his phone (Picture: Rex)

In fact, Cirk’s wait for his love interest would have been longer, but he was hospitalised for exhaustion after waiting inside the airport for over week.

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Zhang, whose phone was turned off because she was having surgery, later told local press: ‘We had advanced our romantic relationship but later he seemed a little callous towards me.



‘One day he sent me a photo of air tickets abruptly, and I thought it was a joke.

‘He didn’t contact me later.’

Cirk did make some friends during his hospital stay (Picture: Rex)

Still single, Cirk returned to the Netherlands after he was discharged from hospital.

Zhang said it might not be the end of the ill-fated pair’s IRL relationship, she insists they are planning to meet after they’ve both recovered.