"I will never walk away from you": Paralysed lad's amazing dating vid
A young Aussie man has suddenly become one of the world’s most eligible bachelors after a “boyfriend application” clip he made went viral.
Jimmy Jan, 21, from Newcastle, NSW, was left paralysed in August last year when he broke his back in a freak skiing accident while attempting to perform a ski jump. Doctors have told him that he will never walk again, but that hasn’t dampened Jimmy’s sense of humour.
The medical student posted on TikTok sharing a “boyfriend application video,” which has clocked 12.3 million views as of last Monday and had over two million responses.
In the clip, Jimmy uses his self-deprecating sense of humour and charming personality to woo women.
“I’m Jimmy. I’ll never walk away from you,” he joked in the caption of his viral clip which shows him spinning around in his new wheelchair.
He is then seen telling prospective love interests about his new height. “I’m 4’7″ [140cm] (was 6’4″ [193cm] when standing),” he cheekily wrote.
The Sydney-based bachelor then went on to list a series of perks for dating someone in a wheelchair, including access to disabled parking.
“Premium parking, always,” he joked.
“Got the key to the wheelchair swing,” he added, while showing himself on a swing. “And the key to your heart,” he added alongside a wink emoji.
Safe to say Jimmy has indeed won the hearts of women around the world.
“I used to think love at first sight was a lie,” one smitten woman wrote.
“Where do I apply?” added another.
Some Aussies even considered starting a campaign for him to become the next Bachelor on Network Ten’s reality dating show.
“Great idea for Jimmy to be next Bachelor. He’s a handsome young man I’m sure he’d have some girls fighting over him,” one woman wrote.
“You forgot to add, great sense of humour, good looking, great story teller and intelligent. They should be applying to you!” one woman said about his application video.
Even mums jumped into the comments section, saying Jimmy would be perfect for their daughters and that they were ready to play Cupid.
In separate videos, the second year medical student opened up about his horrifying accident, in which he landed on his head and lost consciousness.
After spending weeks in the hospital, doctors delivered the devastating news that he would be permanently paralysed from the waist down.
But it didn’t get him down – Jan continued with his studies and said there was no point in dwelling on the negative.
“The accident I had that day was pretty severe and the course of my life changed in an instant, and it will literally never be the same,” he stated in one video. “But there’s nothing I can do to change what happened. All I can do is look back and say ‘oopsie’.
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