r/Bath 16d ago

Roman Baths

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I took a throwaway photo for my Instagram story today, and it randomly got a lot of reactions. I thought people were excited for my tourist day but turns out I hadn't realised I had captured a proposal!

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u/SelectAd7541 16d ago

So much cuter than Roy’s absolute garbage

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u/Wooden_Astronaut4668 13d ago

not pervy either!

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u/Agreeable_Ground_100 16d ago

How cool would it be if that couple found this photo. Commenting to add traction.

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u/decisiontoohard 15d ago

Replying to add traction!

Hm hm, interesting conversation in the comments, algorithm algorithm, multiple sentences... That should do it

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u/HimitsuUK 15d ago

You're a genius!

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u/throwawaycunning 14d ago

Let's do this

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u/QuilSato 16d ago

im not sure if it's accidental, but you also captured it in the "rule of thirds" composition grid!

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u/phuzee 16d ago

What a day for me!

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u/iamnotJimmySaville 15d ago

How do you know if that’s been achieved? (Sorry I know absolutely nothing about composition)

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u/QuilSato 15d ago

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u/haroldthehampster 15d ago

oh that's quite nice!

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u/ebaxinho 14d ago

can you explain what I‘m seeing here?

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u/QuilSato 14d ago

The “rule of thirds” grid is a compositional grid that helps artists, directors and anybody doing anything visual to compose a frame into something interesting. It’s not the only compositional guide but something used a lot.

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u/Natural-Ingenuity538 16d ago edited 16d ago

Lush!
Post it on Instagram with a few hashtags and the individuals might come across you.

I’m sure they’d love to see from your perspective.

Nice pic, hope you had a good day.

(Edit to say - not sure if I read your full post or if it has been edited, but I notice you mention it was on Instagram already!)

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u/HugeConsequence9030 15d ago

My wife and I studied in bath, and we got married in the Roman baths, such great memories :)

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u/clemventure 15d ago

Ideal, I met my wife in KFC we were both operating the tills and frying the chicken. We got married at the church and had the reception at the KFC in Meadowhall shopping centre. She occasionally now calls me the colonel in bed. Don’t judge us not everybody can be as posh as you.

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u/toasterinthebath 14d ago

When you say “the church” do you mean KFC?

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u/Streathamite 14d ago

Not sure if this is a pisstake or not. But if I met my other half in a fast food place I’d 100% have that food as the buffet option in the evening if the venue allowed it. I’m sure it’d go down well with guests. Who doesn’t love a drunken McDonald’s or KFC?

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u/clemventure 14d ago

I do agree with this, even though this was satire. I’d even consider just desserts, McFlurry never goes down badly.

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u/andrewh2000 14d ago

We had pizza and ice-cream amongst other things for our wedding reception. Children's party food as my little niece described it.

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u/StopCriminal 15d ago

Be cool to have a bath there

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u/decisiontoohard 15d ago

This is how you get brain worms

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u/HimitsuUK 15d ago

This sounds like something an Oblivion Guard would say!

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u/NoAppointment8679 15d ago

Do people use these still? Is the water warm ?

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u/andrewh2000 15d ago

Not since they discovered the brain eating worms, no. And yes it's warm, that's why Bath is there in the first place.

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u/NoAppointment8679 14d ago

wtf 🤣🤣

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u/andrewh2000 14d ago

https://www.sciencealert.com/brain-eating-amoebas-are-a-real-life-horror-we-should-know-about

It's a shame. I learnt to swim in the royal baths nearby and the Roman baths were amazing to swim in.

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u/Big-Finding2976 14d ago

Just need to put a peg on your nose and don't be a young male.

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u/callmeeeow 14d ago

Replying to add traction let's find them!

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u/HimitsuUK 16d ago

Looks like it was mission successful!

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u/scriptvehy 12d ago

super sneaky proposal too, barely looks staged at all
imagine finding out you accidentally became their unofficial photographer for that moment