The 'Welding Planner' Who Joined Two Coworkers for Life

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A professional welder noticed that two people they knew — a senior from a former job and a coworker from their own intake year — obviously liked each other, yet somehow never got around to dating. So the welder decided to apply their trade to the situation: arrange a dinner for the three of them and, as they put it, "weld" the two together. It worked. The couple got married.

The post that shared this story leaned hard into welding metaphors, and the crowd happily welded along. What follows is a thread where matchmaking, marriage, and metalwork all get treated as the same craft — defects, inspections, sparks and all.

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My former senior from an old job and a coworker from my same intake year (your dōki — the colleagues who joined the company the same year as you, a bond that tends to stick) were clearly into each other but just wouldn’t get together. So as a welder, I figured I had to join them somehow — set up a dinner for the three of us and welded the two of them together. They got married.

前職の先輩と私の同期があきらかに好き同士なのに中々くっつかないので「溶接屋として何とかくっつけたい」と思い、3人で食事の場を設けて2人の仲を溶接しました。結婚しました。

Just praying there are no welding defects 🙏

溶接欠陥がないことをただただ祈ります🙏

Visual inspection: passed.

目視検査は合格です。

A welder who plays Cupid on the side — how lovely!

恋のキューピットもしちゃう溶接屋さん素敵です！

Not a wedding planner — a welding planner.

ウエディングプランナーならぬウェルディングプランナーです。

In Japanese the gag is even tighter: ウェディング (wedding) and ウェルディング (welding) sound nearly identical, so “welding planner” lands as a near-perfect homophone of “wedding planner.” The original poster keeps the persona running for the rest of the thread.

What a lovely story!

素敵な話ですね！

Going forward, I hope to keep standing by my customers’ happiness as a welding planner.

これからもウェルディングプランナーとしてお客様の幸せに寄り添っていきたいです。

Just witnessed the birth of a brand-new word — not “wedding planner” but “welding planner.”

ウェディングプランナーならぬ、ウェルディングプランナーなる言葉の爆誕を見た

Maybe I’ll get them to fix me up with someone too.

私も誰かくっつけてもらおう。

For matchmaking inquiries, please drop by your local welder.

恋人探しのご相談はお近くの溶接屋へ

Nice assist!

ナイスアシスト！

Now that’s some fine work.

いい仕事してますねぇ

You did some fine work there 😆 congratulations 😂😂😂😂

いい仕事されましたね😆おめでとうございます😂😂😂😂

Lovely.

素敵

Honestly so rowdy, and I love it.

ガチやかましくて好き

Bringing them together…… welding Ꮚ⁠˘⁠ ⁠ꈊ⁠ ⁠˘⁠ ⁠Ꮚ

くっつける……溶接Ꮚ⁠˘⁠ ⁠ꈊ⁠ ⁠˘⁠ ⁠Ꮚ

Sparks might fly now and then, but they’ll stay firmly joined and never come apart 🫶

時には火花散る時もありますがガッチリくっつき離れないでしょう🫶

Getting to be in that position — so jealous, honestly.

このポジションにいられるのめっちゃ羨ましい

True craftsmanship on display ✨

職人技が光りますね✨

That artisan spirit.

職人魂

A master welder, ktkr (net slang from “kita kore,” roughly “oh here we go / called it”)

凄腕溶接職人さんktkr

Yo!! ✨ The welder!! (the kind of appreciative shout you’d holler to cheer someone on, like calling out a performer mid-act) ✨👏👏👏✨

ヨッ！✨ 溶接屋っ！！✨👏👏👏✨

This person’s basically the gold standard of welders.

溶接屋の鑑みたいな人じゃん

Seems a properly red-hot couple has been born here.

実にアツアツなカップルが誕生したかと思います

A perfect weld.

完璧な溶接。

My take

A friendly safety note: if you don't hold the certification and you're not experienced, please don't try this one at home — you'll only end up getting hurt.

#Funny #Society

Source & translation note

Comments loosely translated for tone. Reactions collected from Togetter and X threads.

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