Boston has fallen in love with Scotland, and some say they see a baby boom coming after the Tartan Army takeover.
Throngs of Bostonians and Scots screaming “No Scotland! No Party!” in unison the past two weeks could be just one sign of the strong love shared between the international visitors and locals.
Social media has lit up amid Scotland’s World Cup appearance at Boston Stadium, with Bostonians and Scots speculating whether the Tartan Army’s takeover in the Hub could lead to a baby boom.
Even social media users not from Boston or Scotland are amazed by the strong bonds the Tartan Army — a strong crowd of men donning kilts — has formed with locals.
A TikTok account dubbed “@hollywoodhog” posted a video on Friday showing a woman wearing a wedding dress and a man in a suit walking toward the Dubliner, a Government Center Irish pub that the Tartan Army has flooded the past two weeks.
“They got married ooo!” a man says in the video. “I (explicit) love these people!”
A caption on the video says, “9 months from now the Boston baby boom might all be Scottish Tartans.”
Another TikTok account posted a video Friday afternoon of a woman mesmerized by the spectacle in Boston that has taken the country and world by storm.
“It took one week of foreign men in our country to create a baby boom,” the woman said. “We are going to have a surge of Easter babies.”
“These men aren’t even here for (explicit),” she added. “They’re here for a soccer game. But they act like men without a reward… They take care of the women around them…”
The videos came after a dating show was held on Thursday night at Loretta’s next to Fenway Park. The founder of Stoop Dating, Julia Radley, invited Scottish men to the event, saying there would be “over 100 single American women who want to meet you.”
Radley highlighted that all men were welcome, encouraging those in relationships to come with single friends and wingman them, or just to witness the spectacle.
“We have a really fun crowd,” Radley said in a video she posted on Wednesday, “and I want to continue to bring that fun energy, and after partying with some of you guys last night, I knew that this was necessary.”
A video that Radley posted on Friday showed a Scottish man saying of her, “She is now famous in Scotland. She has gone viral all over the country, and you are welcome anytime.”
A TikTok account with the username, “@shannonknight27,” posted a video earlier in the week showing a Scottish man carrying her in his arms.
The caption read: “I may not be happily married but at least I’m single while the Scottish are in town for the World Cup.”