In 2016, Jennifer Mulford, a 36-year-old bartender from Atlanta, walked away from her job to focus full-time on bre@stfeeding her 36-year-old boyfriend, Brad Leeson, in what is known as an Adult Bre@stfeeding Relationship, or ABR.

Since she had not given birth in over 20 years, there was no milk to speak of. So the couple committed to a rigorous routine of dry-feeding and pumping every two hours, round the clock, including through the night, to trick her body into producing milk. She also took herbal supplements, drank lactation-inducing teas, and changed her diet entirely to make it work.

Her reason was not purely physical. Jennifer said she believed bre@stfeeding would create a bond between them that nothing else could. “I can come home from a very stressful day and seconds after Brad latching on, I feel a sense of peace and calm. For that time, I feel like we become one,” she told The Sun, which first broke the story.

Brad, a self-described gym enthusiast, had his own motivation. He believed drinking bre@st milk would give his body a health boost to complement his workouts. Experts, however, disagreed, stating there are no proven medical benefits for adults consuming breast milk.

The story sparked fierce debate worldwide, with many accusing the couple of $exualising breastfeeding and making it harder for nursing mothers in public, while others argued it was simply a private, consensual choice between two adults.

This story is nearly a decade old, originally from June 2016, but it continues to circulate online because, honestly, people still cannot quite believe it is real. It is.