Woman divides opinion after flying from Queensland to Brighton to get back with her former boyfriend (without knowing if he was seeing someone else)

A woman has divided opinion online after taking a 24-hour flight from Australia to Britain to surprise her ex-boyfriend – even though she wasn't sure if he would take her back or not.

Tamika Cheney, 21, dumped Sam Aitken – her boyfriend of three and a half years – when he moved from Queensland to Brighton this year because she didn't want a long-distance relationship.

But after her ex's mother told her he was still in love with her, Tamika booked a $3,000 flight to England and filmed the moment she showed up at his house for a TikTok video, which gained more than 1.7 has been viewed a million times.

She admitted that she had no idea if Sam would get another girl there or not, and said that she would have just traveled around Europe if he had rejected her – which thankfully he didn't.

Commenters were torn over the reunion, with some joking that their ex would “get a restraining order if they did this.”

Tamika posted the clip to her 93,700 followers with the caption: “A real-life movie moment! Take risks for the plot ladies #longdistancerelationship.”

The post has more than 139,600 likes and 418 comments, with many single people admitting they were inspired by the 'toxic' act.

“Girl, don't you dare. I'm about to buy a plane ticket,” one person wrote.

“This is so toxic,” wrote a second. 'I LOVE IT.'

“So what you're telling me is to just show up,” another asked.

However, not everyone was equally in favor of the initiative.

“My ex would get a restraining order if I did this,” one said.

A second wrote: 'Would you like to know something, I've done this and it didn't work out.'

However, Tamika replied, “But if you hadn't, you would have wondered about it for the rest of your life!” Glad you closed it!'

The couple, who have known each other since meeting at school, split earlier this year when Sam decided to move to Brighton to pursue his music career with his brother Tim.

He was 'shocked' when Tamika, 21, decided to break up with her and take up long distance.

However, Tamika feared this would hold them both back and ended the relationship.

She continued to keep in touch with her ex after he moved out, but jealousy got the better of her and Tamika decided the pair needed to cut off contact before things turned toxic.

However, their reunion last month showed that the love was clearly still there.

'It felt like a movie. It didn't feel real to me,” Tamika said.

'I was very nervous and I think I started shaking my hands because the anticipation was killing me.

'He opened the door and was clearly very shocked. He walked away because he didn't know how to respond.”

She admits that she “didn't expect the kiss.”

“You see me hesitate and pull away because I didn't know we were going to get back together,” Tamika continued.

'All afternoon he couldn't stop touching me. He thought it wasn't real and thought he was in a fever dream.'

Tamika admitted that she was worried that Sam wouldn't be alone when she came over.

'I was excited. “The only thing going through my mind was, what if I get there and there's another girl?,” she explained.

“If he had gone out that night and there was another girl at his house the day I arrived. That was the worst case scenario for me.

“I had a plan if he didn't want me there or had a weird feeling about it. I was just going to travel around Europe for the month I was there.”

Tamika revealed the trip was very 'spontaneous' – and she was egged on by Sam's mum.

“I still had a very good relationship with his family, so I visited his mom and dad for dinner,” she said.

'His mother told me he was still very much in love with me and didn't see himself moving on.'

Unbeknownst to Tamika, Sam's mother had even booked her a flight for November to visit her ex in Britain because he was “so sad” without her.

“She said they would send me and it doesn't have to be romantic, but obviously he was my first love – it was always going to be a bit romantic,” she said.

Tamika had planned to spend a month in Brighton, but admitted she initially didn't see herself living in the city.

After two weeks in England, the couple booked a holiday to Mallorca, which Tamika says convinced her to move to Europe – and she and Sam decided to get back together.

“Brighton was very different to the Sunshine Coast,” she explained.

“I tried to get up in the morning and go for a walk, but in Australia when you get up and go to the beach to swim it's full, everyone says hello and there's a really friendly atmosphere.”

Tamika said she went for a walk in Brighton but didn't have the best impression of the area.

“There aren't many people outside, it's a bit scary and there's rubbish everywhere,” she remembers. 'I thought this might not work.

“I just spent a lot of money on something that I don't think will work.”

However, after Sam organized four nights in Mallorca, the couple decided to give it a try.

“We reunited in Spain,” she said. 'We decided to give it another try. It was mainly a mutual decision.

'He said we can travel together and then I started looking up. I'm not just going to be stuck in Brighton. Then I decided to come over.'

The pair are now in a long-distance relationship until Sam visits Australia in January – and Tamika hopes to move to Brighton in February.