The story behind the woman whose sign at Cowboys' Monday night game went viral

When Brenna Clanton packed up her ex-fiance's belongings, she left a note on top.

In a nice, oh by the way, fashion, she informed him that one of the things he would be missing out on by breaking up with her was two unbelievably close seats in section C114 to the Cowboys' Monday night game against the Lions the day after Christmas.

Clanton, 30, had splurged on tickets. She booked an Airbnb. They were both huge Cowboys fans. He had never been to AT&T Stadium, Clanton said. It seemed like the perfect Christmas gift for a couple who had become engaged in June.

Then, a week after Clanton bought the tickets in late October, she received a text message while working as a hairstylist in Austin. Four months after asking her hand in marriage, Clanton's fiancé was breaking up with her.

Yes, she said he called off the engagement over text message.

"That threw me for a loop," she said Tuesday.

One of the big things that stood out to her from the text was his reasoning that the two had "nothing in common," which served as the inspiration for one of the hashtags on Clayton's sign at the game.

As fall wore on, Clanton found the Cowboys' return to greatness to be a welcome distraction. When the time came to decide if she would sell the Monday Night Football tickets or still go, the choice was easy.

"I was absolutely going to go," Clanton, a lifelong Cowboys fan, said. "I was just going to take my best friend instead."

She was also taking a visual aid to explain the circumstances. Having been a cheerleader in high school, Clanton knew how to construct a sign that would stick out (complete with a feather boa from Hobby Lobby as the border).

Her fiancé dumped her VIA TEXT before finding out she bought him Cowboys tickets for Christmas. She's doing fine. pic.twitter.com/z4YtBAaKcD

— Alex McDaniel (@AlexMcDaniel) December 27, 2016 

 "I decided to have some fun with it, this was my little get-back to him," she said. "I thought this might show up on the jumbotron or TV broadcast and I knew (my ex) would be watching the game."

She didn't expect the "overwhelming" attention from news outlets and response on social media with a couple negative shots fired.

@AlexMcDaniel She looks pretty stupid-putting her personal business on nat tv. I dump you by text and I care about your Cowboy tickets?

— perry n crenshaw (@pncrenshaw) December 27, 2016

@AlexMcDaniel looking at that hair.... homie made the right choice

— swipersb (@swipersb) December 27, 2016

 But Clanton said that doesn't bother her and overall, she had an amazing experience at the game.

"Just being in the seats I was in, I had never been that close before," she said. "I've been a huge sports fan my whole life and that was a whole new world."

And as it turns out, it's a world in which Clanton's company to watch the Cowboys win 42-21 couldn't have been better.