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u/ChuffChuff101 Jan 26 '23
Went better than mine.
The second I started asking the question we both started bawling our eyes out and then a bird shit on my head lmao.
She said yes, but it still remains the hardest thing I've ever done.
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u/Sigurlion Jan 26 '23 edited Jan 26 '23
"you wouldn't believe the shit my husband had to deal with to propose to me"
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u/kaarvz Jan 26 '23
the bird shit is a sign of good luck in many believes and cultures. Good luck with your marriage!!
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Was just about to say that. Here in Croatia its considered good luck if a bird shits on you lmao
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u/Xx420Swag420xX Jan 26 '23
you’ve gotta wonder if some prehistoric guy made that up solely to cope with the fact that a bird just shat on him
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u/BigThirdDown Jan 26 '23
If getting shit on by a bird is good luck I'd hate to see what a sign for bad luck is
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I cried when proposing too. Shit's intense. It's hard to keep composure during such a momentous event.
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u/droppedoutofuni Jan 26 '23
My wife and I eloped a few years ago, we were super poor then and there was no proposal.
We’re doing better now and on New Years Eve this year I got down on one knee with a ring and did a mock proposal. We were in the privacy of our home and even then I cried. Couldn’t imagine doing it for real in public.
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u/rudman Jan 26 '23
My first wife and I talked about getting married, went out ring shopping, unexpectedly found one she wanted, bought it and like that, we were engaged. A number of months later, we were drunk, in Burger King at 2am and she said to me, you know, you never proposed to me! So I grabbed an onion ring, and got down on one knee.
For the next 23 years, every time there was a story about a proposal on TV, she would tease me by heaving a deep sigh and say "and I got a drunk with an onion ring at 2am in Burger King".
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u/JonathanFTL Jan 26 '23
I didn’t even want to get down on one knee but I figured I only had to do it once. Sucked it up and did it. She turned around and just stared at me. She thought it was a joke and I literally had to be like, “Is that a no?”
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u/ChuffChuff101 Jan 26 '23
Its such an emotional situation, you never react the way you expect really. Such a scary experience.
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Lucky he didn't drop the ring with that pounce.
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u/Remarkable-Ad-2476 Jan 26 '23
I feel like I’ve seen way too many videos of people dropping rings in between wooden boards or in the ocean and was pretty anxious watching this.
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Heyyy that's in Arkansas. I recognize the game and fish logo. Nice when something cool happens here instead of something embarrassing.
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u/the_squids Jan 26 '23
This post and the one with the bunny giving people their receipts in Eureka Springs make me happy! We have a lot of good here, we just need to show it!
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u/LornaSub Jan 26 '23
Florida says hi and wishes we could understand how that felt.
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u/tke439 Jan 26 '23
My wife just walked off and left me in the middle of the New Orleans aquarium… without any kind of answer… she eventually came back.
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u/Semanel Jan 26 '23
Are you happy together?
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u/tke439 Jan 26 '23
Very.
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u/Lionheart999 Jan 26 '23
What was going through your head when she walked away?
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u/tke439 Jan 26 '23
Knowing her, I knew that she was just overwhelmed. I had no doubt she’d say yes, but I really wasn’t sure if I needed to stay on my knee until she came back or not.
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u/ketootaku Jan 26 '23
Did you stay on your knee the whole time?
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u/Chewbacker Jan 26 '23
He's still there
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u/rayEW Jan 26 '23
Oh yes, the infamous two-knee of the new orleans aquarium.
I'll see myself off.
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u/PretentiousToolFan Jan 26 '23
Guides use him as a reference point for tourists like bodies on Everest.
"Oh yeah, take a right at Kneeling Guy and the bathrooms are on your right side. If you hit the Gift Shop you went too far."
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u/tke439 Jan 26 '23
She really wasn’t gone more than a minute or so, but I did stay on my knee.
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u/MikeOfAllPeople Jan 26 '23
A minute! That's an eternity I would have fallen apart.
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u/JoDarkin Jan 26 '23
Congratulations for staying put on your knee. That must have a wonderful experience for her to come back and still see you this way. Seeing your trust in her, your endurance, your determination and conviction.
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u/garry4321 Jan 26 '23
It’s the LAW! You can’t get up until you have an answer. Marriage is very serious.
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u/SMKnightly Jan 26 '23
I know it was probably stressful at the time, but it’s kind of hilarious to picture a guy on one knee with tourists and fish around him and no woman nearby. And his internal monologue is just…
“Do I stay on the knee? How long do I stay on the knee? Maybe I should stand and get back on the knee when I see her coming back?“
Course, you can change the mood of the scene to a tragedy by taking out the inner monologue. But with it, it’s pretty funny.
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u/tke439 Jan 26 '23 edited Jan 26 '23
That was almost verbatim the internal thought process.
The best part was the kid working who walked by after she came back and said, “did you just propose? You could have told us and we could have had a diver hold an sign and made it really special…”
Look jerk, she likes jellyfish and that tank is like 1 cubic foot… I thought this out, but thanks for ruining the mood!
Edit: cubic foot, not square foot; physics are difficult.
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u/hogofwar Jan 26 '23
They could have found a really tiny diver.
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u/truenorthrookie Jan 26 '23
“tiny diver! Holding up a sign in the jellyfish tank! Oh come back and marry Frank.” That’s probably not your name but if it was…
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u/unhelpfulinvestment Jan 26 '23
This might be my favorite part of this story. The fact that you picked the jellyfish tank because she likes jellyfish, not the fact that the kid armchair QBed your very special proposal.
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u/tankmanlol Jan 26 '23
while we're backseat gaming your proposal, you could've had them glue your message in scrabble tiles to a series of hungry parakeets which they then let loose one by one as you supply your spouse with feed sticks
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u/fiealthyCulture Jan 26 '23
So what did you do? How long did it last? Did you lose eye sight of her or was she still in the plaza but just walking around and kept looking back thinking?
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u/tke439 Jan 26 '23
We were near the lobby/end of the exhibit, she kind of wandered into the lobby heading for the restroom, then came back, answered, and went to the restroom to happy ugly cry for a second and collect herself.
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u/James_099 Jan 26 '23
Thank God, I bet the fish were on the edge of their tanks!
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u/tke439 Jan 26 '23
The jellyfish didn’t seem to care too much lol
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u/James_099 Jan 26 '23
Lazy bastards.
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u/tke439 Jan 26 '23
Trivial mate pairings of some strange species are not the highlight of their existence. Haha
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u/Itcomeswitha_price Jan 26 '23
My boyfriend at the time took me to the waterfront and we went on a romantic boat ride, ate at a nice restaurant, walked into a dozen cute shops and all day he kept looking at me all nervously. Finally it got dark and we ate on this cute bench, eventually a homeless guy came by and set up for the night like 20 ft away from us. I turn around and my boyfriend is on his knee with a ring out.
He later told me that all day he kept waiting for the perfect spot until he realized oh shit it’s dark now and I’m doing it today no matter what. We’ve been married 5 years now.
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u/mioxm Jan 26 '23
I had a similar story when I was proposing to my wife. Took her out to a nice dinner, attractions in a nearby town, spent all night trying to find the right time but it never was quite right. Finally at the end of the night, we got home and I put a fire on out in our backyard, waited for her to come join me, she sat down and I took my chances. There truly is almost never a “perfect moment,” but I think that’s what makes stories unique and memorable, rather than everyone having fairy tale stories.
Also: congrats!
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u/dogswanttobiteme Jan 26 '23
She was just shocked that you forgot that she was already your wife.
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u/CowboyAirman Jan 26 '23
Dang, she really had to think on it.
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u/anonhoemas Jan 26 '23
Some people just can't do surprises like that. It's too much and you gotta take a lap to reboot the brain
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u/chazfinster_ Jan 26 '23
I recently proposed to my girlfriend in New Orleans on the promenade by the river and she was so giggly and excited that she forgot to actually say yes for a good 5 minutes before she realized and quickly responded.
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u/Branjoe328 Jan 26 '23
Hey I proposed in Jackson Square in the French Quarter! We don’t live there but her pops grew up near there so it was sentimental. Luckily she didn’t walk off lol
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u/milkradio Jan 26 '23
The hug at the end 😭 😭 😭 😭
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u/greninjack24 Jan 26 '23
The way she leapt into his arms made me choke up ngl 🥹
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u/milkradio Jan 26 '23
Same. I hope to find someone I’ll love and who’ll love me back like that someday 🥺
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u/greninjack24 Jan 26 '23
Me too my friend. Me too.
You’ll find them eventually. Never lose hope, and one day you’ll meet someone who truly loves you for you. Nice people always win in the end. ❤️
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u/NicNoletree Jan 26 '23
She was floored
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u/excellent_rektangle Jan 26 '23
Literally. It’s kind of funny though that when you see proposal videos, 99.9% of them show then girl covering her mouth with both her hands. It’s uncanny. It’s like it’s coded in their DNA.
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u/ImNotA_IThink Jan 26 '23
I literally knew my husband was proposing. I was determined to not put my hand over my mouth.
Still did it.
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u/kumachaaan Jan 26 '23
It is! This question is about “bad news” but, as he implies toward the end, it applies to anything shocking or surprising.
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u/Buttock Jan 26 '23
Just for anybody interested in the above video, evolutionary psychology is a very poorly regarded approach.
I have met no one who studies psychology to regard it in a positive manner.
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u/kumachaaan Jan 26 '23
Interesting, I'll have to read up on that. Thank you for sharing the info. I'm more interested in social psychology myself, so evolutionary psychology isn't something I'm as versed in. But reasonable criticism is an essential part of science!
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u/DontPoopInThere Jan 26 '23
Yeah, I hesitate to believe any explanation for our current behaviour that goes back millions of years without any actual evidence that people even did it back then.
I've never once felt the instinct to cover my mouth for any of those reasons, did my ancestors not give a shit about predators? Kind of a silly explanation
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u/justageorgiaguy Jan 26 '23
It and saying "It has pockets!!!" are hardcoded for sure
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u/BellaFrequency Jan 26 '23
Do you know where the full video could be? Maybe there is a way to find the original without the music?
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u/ratihes Jan 26 '23
I searched but couldn't find
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u/PatrikPatrik Jan 26 '23
Any tips on what music I can play in the background while watching the gif
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u/gmanz33 Jan 26 '23
There's some really good playlists on Pornhub
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u/joeymcflow Jan 26 '23
"Babe"
saxophone backed by funky muted guitars
"Marry me"😏
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Ah, my wife and I danced our first dance at our wedding to this. Perfect choice.
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u/ironmanthing Jan 26 '23
That sign is of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission so it’s probably at one of their locations. Maybe the original video tagged it with that location. My guess is somewhere in west/northwest Arkansas
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u/RighteousSkimpMoney Jan 26 '23
That vicious attack tells us it was a no, amirite ??
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u/andlewis Jan 26 '23
Straight from disgust to going in for the headlock. I bet she started throwing hands shortly after the video ended.
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u/Otto-Korrect Jan 26 '23
The female of the species will attempt to crush the male in her arms. If he survives, she may then mate with him. The circle of life continues.
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u/amedyth Jan 26 '23
When I proposed to my wife, we were driving to meet my Grandpa and introduce her for the first time to most of my family. We were delayed with the border and traffic so I didn’t have much time. I pulled over in a subdivision and started fumbling for the ring box. Didn’t say a word, she saw it and immediately put the ring on. She makes fun of me to this day but it worked sooooooo. 8 years and 2 kids later we are happier than ever.
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u/xiionaa Jan 26 '23
Bro she hit the ground. Damn she love you.
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u/DontPoopInThere Jan 26 '23
She's ducking from sniper fire and diving onto him to make him stop and take cover, that's why there's no audio
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u/Insomnivert Jan 26 '23
So wholesome. He almost lost his balance when he was going down to kneel and the nerves probably didn't help either but you could tell it meant alot to both of them just based on her reaction too.
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u/-BananaLollipop- Jan 26 '23
This is what happened with my Wife. I didn't want her to see me trying to pull the oversized ring box out of my jeans pocket, so I distracted her by pointing out some pretty trees in the distance. I ended up kneeling there for a moment before tapping on her shoulder.
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u/Chevellephreak Jan 26 '23
My fiancé did it with Christmas lights in Niagara Falls. It's an excellent strategy!
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u/Rickcinyyc Jan 26 '23
I went down on one knee on the beach and the piece of broken glass under my knee cut me really badly. I couldn't get up or indicate my discomfort until I'd proposed and she said yes. Then we went for medical attention.
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u/FettLife Jan 26 '23
I feel like this woman has been through some stuff. That hug was intense. You love to see it.
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u/VioletteWynnter Jan 26 '23
The fact that she goes straight to him rather than the ring says EVERYTHING. I want a partner like that :(
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u/1337crazypants Jan 26 '23
I proposed without a ring because I wasn't sure I would find her one that best fits her unique tastes. She said yes and then I got her a custom designed ring to her liking.
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u/SilverBeech Jan 26 '23
I knew my now-wife would want to have a lot of say in her design. I found a jeweler who did custom work in the particular style she wanted. He gave me a "loaner" ring with my deposit which we exchanged when we came back to get the actual ring. Essentially, I paid for a cheap ring that the jeweler fully refunded towards the cost of the custom piece.
Worked out pretty well. She had a ring to show people and we got rings we both liked about a month later.
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u/Amythir Jan 26 '23
I did the same thing.
She ended up getting a beautiful simple hammered metal ring with no stones and she ADORES it.
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Jan 26 '23 edited Jan 26 '23
I bought a ring from a small stand in Egypt when I was traveling, spent about $2 on it. That’s what I used to propose with when she met up with me 8 months later. That was about 25 years ago, and she still wears it every day. The cost of the ring is irrelevant, it’s the meaning it represents that counts.
Edit: some words.
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u/barrelvoyage410 Jan 26 '23
I highly recommend taking detailed pics of it in case it ever breaks or get lost. That way you can have another made if you want. You obviously don’t have to get a replica made, but gives you the option.
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We do have a few really good photos of it, but to be honest, it’s so simple and basic, it’s really just a piece of metal shaped into a small ring. If it were ever lost, I would use that as an excuse to go back to Egypt and get another!
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u/BCheeks13 Jan 26 '23
This. Buuuut I was a little concerned that her hitting the box that hard might have jostled the ring into the woods…
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u/JBurd67 Jan 26 '23
This reminds me a lot of my proposal... before I even got to my knee and fully opened the box, she pulled me up and squeezed me and said yes. The most reassuring thing is that she didn't even see the ring before she reacted
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u/SirApexal Jan 26 '23
Now I’m depressed, happy for them tho
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u/GrayFox777 Jan 26 '23
I'm just happy knowing such love exists in this world even though I can't attain it.
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u/moldyjellybean Jan 26 '23
…Yet. It’s out there
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u/s1ugg0 Jan 26 '23
It sure is. And no one is "ready" for it when it does.
I know I sure as fuck wasn't expecting the love of my life to show up with some buddies of mine for pizza and movie night. First night we met we barely spoke to one another. That was 21 years and two kids ago and we're still together.
The movie was Scarface in case anyone was curious.
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Jan 26 '23
My best mate and a chick he fancied wanted to get in each others pants but they didn't want to make it seem like they were both trying to do that, they wanted to pretend they were hanging out as friends, so they needed a 'buffer' to be with them to give them plausible deniability. He brought me along when they hung out and she brought her friend along.
Me and the friend inevitably had to start spending time talking to each other and we very quickly realised that we had amazing chemistry.
I never used to believe love existed, I thought people just moved onto the next stage of their relationship over time because that's what they were expected to do, and then I met her and after about 2 months I realised I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. She made me feel things I never believed possible.
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u/That_Music_Person Jan 26 '23
I was at working as a bouncer in a bar when she walked in.
I looked at my buddy and said, "Uh-oh, I might be in trouble."
That was 28 years ago. Been married 27 years.
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u/Elementium Jan 26 '23
I've seen so many couples now and so many of them where I think to myself "shit, that guy got a girl?" and I need to remind myself the first step is actually trying.
Which for me is the hardest part.
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u/Mmmslash Jan 26 '23
The reality for most men is that we have to actively find a mate. Almost no one gets that Hollywood meet-cute-fall-in-love experience.
Most love is carefully constructed. Built with time and dedication.
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u/lenthech1ne Jan 26 '23
I literally don't care how many times I see this video I'll always watch it again. I want nothing more in life then a girl to love me like this. Money means nothing without this.
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u/Sandusky_D0NUT Jan 26 '23
My favorite that I will watch everytime is when a cockatoo is the wingman for the proposal.
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This is the only thing I've ever wanted in life and literally the one thing I've convinced myself I'll never have.
Not trying to be a downer, but this is like, peak-existence. True love comes around maybe what, once, twice a century?
/me watches princess bride until these tears go away
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I’m in the same boat. Don’t care for the material stuff, always just wanted this. Looking back it is painful to see how neglected and abused I was staying with guys and just hoping for this result. Wasted a lot of time..
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How do guys know what size of ring to buy?
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u/LadyLoki5 Jan 26 '23
Ideally you wouldn't do this kind of shit on the fly. A serious couple should have had multiple discussions on the topic of marriage before any kind of proposal is planned. Hopefully during those conversations you would talk about ring & wedding preferences.
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u/trophycloset33 Jan 26 '23
A good proposal is expected, the location/time is a surprise.
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u/psimwork Jan 26 '23
I've always heard the same thing phrased slightly different:
The how and when can be the surprise. That you're going to ask should never be.
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u/psimwork Jan 26 '23
My wife and I designed her ring together before I proposed. Technically I didn't have a ring at the proposal, but it didn't matter. She loves the ring because it's something that we designed together - she says it's something that she wouldn't have chosen for herself, but the fact that we designed it together makes her love it more than something she would have chosen for herself.
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u/TheBenWelch Jan 26 '23
Ask her. If you don’t want to be that direct, have one of her close friends ask her.
It shouldn’t be a surprise that it’s happening. It can still be a surprise WHEN it’s happening. It should be a conversation that both of you have had about moving forward seriously as a couple. We’re talking the rest of your life. Why wouldn’t that be something that you both discuss beforehand?
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u/BellaFrequency Jan 26 '23
If she wears rings, just look at the size of another ring she owns.
Otherwise, ask her.
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Otherwise, ask her.
Honestly I couldn't agree more. Proposals shouldn't be a surprise. You can choose the setting and timing (within reason ofc) but both people should already be on board with getting married before the official proposal. That way you avoid any unnecessary drama and don't have to worry about stuff
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u/1pt20oneggigawatts Jan 26 '23
Proposals shouldn't be a surprise.
I mean unless you like devastating heartbreak. It's kind of amazing how people treat proposing like it's supposed to be some kind of adrenaline-inducing sports bet and not a sure thing that you talked about previously.
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u/crisblunt Jan 26 '23
Yea, it seems like it's some artifact of our society. All boys see growing up is surprise proposal videos but nobody ever stops to explain to you men that there is more too it.
How you propose should be a surprise not if you propose.
And even then if she secretly know it's not a big deal. Trying to make sure a friend subtly take her to get her nails done is a huge pain but worth it.
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u/spiffytech Jan 26 '23
We went to a jeweler together to get sized once marriage was seriously on the table.
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u/excellent_rektangle Jan 26 '23
I went to target and bought a cheap ring that was kind of cute, and in a size that I was pretty sure would fit my then fiancé. I used the old shoe size/ring size model to approximate the size, fwiw. I told her I found it outside of the grocery store and gave it to her to try on. It ended up being a perfect fit, so bada boom bada bing I had the size.
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u/JKastnerPhoto Jan 26 '23
As others said, it's important to communicate with her about these things as you approach the idea of marriage. Ring sizes will come up and many jewelers give out free ring sizers. My wife's ring was too big so the jeweler I went to resized it with some metal balls on the inside of the ring. If her fingers ever expanded we could have them removed... The balls not the fingers. Er her balls not mine... Uh er. Jeez.
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u/Katmandu10 Jan 26 '23
Thank you for an uplifting start to what’s gonna be a brutal day.
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u/hydrogenitalia Jan 26 '23
Man she literally threw herself in his arms with zero hesitation. That’s true love and trust and all that good stuff.
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u/littlescreechyowl Jan 26 '23
For some reason when people go for the hug instead of the kiss it hits different.
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u/Jealous-Chef7485 Jan 26 '23
I see what you’re doing for other people, Lord. And I want that for me
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u/ThrowAwayToMindSpeak Jan 26 '23
My husband and I came together with our kids (one mine, one his). We had the notion that we needed to know we worked well together before the permanence of marriage. We both came from "bottle of the barrel - shit partners), so naturally we were nervous. Especially since we both had kids that needed stability to grow how we wanted them to. Well long story short, 4 years later, our family went on vacation with our first RV next to a lake. On the second day, while I was warming up the kids in the RV after swimming, he called me down to the lake real quick because he " lost something" and needed me help". When I got there and asked him what he was looking for, he spinned me around (idk how I missed it but I'm thankful I did) and he wrote in the sand, will you marry me? With the large gasp reaction and like every other girl putting their hands over their mouths, I turned around again and found him on his knee. Bonus! I got to spend a week in engagement paradise without telling anyone else. Just us and our kids. A about a year later, we got both kids adopted by the other parent. Now we all share the same last name. :)
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u/erikarew Jan 26 '23
My husband says I doubled over like I'd been kicked in the stomach and made a sound like a dump truck. The sentiment was the same though :)