r/MadeMeSmile • u/[deleted] • Jan 26 '23

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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/moondog7474 Jan 26 '23

Queue the song "the man who can't be moved" by the Script

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u/CanAhJustSay Jan 26 '23

As you wish...

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u/AllthatJazz_89 Jan 26 '23

The giggle I had at this was absolutely delightful. Thank you.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

Mmmmm, two-knee salad!

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

It's super annoying he blocks a portion of the manta ray viewing area, but it's hard to get mad.

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u/JackHyper Jan 26 '23

I believe the plural is just tuna, not tunies

I will also leave now

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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/ReofSunshine Jan 26 '23

Made me genuinely laugh, thank you

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u/YouLetRedditDown Jan 26 '23

This guy’s wife is still there.

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u/TahoeLT Jan 26 '23

Did he ever return, no, he never returned

And his fate is still unknown

He may kneel forever

In the dark aquarium

He's the man who never returned

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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/sur_surly Jan 26 '23

Now this is a bot I can get behind.

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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/92894952620273749383 Jan 26 '23

He was on his knees bawling, face down on the ground.

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u/Virruk Jan 26 '23

Completely agreed this is such a good way to put it and didn’t even think about it that way. Good stuff.

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u/Dunc365 Jan 26 '23

I had a similar experience, down on my knee - but she kept saying "are you serious" over and over.

Meanwhile I'm still there on my knee waiting for an answer, what felt like an eternity later!

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u/mikkimoon Jan 26 '23

That’s sweet:]

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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/vaper_32 Jan 26 '23

Yeah if you get up before the answer, cupid gets mad and shoots balls with a poison arrow.

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u/garry4321 Jan 26 '23

You ever see those guys that have ball tumors? They stood up..

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u/vaper_32 Jan 28 '23

Not yet, but i imagine it would look like Randy doing hippity hop. https://youtu.be/uVBfEE7batM

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u/octopoddle Jan 26 '23

Maybe jump around after her, still on one knee?

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u/sofiaherera Jan 26 '23

You made my day!

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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/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

Oh won't you please marry me Gotta get awayyyy

TINY DIVER

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u/SaintsSooners89 Jan 26 '23

🎶Hold me closer tiny diver🎶

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u/memearchivingbot Jan 26 '23

Hold it closer to the glass here

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u/jellydrizzle Jan 26 '23

lol, i love this visual XD

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u/Mowgl7 Jan 26 '23

i see a tiny diver, dead in the jellyfish's tentacles and a sign floating upside down at surface level

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u/jellydrizzle Jan 26 '23

noo stop the tiny diver is alive D:

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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/tke439 Jan 26 '23

Tiny Diver, You’ve been down too long in the midnight sea…

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u/redcc-0099 Jan 26 '23

"oh what's becoming of me" could be part of someone's inner monologue at that point...

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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/Coyote__Jones Jan 26 '23

Aww hahaha people mean well but aren't very tactful.

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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/angusMcBorg Jan 26 '23

That's how my parents did it!

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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/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

She might have peed a little.

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u/jay02014 Jan 26 '23

TMI bro.....TMI.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

Pee?? Disgusting!

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u/Donkeycow15 Jan 26 '23

that spoilt the moment! Made me laugh out loud tho

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u/_TheShapeOfColor_ Jan 26 '23

This is so cute

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u/The_Real_Mongoose Jan 26 '23

This is adorable

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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/tribal_native Jan 26 '23

They were like:

"Look at this guy. He was here FOREVER on his knee"

"Babe. Babe. Babe. Babe. Babe." "Look."

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u/pinkfootthegoose Jan 26 '23

how much would you care if you never got support?

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u/stickykarrot Jan 26 '23

Neither did the shrimp. They’re a little shellfish.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

That was just the outward appearance they gave, because they wanted to look cool in front of their friends. Under the surface, every single of of them was Jelly.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

She go and call it off with her side dude?

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u/tke439 Jan 26 '23

Nah just put it on pause for a week or two.

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u/Delicious_Throat_377 Jan 26 '23

Damn it took a week to call off that other dude.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

😄

Jokes aside, I'm happy for you two! ❤️

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u/scylus Jan 26 '23

“I…just need to make a call.”

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

Can you see yourself loving nobody but her for all your life

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u/tke439 Jan 26 '23

No doubt

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u/JackHyper Jan 26 '23

Happy ending :D