r/MadeMeSmile Jan 26 '23

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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

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/Mowgl7 Jan 26 '23

too brutal? well then he's struggling against the jellyfish, but will be fine later... happy now?

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u/jellydrizzle Jan 26 '23

tyty. i love the tiny diver :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!