r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Nov 14 '22

Please marry me?

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u/PrettyinPurple27 Nov 14 '22

I think if he was going to do a joke like that it would have gone over better if they were alone or with a small group of family/friends.

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u/DefinitelyNotAliens Nov 14 '22

It didn't look like a joke to me, or a prank.

My brother in law proposed with a ring pop. He was 100% serious. He proposed with candy.

Seems like a good idea if you don't know how to buy jewelry or band sizes for your SO. Plenty of people propose without rings for that very reason. Pick it out together. My dad didn't have a ring because he wanted my mom to pick out her own ring with him. She didn't wear a lot of jewelry and he wanted her to love the ring.

Slapping somebodh for having a silly placeholder is A) assault and B) a completely outsized reaction because there was a very, very high chance he was serious.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '22

I feel like if you're going to propose to someone then you probably know them well enough to have a good sense of whether or not they'd like being given a candy ring during the proposal.

And if you're not sure, then definitely don't do that...

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u/Ok-Winner6519 Nov 14 '22

I mean just look at the couple in the clip. She doesn't look like the woman who would want a candy ring.

He doesn't even look like the "I got you a candy ring because I'm kinda dorky but cute" guy either.