airmonkey on May 31, 2012 at 10:17 AM

Learn to read, idiot.

Aw, come on, people. This sh*t is awesome. Where’s your sense of throw-caution-to-the-wind romance?

Esoteric on May 30, 2012 at 9:57 PM

That’s because most of the people here (while above the bar in the intelligence department) lack a sense of humor, or a personality.

Typical midwest style behavior, and an impressive amount of choreography put into that production…

Some of the female comments above confirm my suspicions.

(happily married 47 years and counting…)

Now, that’s romance! Me and Him will be married 30 years this summer.
Fallon on May 31, 2012 at 10:57 AM

Still to each other?

Definitely. A man who’s confident in his girlfriend’s love for him—and her answer—has no need for theatrics. Nothing beats a private, romantic proposal.

You want a female vote? Minus 10. Nauseating. If my husband would’ve wasted his money this way, I never would have married him.
usedtobeinmich on May 30, 2012 at 10:44 PM

+10

“Thank God and Greyhound You’re Gone!” – Roy Clark

TugboatPhil on May 31, 2012 at 6:50 AM

“I’m Gonna Love You ‘Til I Don’t.”

Me: Um, honey, I think I’m pregnant.

Him: Oh, what should we do?

Me: This is where you ask me to marry you.

Him: Um, okay.

Now, that’s romance! Me and Him will be married 30 years this summer.

And whoever was worried about the “gay agenda” – really folks, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Get out more often! Enjoy the sun and smell the roses.

I thought, doesn’t a public proposal put a whole lot of pressure on the woman? Pressure she might not appreciate? Yes, it might. The crowd is waiting for an answer, even though she might want to talk the whole thing over with the man doing the proposing. She might have thought marriage was such a serious step, they should talk about before agreeing to it.

How high will the bar be raised for these public proposals? How will the next couple out-do everyone who assembled their jazz hands previously?

A young co-worker, when discussing this topic, told me that she wished her husband had proposed to her in some public, fancier way that he did (he proposed when the two of them were alone, in a quiet place).

“I had no one to share it with!” she told me.

Please note: REAL alpha men feel no need to tear others down, they build themselves and others up.

airmonkey on May 31, 2012 at 10:17 AM

You do realize the irony of what you just posted?

This has nothing to do with alpha male or whatever. It’s simply peoples’ opinions about something. Personally I didn’t like it at all. I wouldn’t want a crowd at something that personal, and I didn’t like the song. So what does that make me?

My husband propsed in a very romantic spot during a very romantic picnic. And trust me he’s definitely alpha male. Oh, and I can probably shoot as well or better than you. So get a grip and let people have their opinions. We let you have yours.

nottakingsides on May 31, 2012 at 2:04 AM

Sooooooo, telling people to see something heartfelt and beautiful is bad…I am very sad for your current/future (probably past?) wife…she will be getting a wrench set for her birthday i assume??

Being conservative has nothing to do with being a cynical jerk, but somehow a lot of self appointed “alpha” males feel the need to be so. Please note: REAL alpha men feel no need to tear others down, they build themselves and others up.

How exciting to have your marriage proposal go viral on YouTube! Not. Where your most memorable moment in your relationship happens before you even get married. How can the wedding ceremony itself stand under this proposal’s shadow? And the rest of the marriage afterwards?

I think the personal proposal is much better. You can only go up from there. Slowly building up over the years.

The number of points added for the “romantic,” “fun,” and “creative” factor, alone cancels out any Debbie or Danny Downer Naysayers.

This is gold.

Imagine their adult children in the future watching this…

She said “I want to hyphenate my last name”. I replied “Then you should marry someone else”. She lit up and told me it was a test.

25 years.

Bigurn on May 31, 2012 at 1:39 AM

*********
Made me smile!

Everyone else seemed….genuine, they seemed like they’d dropped in from a sitcom.
Mistahtibbs on May 31, 2012 at 6:55 AM

You just can’t get any more genuine than something culled from TV.

I have a hard time taking “romance” seriously. Maybe it’s because Mr. Knightley has spent thirteen years deconditioning me, or maybe I just define it as something much less showy. But something like this…within ten seconds I would’ve been all, “Why do I have to watch this? Can you just get to the point?”