Biness: am i the only one who really liked it?

No you're not. I'm recently divorced and still thought it was fantastic. The cynicism in this thread on the other hand...

Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox: I'm 24 and even I have enough experience to know that

I was going to continue getting reeled in, but I shut down my response after this.

Cuchulane: My first marriage proposal was all about romance because I thought she was my dream girl. Then we went to get a mortgage loan and I found out her credit was bad because she had defaulted on some old credit cards. We spent years living in the basement at her mom and dad's. I proposed to my second wife by exchanging FICA scores, and now we live in the suburbs with a dog and a yard.

LOL...had to get new keyboard before I could reply

lefdeee: Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox: I'm 24 and even I have enough experience to know that

I was going to continue getting reeled in, but I shut down my response after this.

I don't blame you. When a 24 year old is giving more solid life advice than you are, you know it's time to duck out.

That was nauseating. I can think of a thousand proposal methods that would be more romantic than that and I'm actually a Disney/Pixar fan. A quiet balcony proposal in a suite in Cinderella's castle would have been far less cheesy.

Big Cheese Make Hair Go Boom: I really appreciated the mini popup ad in the vid...I don't think a dozen times was enough!

THIS, dammit, THIS! Once I click off the S.O.B., GO AWAY already. Dammit.

Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox: I don't blame you. When a 24 year old is giving more solid life advice than you are, you know it's time to duck out.

No, when a 24 year old thinks that they should go around telling everyone how to live their lives based on statistics of likelihood of success, that is when it is time to realize you are dealing with a raw novice. But you go ahead and run the numbers on whether it is worth your time to continue trying to convince other people to follow your advice, and have at it.

Personally, I find it more sad for someone to live their life by a script that dictates how long they should do something based on other peoples successes than another who jumps into something too fast.

Guys, don't EVER propose in a romantic fashion. You'll be setting expectations that will come back to bite you HARD in the ass.

Gay

Looked like Improv Everywhere to me.

And those damned popup ads. RedBalcony.com needs to be banninated from Fark.

Sure she said yes, now she has to marry a queer-o-sexual......

/Did my proposal like a real man should, at the Texas Roadhouse on 5 dollar burger night

Multiple camera angles had me suspicious, when he started talking it set off the gaydar and when the fat lady started singing I couldn't continue watching the video.

Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox: badhatharry: Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox: badhatharry: I know people that lived together for 10 years, then got married, then got divorced. 3 months, 3 years, 10 years; it doesn't matter.

This is simply not true statistically. Outliers do not negate a trend.

I don't recommend living your life based on statistics. Especially not in matters of love.

I don't recommend that people follow your recommendations. I'm 24 and even I have enough experience to know that making life changing decisions after a short period of time simply because you love somebody is a stupid idea.

I loved my first girlfriend years ago. I would have married her, and it would have been the worst decision of my life. I was young and stupid. Thank goodness she self-destructed and opened my eyes before I got a chance. I've also met enough young love disaster stories to at least approach it with some degree of caution. Making hasty decisions based solely on emotions is what animals do.

Listen, I have been through bad relationships too. I have made the same rules; I wasn't going to get married until I was 35, We would have to live together for a year. All that bs. When you fall in love, the rules go out the window. Make sure she is not a criminal or insane. See how she treats kids and animals. See how she treats waiters. Meet her family and friends. Even check her credit score if that is important to you. Use common sense but don't be too cautious. Don't bring your baggage to the next one, she is not the first one. Good luck.

BeccaWecca: Aww, I thought it was actually kind of sweet. Fake? Probably. Gay? Absolutely. But still adorable.

You sound fat and lonely

But yes it was a viral ad. They were all perfectly miked for sound.

I don't think that the first forty posts that are angry at a happy couple don't sum up fark enough...

...oh no wait.

she's hot.

too bad she doesn't get nakid

ModernPrimitive01: BeccaWecca: Aww, I thought it was actually kind of sweet. Fake? Probably. Gay? Absolutely. But still adorable.

You sound fat and lonely

And high maintenance.

lefdeee: No, when a 24 year old thinks that they should go around telling everyone how to live their lives based on statistics of likelihood of success, that is when it is time to realize you are dealing with a raw novice. But you go ahead and run the numbers on whether it is worth your time to continue trying to convince other people to follow your advice, and have at it.

Personally, I find it more sad for someone to live their life by a script that dictates how long they should do something based on other peoples successes than another who jumps into something too fast.

Blatant false dichotomy. You are equating a weighing of relevant facts with blindly running numbers or following a script. Only a fool would advocate letting emotions rule one's life and not paying any attention to relevant statistics, especially in such an important decision. This isn't even to mention the soft factors or opportunity costs by getting married after a short period of time. Maybe by getting married to Veronica after 3 months you'll be happy, but you would have been even happier with Betty who would have come along on the 4th month. Obviously one has to make the hard decisions eventually, but it makes so much more sense to wait a few years and see how things develop. The best marriages are essentially superfluous, you should tie the knot when it becomes obvious that you will always be together anyway. It's not something to be done on a lark just because you love someone, and you do not know someone after a few months.

WTF? with all the recession, having a stable income prompts women to propose to you. What's this guy up to?

Popup ads can be blocked with noscript (Firefox addon). So no matter what is the site you are going to, you dont need to cry out in pain when you see one because you wont.

I think its staged, probably the guy is a Broadway actor or a Disney employee. I think however that the proposal is real. Perhaps she dumps him a few minutes later but in the spirit of Disney lets hope they lived happily ever after.

Whats more interesting is that my girlfriend really liked it ( bummer ).

tetheredswimming: But yes it was a viral ad. They were all perfectly miked for sound.


Nope. You could only hear the girl when she spoke into the megaphone. But go ahead and be a jaded farker....you have amazing company here.

=-D

She probably ditched the guy after realizing he was gay.

badhatharry: Listen, I have been through bad relationships too. I have made the same rules; I wasn't going to get married until I was 35, We would have to live together for a year. All that bs. When you fall in love, the rules go out the window. Make sure she is not a criminal or insane. See how she treats kids and animals. See how she treats waiters. Meet her family and friends. Even check her credit score if that is important to you. Use common sense but don't be too cautious. Don't bring your baggage to the next one, she is not the first one. Good luck.

I'm not saying there's no place for love, and I certainly don't advocate carrying baggage with you. I'm just saying that precisely because I know that emotions do fark with you and can lead to bad decisions, you have to have some way of grounding yourself in reality and really making sure. Waiting a reasonable amount of time (a few years) and living together first can do that for a person.

Keywork99: I don't think a ring equals engagement. A ring is a symbol, that's all. We'll get the ring, just not right now.

I told my bf that when the time comes, I could really use a nice watch. I don't have a nice watch, and sometimes I like to dress up AND know what time it is.

Marisyana: Scrophulous Barking Duck: assistant regional manager Oh, please can this be a proposal story thread? :)

I proposed naked in bed after sex. I am the king of romance.

/We've been together nearly 25 years.

My husband proposed the same way. After seventeen days of dating.

/celebrating our eleventh anniversary in August

Uhh... I went this route as well. For all you 'doubters', it's lasted a FULL 47 days so far!!

I think we feel we are two of the most awkward, cheap and conservative people in our neck of the woods. Married on a beach... alone. no family, no long lost relatives, no best buds, no friends of friends. Our reasoning - less pressure, we are doing this for us, not them.

Dated for a half year, living together for seven and a half. Good credit for both of us, we both paid off student loans and credit cards. Now moving in to our first home in August.

After eight years, lemme say this... she's great, keeping me motivated and smiling. I can count the fights on one hand.

I'll also say marriage hasn't changed anything... except her changing all her identification. I highly suspect kids would bring a big social/commitment change that we don't think we want to deal with.

Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox: Maybe by getting married to Veronica after 3 months you'll be happy, but you would have been even happier with Betty who would have come along on the 4th month. Obviously one has to make the hard decisions eventually, but it makes so much more sense to wait a few years and see how things develop. The best marriages are essentially superfluous, you should tie the knot when it becomes obvious that you will always be together anyway. It's not something to be done on a lark just because you love someone, and you do not know someone after a few months.

And if you tie the knot after two years, Betty may show up in three. Marriage is not a guarantee of anything, and no matter how long you wait, you will likely have problems. The amount of time you've known somebody does not directly correspond with your ability as a couple to work through those problems.

Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox: I don't recommend that people follow your recommendations. I was am young and stupid.

FTFY

To think, at 24, that you have any right to tell a couple of 26 years that you're right and they're wrong, is foolish. And to have the nerve to imply that their children made mistakes just shows the power of a nameless, faceless venue of conversation.

I'd love to see you walk up to Elephantman in person and tell him that his family is too big and his children had babies too young. I'd also love to see his five children beat the everloving crap out of you and teach you some manners and respect for other people.

So go ahead, drive down the highway with your eyes closed.

Saw a story on this. IIRC They both work at the Park (she's administration or something, he's cast), and that's how he was able to swing it.

Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox: Only a fool would advocate letting emotions rule one's life and not paying any attention to relevant statistics, especially in such an important decision.

Fact is, and I don't know how I can explain this any better to you, the statistics of marriage length mean jack-all when one is considering proposing. OK, look at the numbers of how long marriages last when someone dates their S.O. for 2+ years before getting married. Now, it is ____ % more likely that their marriage will last 30+ years. OK, fantastic. Does that mean if everyone dates for two or more years, there will be a drop in divorces? Who the hell knows? You apparently think you know the answer, but you don't. Nobody does. That's my point. I know as much as you do asking my gf of one year to marry me as you do asking yours to marry you after cohabiting for ten. So for you to rely on numbers to tell you something ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WILL... is preposterous.

The thing that irritates me the most about this thread is that because the guy can sing, everyone on Fark.com™ assumes he must be gay.

Jesus Christ, Fark....Grow the crap up!


Maybe because I live in LA I see entertainers all the time, but for five of the first ten posts to call the guy gay is such a sad reflection of America.

DJanomaly: The thing that irritates me the most about this thread is that because the guy can sing, everyone on Fark.com™ assumes he must be gay.

Jesus Christ, Fark....Grow the crap up!


Maybe because I live in LA I see entertainers all the time, but for five of the first ten posts to call the guy gay is such a sad reflection of America.

Yeah, that was kind of ringing loud through the whole thread. Sad, really.

The guy should be shot for using the phrase "Tweedle-you and Tweedle-me"

Keywork99:
She told me if I spend more than $500 on her ring then I'm an idiot. She's also not into diamonds (thank god); she'd rather have a pearl ring, which I'm sure can run me a pretty penny itself but at least I won't have to deal with all the diamond BS.

be careful, hand lotions and other things can RUIN pearls like nobody's business! I'd go with some kind of precious stone for her hand and maybe a single pearl necklace as an anniversary present? The reason people started wearing diamonds was because they are hard and therefore harder to break (...a diamond is forever) but i bet you could find another kind of stone that isn't covered in blood or about to implode if you leave it on to do the dishes. Good luck

Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox
The best marriages are essentially superfluous, you should tie the knot when it becomes obvious that you will always be together anyway.

So long as it's obvious AND after 3 years. Right?

one word: tool

gambit60: Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox: I don't recommend that people follow your recommendations. I was am young and stupid.

FTFY

To think, at 24, that you have any right to tell a couple of 26 years that you're right and they're wrong, is foolish. And to have the nerve to imply that their children made mistakes just shows the power of a nameless, faceless venue of conversation.

I'd love to see you walk up to Elephantman in person and tell him that his family is too big and his children had babies too young. I'd also love to see his five children beat the everloving crap out of you and teach you some manners and respect for other people.

So go ahead, drive down the highway with your eyes closed.

THIS

If you, the most mature 24-year old in the history of mankind, can not muster up any emotions to the point that you make a huge decision that you might/might not regret, no one will care. And no one will care if you do end up marrying someone after knowing her for 12 hours or 12 years. But telling someone else who has acted on those emotions (and actually had a marriage last longer than you have been alive) is wrong because it's not up to your standard? That's the sign of someone whose daddy didn't whoop his ass enough.

D(alone)IAF, Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox.

dead_dangler: Guys, don't EVER propose in a romantic fashion. You'll be setting expectations that It will come back to bite you HARD in the ass.

There -- FTFY.

-- KTF.

miketbj2: Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox
The best marriages are essentially superfluous, you should tie the knot when it becomes obvious that you will always be together anyway.

So long as it's obvious AND after 3 years. Right?

Give him a few minutes, he needs to run every possible variable of a relationship through his Marriage Sustainability Probability Matrix^TM.

I've heard its a huge hit with the ladies.

KingMarmot: Proposed next to the Stanley Cup at the HHOF. Just handed her the ring and said, 'uh huh' when she asked 'for real?'.

/Toronto, city of Romance.
//Clip was staged, water wet, film at 11.

I proposed in the parking garage of Joe Louis Arena before a Red Wings/Predators game.

/Was supposed to have proposed the day before in Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor, but a blizzard hit and truncated the trip.

//She bought the tickets for us.

///Didn't want to propose in public, did NOT want to embarrass her, but did want to propose before the game.

////At the game she bought me Gordie Howe's book, and I got to meet Gordie and got the book autographed.

HEY GUYS, HAVE YOU SEEN THE VIDEO WHERE THEY POP POPCORN BY POINTING CELL PHONES AT IT! IT'S TOTALLY REAL! YOU HAVE TO SEE IT!!!!11!11

It was a little better than my proposal.

Future Hubby: Hey, do you think you wanna get married?

Me: Um yeah.

Future Hubby: Oh ookay, I bought you this ring, but you don't seem to like the idea of marriage.

Me: Are you proposing to me?

Future Hubby: Yeah, if it's something you're oopen to.

Me: Ok...

Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox: Not that I would consider having 5 kids a good or responsible idea, or 2 grandkids by kids less than 26 years old particularly wonderful, but I guess it takes all kinds. I'm sure you wouldn't approve of some of my choices either.

Just... wow. Are you alone and bitter because you're an asshole, or are you an asshole because you're alone and bitter?

A_Spaid_Is_A_Spaid: /Proposed by getting a first edition copy of her favorite book signed by the authors, glued the pages down and hollowed out the book, then placed the ring on a bed of velvet inside of the book, and given to her as a "late" birthday gift

Aww honey, I love you so much. Just to prove how much I love you, I tracked down a first edition copy of your favorite book! I know! Awesome! But that's not all...

See, because I just love you all to pieces, I tracked down the authors and had them sign it for you! I know! Aren't I the best?

But wait! No, seriously, you're gonna love this part! Can you guess what I did next? Well, come on, can you?


I DESTROYED IT!

HAHAHAHAHA!!!

SUCK IT, SWEETIE!

Okay, here it comes...

Will you marry me?

Sweetie?

I like how this thread went from hating on the video and calling the guy gay into just straight ripping Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox

Also, how many different cameras are involved in this video?

Clearly the dude would have wanted this event videotaped for posterity, but the five or so cameras they wound up using here make this video reek of Disney's marketing department.

alexdroog: Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox: Not that I would consider having 5 kids a good or responsible idea, or 2 grandkids by kids less than 26 years old particularly wonderful, but I guess it takes all kinds. I'm sure you wouldn't approve of some of my choices either.

Just... wow. Are you alone and bitter because you're an asshole, or are you an asshole because you're alone and bitter?

"Just... wow," alright. What's with all the hate against Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox? He stated his abrasive opinion (abrasive on Fark? *gasp!*) without meaning to intentionally attack anyone and even ended it with an acknowledgement that his own choices in life would likely be ridiculed by those here that he's in disagreement with, providing he chose to share the details on here with them, too.

"Die in a fire"? "Beat the living crap out of him"? Seriously? Did he hit a few chords with you older folk? The hate is totally disproportionate to his comments. Yes, this is Fark, but jesus on a stick, a simple 'get off my lawn' after a boorish lecture would of done the trick just as well.

..Then again, it mightn't relieve the pangs of frustration like a good old biatching on the internet does. If that's the case, bleh. Carry on. Whatever helps you sleep at night.

How's THIS for a fancy nickname: alexdroog: Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox: Not that I would consider having 5 kids a good or responsible idea, or 2 grandkids by kids less than 26 years old particularly wonderful, but I guess it takes all kinds. I'm sure you wouldn't approve of some of my choices either.

Just... wow. Are you alone and bitter because you're an asshole, or are you an asshole because you're alone and bitter?

"Just... wow," alright. What's with all the hate against Can'tLetYouDoThatStarFox? He stated his abrasive opinion (abrasive on Fark? *gasp!*) without meaning to intentionally attack anyone and even ended it with an acknowledgement that his own choices in life would likely be ridiculed by those here that he's in disagreement with, providing he chose to share the details on here with them, too.

"Die in a fire"? "Beat the living crap out of him"? Seriously? Did he hit a few chords with you older folk? The hate is totally disproportionate to his comments. Yes, this is Fark, but jesus on a stick, a simple 'get off my lawn' after a boorish lecture would of done the trick just as well.

..Then again, it mightn't relieve the pangs of frustration like a good old biatching on the internet does. If that's the case, bleh. Carry on. Whatever helps you sleep at night.

It's really easy to make old people mad on the internet.