[Originally at 20 Marriage Proposals That Will Make You Believe in True Love by
In today’s age of social media, it’s all too easy to lose sight of the fact that something as big as a marriage proposal use to be a simple, quaint, and private affair. But no longer, and let’s be clear: if you’re a fan of great love stories and rom-coms, this is truly excellent news.
That’s why we’ve compiled here the 20 recent marriage proposal stories so clever and heartwarming that they reinvigorated our belief in true love — from one man who purchased hundreds of balloons to recreate an iconic film scene to the couple that accidentally proposed to each other at the exact same time. So read on, and feel your heart aflutter!
Starbucks Love
Two travel photographers, Austin and Esther, had a well-established and totally cute ritual of leaving notes for each other in airport Starbucks locations from Los Angeles to Cambodia. But in July 2017, after six years of dating and note-leaving, Austin upped the ante in a Starbucks tucked away in the Amsterdam airport.
His note for Esther told her to ask at the counter for a drink he had supposedly pre-ordered for her. After reading the note, she turned toward the counter and saw a sweet surprise — Austin himself, down on one knee, with a ring.
The Family Heirloom
It took two years for Sonja to pull together her long-awaited surprise for Stefan: commissioning an exact replica of his long-lost family heirloom, the Dumas family signet ring. (Think “Dumas” as in Alexandre Dumas, author of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo.) Finally, in 2016, in front of Prague’s picturesque Charles Bridge, Sonja revealed the ring and then, as if that wasn’t surprising enough, she got down on one knee — and Stefan said yes!
Soaring to New Heights
Just this month, professional pilot Nate Rigos took his long-term girlfriend, Nayia Leventis, for a romantic private flight. Once they were at cruising altitude, Nate pulled a ring from his pocket and asked Nayia to take a look out the window at the message he’d painstakingly drawn in block letters in the sand of the beach below: “Marry me, Nayia?”
Check out the other 7 at https://bestlifeonline.com/marriage-proposals/ or more cool stuff at https://www.dowoakevents.com/blog
As someone who’s literally at Starbucks every day, that first one is one I can appreciate. All of these are super cool, though. And who says romance is dead? It’s also cool to see the way people adapt traditions like the proposal, the wedding ceremony, and the reception to the modern day and add their own touches of flair. And this list is definitely a perfect example of people doing just that.
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