When I think of romantic, when I think of heartwarming, when I think of being sweet… I don’t think of drones. But if I think of awesome and if I think of kickass and if I think of freaking cool… I do think of drones. So guy who used a flying drone to drop off the ring while you proposed, you’re awesome. More »
Now this is a marriage proposal that will resonate with Harry Potter fans. Rachel was ready to propose to her girlfriend Jaquie, so she enlisted the help of CustomMade, which some people have described as a cross between Etsy and Match.com. It’s basically a site that lets people find artisans who can turn their projects into a reality.
I think it’s safe to assume that Harry Potter played a major role in their relationship, because Rachel had her proposal fashioned after the most popular game in the wizarding world: Quidditch.
The Quidditch proposal set that Rachel commissioned included two Bludgers, one Quaffle, a bat, and of course, the Golden Snitch. All it needs is a charm spell to make everything come alive… Rachel hid the ring in the Snitch (where else?) and presented the set to Jacqui. She said “yes,” Voldemort is still dead, and all is well in the world.
If you want a custom Quidditch set of your own, then you can get one made by artist Anthony Albano for somewhere between $800 and $1,200 (USD).
Geeks have proven, time and time again, that they’re an extremely creative bunch, especially when it comes to wedding proposals. From fake iPads to custom video game level proposals, to Kinder Surprise proposals, geek guys and girls have gone the extra mile to surprise his or her significant other with the proposal of a lifetime.
This Pictionary proposal is simplistic at best, but that doesn’t make it any less awesome or endearing.
Here’s how it went down: Reddit user justmli had decided to pop the question and he decided to do it on Pictionary game night. He went through the pile of cards, found one with ‘Marry’ on it, and stenciled in the word ‘Me’ after it. He then rigged the game so that his girlfriend of a year and a half would end up with it.
Sure enough, when she drew the card, everyone began guessing, and eventually he yelled out, “Marry me!” After his girlfriend replied with “Yeah!”, he then pulled out the ring and asked her to marry him.
Needless to say, she said yes.
[via Reddit]
If you’re lucky and if you do things right, then you’ll probably only have to plan a marriage proposal only once in your entire lifetime. So why not expend the right amount of effort and pour excessive loads of creativity and thoughtfulness into it to give your significant other the proposal of her (or his) lifetime?
Redditor rad_rob gave it a shot with his iPad proposal. Eddie wowed his girl (and thousands of geeks worldwide) with his Iron Man arc reactor proposal.
Matthew, on the other hand, popped the question with a Kinder Surprise Egg.
Matthew and Lori used to buy and gift each other with Kinder Surprise Eggs all the time before they were banned a few years ago. So Matthew decided to use it as the basis for his proposal and painstakingly took the chocolate egg apart and replaced the toy inside with a robot figure that, when assembled, forms a tiny MatthewBot on bended knee.
Of course, the ring itself was also inside. And in case you were wondering, Lori said yes.
You see, when two nerds love each other very much, they sometimes make each other things. Things like this Iron Man arc reactor marriage proposal device that Eddie Zarick created.
This is a nice nerdy way to say I love you. Besides, his girlfriend is always calling him Tony Stark anyway since he is involved in a ton of projects. So he figured he would make a Arc Reactor Heart with an engagement ring inside. The thing lights up, and when a button is pushed, the LEDs animate in colors, and the ring rises from the center to impress even the most iron-hearted of iron women. Here, check it out:
Impressive, Eddie, very impressive indeed.
[via Geeks Are Sexy]
People are probably starting to feel the pressure when it comes to proposals with all this news about guys coming up with ingenious ways to propose to their girlfriends (and vice versa).
30-year-old Russian businessman Alexey Bykov is no exception. So he thought long and hard and finally decided to give his bride-to-be the proposal of her dreams nightmares.
Photo Credit: Sina
Here’s what Alexey did: he covered himself in a lot of blood and had a group of co-conspirators pretend that he had figured in some bad car accident. Ambulances and mangled cars surrounding him at the scene of the purported accident help make the entire thing more believable.
His girlfriend says: “When I arrived there were mangled cars everywhere, ambulances, smoke, and carnage. Then when I saw Alexey covered in blood lying in the road a paramedic told me he was dead and I just broke down in tears.”
When Alexey had seen enough, he brought himself back from the dead and proposed to her. Lucky for him, she said yes. If that were me, I would’ve probably slapped him silly before giving my answer. I doubt there’d be any girl out there who’d be pleased with an “I’m-dead-but-not-really” type of proposal.
So why’d he do it? Alexey explains: “I wanted her to realise how empty her life would be without me and how life would have no meaning without me. I think it worked but I promise it’s the last time.”
That sounds a little thick-headed but apparently, it worked. At least, for him.
[via Gawker via Geeokologie]
New York Time tech writer and nicked-iPhone-victim David Pogue is going to get married again. His proposal was simply amazing: He made a fake movie trailer with “a thinly veiled version” of the love story between him and his girlfriend. He then “persuaded the movie theater at a summer resort to play it before a movie,” in front of both of their families: More »
Facebook will now include special icons for same-sex couples who indicate that they’re married on Facebook. Just a few weeks ago, developers realized that Apple introduced same-sex couple emojis in iOS 6. The times they are a-changing. More »
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