RUN FOR THE HILLS!!! ahahahaha I love it. With valentines around the corner, I just love this shit.

Like Gabriel Berne says in Millers Crossing: nobody really knows anyone else, not that well.

You know, I'm going to throw up an *eia on this because after all, these losers aren't going to be procreating... well, at least not with the women they thought they would be.

Natural selection at work right before your eyes folks!

Adding video to channels (Eia) - requested by ponceleon.

Public marriage proposals are completely and totally inappropriate. UNLESS you've already asked, gotten a positive answer, and now want to put on a bit of a show.

Putting someone on the spot like that, demanding an instant, public decision on one of the most personal, intimate questions in life, is a sure sign of assholeness (and stupidity, let's not forget that part).

Be a decent human being, and let the one you love have the freedom to turn you down without being excoriated as a heartless bitch. THEN you can both put on a show for the crowd later.

They get what they deserve. It does seem like the sort of thing a person who both doesn't understand tact (or their significant other) would do. I'm surprised people pulling these public proposals don't get shot down more often.

Public marriage proposals are for guys that've got more balls than they have brains. Can't think of anything emotionally heavy and creative? Then show her you've got balls by proposing in front of thousands.

Balls may get you laid, but brains make will make 'em stay.

this reminded me how much being proposed to sucks. SUCKS. but i said yeah anyway.
it's a lot of pressure and retardedness, i think it's a conclusion best come to mutually after years of agonizing cluelessness and unsurety about how to proceed with your life plans and whether or not who ever the fuck should be included in them.
but then again, i always ruin potentially romantic moments by burping, or talking about buttholes.

Still more ways romance can go terribly wrong.

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Totally agree. These guys are manipulative jerks and getting what they deserve.>> ^Stormsinger:
Public marriage proposals are completely and totally inappropriate. UNLESS you've already asked, gotten a positive answer, and now want to put on a bit of a show.
Putting someone on the spot like that, demanding an instant, public decision on one of the most personal, intimate questions in life, is a sure sign of assholeness (and stupidity, let's not forget that part).
Be a decent human being, and let the one you love have the freedom to turn you down without being excoriated as a heartless bitch. THEN you can both put on a show for the crowd later.

I'm torn. I can see your point and I can't say I disagree, but I don't think slapping the guy in the face is an appropriate response, either. Surely if you've been dating long enough for him to propose, you would know he's a moron and probably incapable of knowing what a bad idea this is.

>> ^Stormsinger:
Public marriage proposals are completely and totally inappropriate. UNLESS you've already asked, gotten a positive answer, and now want to put on a bit of a show.
Putting someone on the spot like that, demanding an instant, public decision on one of the most personal, intimate questions in life, is a sure sign of assholeness (and stupidity, let's not forget that part).
Be a decent human being, and let the one you love have the freedom to turn you down without being excoriated as a heartless bitch. THEN you can both put on a show for the crowd later.

Oh, I agree completely...slapping is one of those almost-never-appropriate responses. Slapping is just too close to punching for me to ever be comfortable with the action.

I could think of a -few- situations that could almost justify that scene. For example, what if she'd already turned him down and he was using this to add pressure, or what if he said "Let's do this, and split the shower gifts." Or maybe she's really is an abusive bitch...we have no way to tell (which brings me back to my original point, he should have kept it private).


>> ^xxovercastxx:
I'm torn. I can see your point and I can't say I disagree, but I don't think slapping the guy in the face is an appropriate response, either. Surely if you've been dating long enough for him to propose, you would know he's a moron and probably incapable of knowing what a bad idea this is.

That second to last clip, looks scarily like Sarah Palin to me

Deserved shame. You'd have to be pretty out of touch to be surprised by a marriage proposal answer.

"Will you marry me" isn't supposed to be an open-ended question. Private is fine, public is fine. The point is, you 100% know the answer before you ask the girl. You should have already talked about it plenty (though not "officially" asked her yet). For something like this to work, you should be at a point in the relationship where she's already expecting the question and just wondering when and how you will ask - where's she's already made up her mind before you ask. Putting her on the spot is a huge mistake.

And if you think I'm off my rocker, I'm from the South. Yes, it really is a different culture than the rest of the U.S., but I thoroughly love it.

Two friends of mine have done public proposals in front of me, and I saw one more at Shakespeare in the Park. All said yes, but still, stupid, stupid, and stupid.

This http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjjsCN9D6BM is the worst I've ever seen. Should have been included in this medley.

Oh come on people, most (if not all) of these are bad fakes.

I have never proposed and when I do, I'm not going to make a huge performance out of it (I think.) That said, I'm just so full of sympathy for these guys. It's like seeing someone get punched in the nuts: maybe they're assholes, but you can still feel for them.

Do these guys have anyone to blame but themselves? No, but saying they 'deserve' what they got is just cruel.

Public displays seem to be some sort of retarded form of high stakes gambling. You don't actually win bigger if you win (the girl marries you, you get an interesting story), but you can tend to lose more dramatically (you get slapped, you get comforted by a mouse mascot, you get humiliated in front of thousands at a rock concert etc).

Take your wife ring shopping and when she finds the one she wants (because you, as a guy are obviously incapable of picking the right one.. that's the story she told me ; ), pop the question next to an ATM and let her have the damn thing...

Mmmmm, romantic... Then let the long slow wait for death begin. *grin*

why is xax banned?

Now imagine this happening in a islamic country... instant lapidation!!!

Now imagine this happening in a islamic country... instant lapidation!!!

A fake or two in here..

That first basketball game one is a really bad fake. The others I can't tell.

Guys'll keep doing it cause culture tells us it's the most romantic way to propose. Hell, look at the votes these things pull!:
http://www.videosift.com/video/World-s-Best-Marriage-Proposal-Ever
http://www.videosift.com/video/Most-Epic-Marriage-Proposal-Ever
http://www.videosift.com/video/Weatherman-proposes-to-news-anchor-Live-on-the-air

Schadenfreude is an awesome word.

Mostly fake.