And I think the chances would be a lot higher than that, Craig; if you're going to go all out with a production like this, you'd better be damn sure that the girlfriend says yes!
"a person of discernment, with good taste and/or sound ethics, who sees clearly the degenerate, embarrassing, destructive, trite, self-serving, stupid, poor quality, and/or offensive nature of a person, a behavior, a product or a social trend, and says so."
or this:
"a person who is filled with hate and labels others as haters to deflect detection"?
Of course she'll say yes; he didn't give her much choice by putting her in the awkward position of having to answer in public in front of an audience. But there's a 50/50 chance they'll end up divorced anyway, so why make such a big song and dance (literally and figuratively) over it? Keep your proposal private; no need to share it with the world. Everyone wants their 15 minutes, I guess.
craig and felixthecat are being awfully presumptuous. we have no true way of knowing the nature of the relationship between the participants, so we should drop the pretense of knowing it.
This is very sweet and to those being down on this and/or marriage are just bitter. There's nothing wrong with a big to-do for a proposal. I wish them all the luck in the world.
The comments here are a prime example of why the divorce rate is so high. You people have no clue what love actually feels like. Today, people go out, if they don't hate each other, they just keep taking "the next step" til they get married. I, personally, am a fan of "I will humiliate myself for you because the ONLY thing that matters to me is your happiness, so I will put myself out there in a grand and ridiculous way and give you the power to destroy me in hopes that you feel the same way for me that I do for you" love. It is the same kind of love that kept my grandparents together til the day she died. It is the same kind of love that he simply could not live without. It is the same kind of love that has kept my parents together in spite of the trials they have faced. It is the kind of love that I want.
I feel REALLY sorry for some of you.
Love is supposed to be reserved and ridiculous, silly and sublime, passionate and patient.
GTWilson, save your words. The others are just posting their negative comments to get a rise out of us. If they really hated this kind of thing they wouldn't have watched it. Nor commented on it. They're just bored pathetic sad sad people who can't think of any other way to entertain themselves. Like those lonely old folk who go to the post office and complain just so they have human interaction. They'll die alone surrounded only by print-outs of all their snappy comments.
Wow. I actually support the haters because I don't believe in big silly shows. I would think the ones with the big productions are the ones who are worried about the answer.
GTWilson, how do you know your grandparents or your parents didn't just stay together because of the social stigma of divorce?
I didn't watch the proposal video, but I found the comments interesting. Love isn't the fancy proposal; love it what you're left with after the production number is finished.
I love proposals like these. Honestly I would love it if someone did that kind of thing for me. I flat out told my boyfriend I wouldn't go to prom with him unless he asked me in a creative way cause him just asking me normally kinda made me feel like he was joking.
Bravo to what you said, and I hope you find that kind of love!
My husband and I have been in love for 21 years Well, 21 for him. 19 for me - it took a while for me to come to my senses. He was my best friend and I just didn't realize I loved him back.
@ted: I know this because I was the one consoling my grandfather after my grandmother died. I know because his life for the last 5 years of it was devoted to caring for his wife, whom he loved with every fiber of his being. I know because the times I spent with them I saw how they looked at each other and spoke to each other. I know because of how my grandfather died of a broken heart.
Love isn't JUST the show. It isn't JUST what is left over. It is the sum of all the parts.
@Lauren And they say women are more in touch with their feelings. Pfft! =)
@ted there seems to be a huge misunderstanding prevalent in all the "haters". Your idea of love and this grand proposal are not mutually exclusive. Love may be "what you're left with after the production number is finished" but that does not in any way diminish the "show of love" inherent in the performance. Humans celebrate. We have ticker-tape parades for heroes. Presents and caroling at Christmas. Trick-or-treating on Halloween. This proposal is just another manifestation of humanity's desire to celebrate a wonderful moment. In no way does this proposal guild their relationship with eternal love. But it also does not disqualify or diminish their love either. I don't celebrate my birthday but I don't think blowing out candles and making a wish is stupid. Or pointless. Or "missing the point". Bottom line - the haters are opening Pandora's Box. The legitimacy of their argument is based on a logic which - when taken to its furthest point - concludes that all symbolic acts are pointless. One should just do the act. Not celebrate the act. So... no more weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, roasts, toasts, ceremonies, awards. After all, none of those are doing anything but honoring something else.
And I think the chances would be a lot higher than that, Craig; if you're going to go all out with a production like this, you'd better be damn sure that the girlfriend says yes!
"a person of discernment, with good taste and/or sound ethics, who sees clearly the degenerate, embarrassing, destructive, trite, self-serving, stupid, poor quality, and/or offensive nature of a person, a behavior, a product or a social trend, and says so."
or this:
"a person who is filled with hate and labels others as haters to deflect detection"?
That question is offensive because it is not mindlessly supportive and positive! Are you a hater or a miserable f_ck?
I feel REALLY sorry for some of you.
Love is supposed to be reserved and ridiculous, silly and sublime, passionate and patient.
Some of you must be REALLY miserable.
They'll die alone surrounded only by print-outs of all their snappy comments.
GTWilson, how do you know your grandparents or your parents didn't just stay together because of the social stigma of divorce?
I didn't watch the proposal video, but I found the comments interesting. Love isn't the fancy proposal; love it what you're left with after the production number is finished.
If you are not willing to give it your all, you are not ready for marriage.
Oh well. Them to their own.
Bravo to what you said, and I hope you find that kind of love!
My husband and I have been in love for 21 years Well, 21 for him. 19 for me - it took a while for me to come to my senses. He was my best friend and I just didn't realize I loved him back.
Love isn't JUST the show. It isn't JUST what is left over. It is the sum of all the parts.
@Lauren And they say women are more in touch with their feelings. Pfft! =)
Humans celebrate. We have ticker-tape parades for heroes. Presents and caroling at Christmas. Trick-or-treating on Halloween. This proposal is just another manifestation of humanity's desire to celebrate a wonderful moment.
In no way does this proposal guild their relationship with eternal love. But it also does not disqualify or diminish their love either.
I don't celebrate my birthday but I don't think blowing out candles and making a wish is stupid. Or pointless. Or "missing the point".
Bottom line - the haters are opening Pandora's Box.
The legitimacy of their argument is based on a logic which - when taken to its furthest point - concludes that all symbolic acts are pointless. One should just do the act. Not celebrate the act.
So... no more weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, roasts, toasts, ceremonies, awards.
After all, none of those are doing anything but honoring something else.