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Following yesterday's potential worst proposal ever, we were pleased to find a proposal that was both romantic and charmingly literate. Stephen Laferriere and his girlfriend, Katie Meehan, of Queens, were strolling around Central Park, where he'd hoodwinked her into believing they'd be celebrating her 25th birthday with lunch. As they were crossing a plaza near Bethesda fountain, Katie noticed a line. Suddenly, the group -- who turned out to be over fifty of her friends -- turned and held up letters that spelled out "WILL YOU MARRY ME KATIE?"
After reading it "over and over" in apparent disbelief, Katie turned to Stephen and found him on one knee. Then a saxophone player popped up and started serenading them. Seriously.
The proposal took months to plan, with friends traveling from as far as Massachusetts to make it happen.
Katie, congratulations on finding such a romantic dude. We're just going to stare begrudgingly at our boyfriend as he scratches himself and watches UFC.
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Saturday 22 August
By laura
HE'S A KEEPER!
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Saturday 22 August
By Maha
That was the most romantic thing-ever!
How beautiful, perfect! And how surprised she must have been!
I have no boyfriend, so I'm going to get back into bed and feel sorry for myself now.
But congratulations to the happy couple! The only thing that keeps me from eating 2gallons of fudge are stories like this that prove there is someone out there for everyone.
I just love proposals and weddings! Have a fantastic life together, you two!
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Saturday 22 August
By Aboona [Fr.] Joe
I know you'll think I'm kidding, but I'm not: my throat is lumpy and my eyes are teary. Some of these "public proposals" are really lame, but this was truly touching! The names sound Catholic; so, if you are, do everything possible to prepare spiritually for "the big day" and "the rest of your life" by taking full advantage of all the required preparations, especially "Pre-Cana". We have a wonderful program here in Methuen, MA.
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Saturday 22 August
By sup foo'
WIN! The greatest part? The sax player.
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Saturday 22 August
By formyson
Yup, I agree.... He's a KEEPER!!! I'm not big on public proposals because most of them are corny but this one takes #1 out of all I've seen or read about!! CONGRATS to Stephen and Katie. I hope your wedding, big or small, is everything you both want it to be but remember this.... while the wedding day seems like it's the most important part of the marriage, it's not. Being EQUAL parnters, 50/50 will make all the difference in your marriage and, never go to bed angry at each other. Also, if an argument gets to heated, one of you should always walk away. Always be honest and up front with eachother as well. These are just a few tips from someone who's been married to my "soul mate", to my "best friend" for 23 years. Good luck and I wish you two all the best life has to offer...... Peace
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Saturday 22 August
By KTX
So fabulous! I teared up a little, too- good for him for bringing in some of the people she loved most! Wishing you many happy years together!
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Saturday 22 August
By Courtney
wow! now THAT is a truly romantic soul. Almost cuter....than what my fiance did....lol....ok, ya that was really sweet in a huge-proposal-kinda-way. I think no matter what the situation turns out to be when u get a proposal that u can happily accept, not matter what it will always be the cutest to you. Good luck all single ladies! mine's taken!! peace
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Saturday 22 August
By 'CAL'
JUST SOME IMPORTANT WORDS HERE THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM MY MANY YEARS IN LIFE.
I TRULY HAVE LEARNED THAT MARRIAGE IS NOT 50 / 50. IT REALLY IS 100 / 100 FOR EACH OTHER.
I SEE 50 / 50 AS ONLY GIVING HALF, WHILE THE OTHER ONE GIVES HALF. THAT GETS YOU INTO TROUBLE WHEN YOU FEEL THEY ARE NOT GIVING THEIR HALF. BUT, WHEN IT'S 100 / 100, YOU BOTH HAVE TO GIVE EVERYTHING, NOT JUST 50 / 50 (HALF).
I SAY THIS WITH ONE SAD MARRIAGE BEHIND ME. . . . . . . . . . .
HOWEVER, I SURE HAVE FOUND A GREAT GUY 30+ YEARS AGO WHO SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN RAISED TO GIVE IT ALL. HE TRULY IS A 100 % GUY. HE SEEMS TO START EACH DAY ANEW WITHOUT THOUGHTS OF WHAT HAPPENED THE DAY BEFORE. AND THE VERY BEST PART IS - HE TOUCHES ME 'GENTLY' EACH MORNING TO LET ME KNOW HE'S THINKING KINDLY OF ME. WHAT MORE COULD I ASK FOR?
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Saturday 22 August
By Max Ice
Big or small wedding? The gentleman used 50 friends to propose. There may be three times that many in the wedding party. LOL, and all the best.
Saturday 22 August
By josborn756
I even liked the way the "worst" proposal happened.....actually any time that a guy or gal does it is sweet and romatic as long as it is from the heart! My husband of 25 yrs was cleaning out cow stalls when he turned to me and asked if I wanted to be a farmers wife. I asked if it was an offer and he replied " it can be taken as such" lol
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Saturday 22 August
By liz
this is so sweet, i got engaged in high school my husband said he wanted to talk and took me to this really pretty park and asked me to marry him and tat was it i wish we had someting like this to remebr but whatever the engagement is the happiest day ad its perfect as long as you can truthfully say yes.
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Saturday 22 August
By Whoever you are
Proposals for marriage should be made privately so that there is no external pressure to accept.
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Saturday 22 August
By Nancy
I can see your point, but if a public proposal takes place and the girl doesn't want to accept, I think the classy thing to do would be to accept in public and then speak privately and get "unengaged."
Saturday 22 August
By Rhonda
The proposal is just the beginning of two lives together. Although some are romantic and some aren't. It is the all the time together that all the celebrating comes. In life there is always ups and downs. I hated the way my husband proposed but It is only a blip now that we have been together 16 years now.
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Saturday 22 August
By kathleen brown
I'm a woman who, under a hot seat like that would just have to stop, and say "no!" I think I would horrified by a display like that. I don't think that the hot seat is for marriage proposals.
whether the woman is adamently serious about marrying that man or not, an exploited public display of peer pressure is only bad news to the romantic personal soulful heartfelt deep appreciation for one another, and interferes with the true gut and honest heart versus mind-set feelings for the man proposing.
Though friends and family do present themselves as part of the marriage package, it is not the marriage itself she would be committing all her life, heart, body and soul to. When people choose to overromanticize marriage and put all the marriage realities on the shelf, this could be one idea of a proposal for an extreme extrovert. people define "romantic" personally. I am an extrovert of some sorts, but I would be devastated and seriously have to rethink my ideals about a man if he were to hide behind peer pressure to lure me.
It's a personal thing--maybe it works for her, but I hope dearly, that more men will choose a most romantic proposal that is intimate and thumb printed to the unique characteristics of their relationship. If their relationship is all about 50 people. that's great if that's what they want. All in all, I think it's most likely that a huge public display could mask red flags within the relationship, and the response to the proposal. How many women in being surprised under 50 closest friends, could say "no?"-- even if it's not he that she loves. Is is him that she loves, or is it the security of the social arena he provides for her socially. As long as he hides behind the numbers of many, he might not know if he's really number one.
Most importantly, I encourage people, anyone who is interested in authentic love, to read Gary Smally's book on love languages(?), and many more books like it. But, I'm just a woman with another opinion-- for a personal, sensuous, timely, authentic, quiet eye to eye. characteristic to the dyanamics of the deepest heart veins of the relationship and each others goals and most ambitious aspirations for life, love and happiness, to be the ambience of a proposal. It's a soul ful life long commitment with alot of realities to consider, where yes, the two do become one. I have to close with saying, choose your spouses, and choose your spouses very, very carefully.
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Saturday 22 August
By denise amabisca
shut up and be happy for them!!
Saturday 22 August
By Aboona Joe
Yikes!
Saturday 22 August
By grammartized
Oh for crying out loud! I'm quite sure the guy wouldn't have gone to all that trouble if he thought she was going to say NO and humiliate him in the first place.
And who could ever propose to someone like you that way because you probably wouldn't SHUT UP long enough to let him!
Get off the soapbox and into the real world. Lighten up woman for goodness sake!
Saturday 22 August
By ines
Wow......you took someting that was so sweet and turned it into something negative - hot seat? There were 50 of her best friends there, holding up signs and being apart of something special - im sure they have more insight into their relationship than we do
Sunday 23 August
By ines
Kathleen maybe you should lighten up. Its not so much what he did, but fact that he loves this women so much he went through all this trouble getting 50 friends some who came from out of state - that's a lot of orgainzing. He's a keeper. I wonder if he has an unmarried older brothers????? jk