Thereâs nothing quite like a marriage proposal to fill you up with warm and fuzzies.
To that end, we collected 20 super sweet proposals to give you the happy cry you didnât know you needed. And who knows: These stories may just inspire your own proposal one day.
Austin Mann and Esther Havens are travel photographers whose work takes them around the world. When the couple travels separately, they often hide notes for each other at airport Starbucks coffee shops. In May, Austin left the biggest note of all: a love letter, which he followed up with a seriously sweet proposal.
When a travel blogger plans a proposal, you better believe the location is going to be spectacular.
If you want to marry a Disney lover, you must plan a proposal fit for a princess. And that’s exactly what Curran Wong did when popped the question to his very own Princess Jasmine (a.k.a. Shari Hakim) at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
Samford University linebacker Deion Pierre popped the question to girlfriend Jasmine Henderson after the team’s 55-21 victory against Virginia Military Institute. Pierre’s teammates gathered around Henderson, holding roses and singing along to Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” before he got down on bended knee in the middle of the field.
When Mike DiMeo was planning a proposal for his boyfriend Angelo Bartic, he knew something simple and low-key wouldn’t cut it. So he decided on a surprise flash mob proposal, which was organized and executed with help from 40 of the couple’s dodgeball league teammates.
At first, Rachel Jordan thought she was there for a romantic couple’s photo shoot. But what her boyfriend had in store was even more romantic â a proposal he had been saving up for for three years.
September 16 was a day Catie Bossard will never, ever forget. Her boyfriend Zach Baldwin proposed to her during a weekend getaway in Vail, Colorado. Moments later he outdid himself when he revealed that he had also planned a wedding for that very day (yes, you read that right!) with the help of their family and friends.
Couple John Rabbia and Michael Richman are both members of the Flaggots, an LGBT color guard troop. So it’s only fitting that Rabbia would propose following a Flaggots performance during NYC Pride. “I wanted to propose to Michael the same way that we met: spinning flags at Pride,” Rabbia told HuffPost.
Alfred Duncan gave his girlfriend the surprise of her life when he pulled off a proposal and wedding, including her family and friends, all without her knowledge and within a five-hour span.
Samuel Nalbandian proposed to his teacher girlfriend Jennifer Lai at Global Education Academy 2 in Los Angeles surrounded by her first grade students. "They were extremely giddy and squealing with excitement, and of course some of them covered their eyes when we kissed," Jennifer told HuffPost.
For the last year, Kieran Gregg had a running joke with her boyfriend that she was going to be the one to propose. On Feb. 29, 2016, she made it happen — keeping with a longstanding Irish folklore tradition of women proposing to men on Leap Day.
Derrick Walker proposed to his boyfriend of over four years, Garrett Galvan, with a custom-made Golden Snitch ring box in front of Hogwarts Castle at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando, Florida. Derrick had the words “I open at the close” engraved on the Snitch to mimic the one that Dumbledore left Harry Potter upon his death.
One man found the perfect way to say “I’ll be there for you!” to his “Friends”-obsessed girlfriend — with a marriage proposal inspired by the beloved sitcom.
LeToya Luckett details the unforgettable evening, which we know was supposed to be a surprise birthday she’d been planning for her now-fiancé, Tommicus Walker. Instead, Walker gave Luckett a surprise of his own by popping the question in front of the couple’s family and friends.
“We are big Disney park fans, and now every time we go we’ll be reminded of that one time I proposed and he said yes,” Eugene Williams told HuffPost. “My fiancé means a lot to me and seeing the joy on his face when he saw the photo was priceless.”
“I think Greg always knew we would end up together, but I still wanted to formally ask for his permission.”
It was a scene from a storybook when ABC News reporter Gio Benitez proposed to his boyfriend, Tommy DiDario. The extremely photogenic couple’s Instagram snaps show Benitez dropping to one knee in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower and, later, showing off matching engagement bands.
Could this flipbook marriage proposal be any flippin’ cuter? We didn’t think so.
There were lots of happy tears.
Here’s hoping these two only have clear skies ahead.
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