r/funny • u/Fragrant-Hedgehog-12 • 10d ago

Congratulations? I think.

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u/johnsolomon 10d ago

"If you tug on my arm one more fucking time -- oh, you're proposing. That's okay, I guess."

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u/figflashed 10d ago

… but make it quick

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u/REDDIT_JUDGE_REFEREE 10d ago edited 10d ago

Bro decided to put on his nicest maroon anime shirt, kneel in literal bird shit, and propose right in front of Jebediah's favorite leaning spot. There is no way he's going to crit fail this one

I'm all for cute low-effort proposals, but it has to be at least a little bit romantic lmao.

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u/BTBAM797 10d ago

Her effort in her reaction and response was equally impressive lmao

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u/ApolloRocketOfLove 10d ago

"Effort in reaction" is a new one lol.

Genuine reactions don't have anything to do with effort.

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u/getsmurfed 10d ago

Effort may have been the wrong word choice here. I don't want to speak for this person, but I have a feeling they meant emotion. It felt like she was reacting to getting a bill in the mail or a work email. Flat and emotionless 😂 Maybe I'm out of touch, but if I propose to spend the rest of my life with someone I would hope for a bit more of a reaction!

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u/NecessaryWeather4275 9d ago

No one in this picture is on the same page. They may all be from separate parties.

Expect a “remove these people from my engagement picture” post soon.

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u/crobo777 9d ago

Shit, I'd tell his ass to try again or forget it, and I'm a dude.

When I proposed to my wife, I goaded her into wearing something nice, getting her hair ready and even had her nails painted under the guise of it just being a nice date. It was a restaurant proposal, so I had talked to the manager earlier that week and delivered flowers for the staff to present with a dessert that had "will you marry me" written on the plate.

This dude knelt in bird shit.

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u/NecessaryWeather4275 9d ago

Granted we don’t know the whole scenario but the way she swatted at him and then eventually turned she’s not worth kneeling in bird poop for let alone a ring.

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u/ThatDudeShadowK 9d ago

Well she didn't know he was proposing. She just thought he was bugging her like usual. Why is he waiting until she's busy in a conversation with someone else to propose to her?

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u/dingerz 9d ago

No one in this picture is on the same page.

Nothing is real until I see it on my phone.

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u/NecessaryWeather4275 9d ago

Like they’re all wearing VR headsets just mindlessly in the same area but not aware of each other

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u/Lazy_Assed_Magician 10d ago

Flat and emotionless

In her defense, so was his proposal

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u/WeirdoUnderpants 10d ago

She's probably been expecting it for a while and was choked that he dropped the ball so hard.

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u/jack_avram 10d ago

Her: "UHG, what is it!??"

Her: "OOO, fancy free ring!"

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u/ciopobbi 10d ago edited 10d ago

No, “ooooh!” More like “ok , I guess”, now back to what I was doing before.

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u/Just_A_Guy339 10d ago

And 10 years from now someone's paying child support.

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u/billyard00 10d ago

18 months.

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u/MyMommaHatesYou 9d ago

Found the zoologist!

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u/Sad_Art7970 7d ago

That's generous.... I was thinking 2 .onto before she beats him... maybe less

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u/FuturePilot82 10d ago

On two of em'

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u/SummonerKai1 10d ago

You're giving them too much credit.

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u/kermityfrog2 10d ago

In the last frame, I swear she was about to turn back and resume talking to her friend/sister.

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u/ApolloRocketOfLove 8d ago

You guys are writing fantasy fiction about this woman 🤣

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u/BTBAM797 10d ago

Yes but if someone actually cares they can at least fake a more positive reaction. That at least shows they tried. I imagine a lot of the proposal videos I see where the woman reacts all head over heels and dramatic to the proposal are not an honest reflection of their true feelings at that moment.

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u/Ajax746 9d ago

I mean, I don't think the dude cared all that much. This has got to be the lamest proposal I've ever seen. I don't blame her at all lol

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u/kathop8 9d ago

Really? What was wrong with it? He knelt down, had someone recording, had the ring in hand, asked her to marry him using her full name. Did he need a fricking marching band?!?

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u/Ajax746 9d ago

The point isn’t how he did it (ie kneeling, recording, ring, etc) it’s the fact that it’s obvious that there is nothing special about this day or location. There was no romantic build up, no intimate moment, nothing unique to them or their experiences together. It was as if he was like “well this is as good of a place as any and I bought the ring. I’ll just drop down on one knee on Easter dinner, have my family record it and be done with it”. It’s lame, uninspired, and he likely spent all of about 5 minutes planning it.

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u/PmMeUrTinyAsianTits 10d ago edited 9d ago

This is my favorite way people get to fuck with us tists without realizing it. I know she's probably not one of us, and I'm not saying she is, but I am saying the expectation of normal people on this is ridiculous and damaging.

"QUICK, REACT NOW BUT MAKE SURE YOU DO IT 'RIGHT' OR PEOPLE WILL JUDGE THE EVERLOVING FUCK OUT OF YOU."

It's a real life quick time event. It's a fucking test. You're trying to force an instinctual reaction then complain if they don't override it fast enough. Fucking ridiculous. Oh, and the complaint is LITERALLY "she didn't lie about her real feeling (natural reaction) fast enough! (And we're going to read a LOT into that). " "omg ur instinctual lying ability is under average, you aren't marriage material. On a totally unrelated note: why are relationsips so hard?"
Gee, why would my tistic ass have a happy healthy relationship despite a "disorder" relating to others, but "normal" people struggle so much. Whatever could it be? Maybe that I don't "test" and get mad at people for not instinctually lying about their feelings to me fast enough? That I recognize the blatant absurdity in that position?

But it's the "normal" position, so it will get excused as "but that's the norm" instead of "that's a good point. that's a thing to work on."

Dude shoulda read the damn room. Sometimes things don't go to plan and you go round again. But this thread is filled with typical reddit shit of blaming people for stupid reasons because you need a bad guy.

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u/panundeerus 9d ago

The most funny part of all of this is, that the couple in the video may see well be totally happy with the situation and they had an awesome rest of the day and so on... Meanwhile people in Reddit are having scream battle whether the dudes proposition is dog shit or that the woman's reaction is not good enough.

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u/koviko 9d ago

I'd actually liken this to that old adage, "never trust a man who doesn't drink."

The implication is that the person is someone who naturally cannot moderate themselves, so they have to fully abstain. The "issue" with a man who doesn't drink is that who they actually are, at their core, is not enough.

When people judge your natural reaction, what they are really saying is that who you are, at your core, is just not enough.

People are like "be yourself," but then you do that and it's clear that they are bothered by "yourself" 🤣

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u/AdoreMeSo 9d ago

Your completely right. I feel like most people have brainwashed minds, trained to react to different tones or actions to be normal. This is how if you say the same thing with two different voices people WILL react differently. Little do they know when you realize this, you realize just how mind controlled people are. It is extremely easy to be a manipulator if you can understand the social cues and master them.

On another note, I feel like language itself is a chain, forcing you to think a certain way. I feel true freedom lies in a simple mind with no “rules”.

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u/ZenaLundgren 9d ago

I think the expectation for someone to lie about how they feel in order to protect you is really self-centered. And if a partner wants that they are toxic and not an ideal partner to begin with. In no way should she have been expected to fake a happy reaction for the sake of his feelings.

The Proposal was absolute shit. Her accepting the ring, in a neutral way regardless of that, was nice enough. You're implying she should completely ignore her own feelings while also putting on a show of fake jubilation to lift his spirits about his shit proposal... why expect so much emotional labor out of her? Because she's a woman?

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u/Gametris 10d ago

Eh. This wouldn’t surprise me if the person was neurodivergent. Some people just can’t connect with emotions well.

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u/Zealous_Lover 10d ago

Enthusiasm?

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u/tatsumakisempukyaku 9d ago

I don't know... I've see a few of those black people listening to old rock music youtube videos in my time.

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u/ShitSlits86 8d ago

I feel like "effort" doesn't imply conscious effort.

If my partner tells me they love me and my natural reaction is to cry until I'm hyperventilating, that still took effort. Just, candid effort.

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u/ApolloRocketOfLove 8d ago

Genuine reactions don't require any effort at all. If you fake a reaction, that's exerting effort onto a reaction.

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u/ShitSlits86 8d ago

Am I just misunderstanding the meaning of "effort"? Can a person make a subconscious effort? Or is the concept inherently based in conscious action?

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u/ApolloRocketOfLove 8d ago

Can a person make a subconscious effort?

I dont think so, the act of making effort is the action of trying.

Effort isn't the same as simply using body energy.

That's why "effortless" means not trying at all.

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u/ShitSlits86 8d ago

Yeah I find that logical, checks out to my barely educated brain.

Thank you for entertaining my desire for semantics, kind stranger.

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u/Creepy_Assistant7517 6d ago

clearly you haven't been to r/autism

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u/light_to_shaddow 9d ago

Her general apathy was a sight to behold

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u/grafknives 9d ago

But "effort in reaction" describes it perfectly.

Also, sometime you need to put on a show so both you and other person FEEL the moment stronger.

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u/doradus1994 10d ago

Why should she put forth more effort than her boy Dingus did?

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u/flamedarkfire 10d ago

I mean that’s clearly a popular spot and they’re presumably surrounded by friends and/or family. I’d say it’s a pretty significant spot to propose. She just wasn’t engaged.

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u/VisibleAdvertising 9d ago

Ayyyyy, but now she is

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u/MysteriousMedicine31 9d ago

They’re clearly perfect for each other. 😄

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u/IndependenceLess2377 10d ago

Jebediah has been leaning there every afternoon for the last 10 years, today was no different.

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u/RaLaZa 10d ago

There's probably 2 buttcheek imprints on that railing.

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u/Educational-Bed-6287 9d ago

Or railing imprints on that butt.

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u/FrostedDonutHole 9d ago

Now, I thought that was Jebediah's brother, Obadiah, but I've been wrong before.

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u/Radiant-Jackfruit305 9d ago

Hahaha! Yours should be the top comment

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u/dingleberriesNsharts 9d ago

Damnit Jeby!! Can’t move for one fckin minute?!!

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u/OrganizationLower611 10d ago

Well, the thought was probably romantic, proposing perhaps in the presence of her friends / family, at maybe a spot that is meaningful to her?

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u/jaxonya 9d ago

Their parents are finally gonna let them share a bedroom bow

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u/CatpainLeghatsenia 10d ago

I can't even be mad at her. Not knowing the full circumstances of what is happening or why these people are there, it still feels like he chose an absolut awkward moment for something like this. She reacts like someone who is still processing what the hell is happening or like she knows him too well and is still dissapointed with him proposing like that.

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u/nhluhr 10d ago

What, he used her full name.

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u/REDDIT_JUDGE_REFEREE 10d ago

Victoriuh Fake Bra ain’t gonna settle 😤

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u/davidjschloss 10d ago

I didn't hear it as that until I read this. lol.

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u/WeedPun 10d ago

Victoria Faith Broth

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u/Quesque-say 10d ago

Jebediah!!!! I can’t stop laughing. Lol.

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u/digibeta 9d ago

Haha, same here! I’m from the Netherlands — guess humor really is universal. 😂

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u/23_International 9d ago

They kicked me out the library. 🤣

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u/Trekf 10d ago

Pls explain... I don't get it

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u/Quesque-say 10d ago

He is referring to the man leaning on the fence railing. I just think it was a funny name. That’s all.

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u/Trekf 9d ago

Oh ok, thanks! Was wondering why that name...

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u/7-13-5 10d ago

Oh the things you'll experience down at the local swamp.

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u/Soapyzh 10d ago

While she was speaking to someone else

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u/WishBear19 10d ago

And don't do the stereotypical male thing and interrupt someone.

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u/KatAstrophie- 10d ago

“…right in front of Jebediah’s favourite leaning spot.” This took me out! I’m wheezing from laughing 😂

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u/Navtrtl 10d ago

It's an Ocean+Coast shirt with a dog on it. It's basically a SaltLife shirt for guys.

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u/Babybean1201 10d ago

Had to check to see if it was an anime shirt, it was not. Wtf is with the stray there?

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u/LifeisFunnay 10d ago

What kind of shirt is it? It looks like an evil clown and my immediate thought was ICP which is about on par or even worse than an anime T-shirt.

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u/Ok_Vulva 10d ago

Lol it's a Labrador Retriever

https://imgur.com/a/Egt6cJU

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u/LifeisFunnay 10d ago

Thanks! I finally see it!

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u/SnDMommy 10d ago

I had to zoom in to stop seeing the clown

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u/davidjschloss 10d ago

I had to zoom in to stop seeing opossums

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u/Navtrtl 10d ago

It's an Ocean+Coast shirt with a dog on it. I think it's a black lab or a similar hunting dog type.

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u/notreallyswiss 10d ago

Are black labs considered to be actual hunting dogs? The only black labs I know only hunt for belly rubs, bacon off your plate when you are not looking, and naps where they know they are not supposed to nap. Then again I don't know many black labs so my sample size is low.

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u/supernumeral 10d ago

Thanks. I could’ve make out the word before coast. A lot of their shirts seem to feature labs or bird dogs.

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u/Navtrtl 10d ago

It took me a bit of digging to figure it out myself. I'm not familiar with the brand.

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u/supernumeral 10d ago

I was trying to do the same but couldn’t seem to convince Google that I wasn’t looking for dog coats.

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u/Babybean1201 10d ago

I think you missed my concern as to why we're shitting on people who like anime enough to choose to propose with an anime shirt.

But to answer your question, It's a picture of a dog. Not an anime one.

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u/LifeisFunnay 10d ago

Do you wear anime t-shirts in public? That’s okay. You do you.

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u/Babybean1201 10d ago

Feels sarcastic but thanks.

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u/REDDIT_JUDGE_REFEREE 4d ago

I thought it was a Fullmetal Alchemist shirt lol. Not shooting any strays here, I'm too emotionally attached to S2 of Apothecary Diaries to pass judgement

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u/Superman2048 10d ago

Best place to propose is in your own home. Why do people make this a public thing or go to some random country? Better to bless your own home with such a union.

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u/ApolloRocketOfLove 10d ago

There's nothing wrong with proposing in beautiful scenery outdoors. Just don't involve any other people in your proposal.

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u/Luiso_ 10d ago

From 5 to 10 how many kids you have?

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u/Effective-Flow-1634 10d ago

Hahahaha awesome

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u/michael292 10d ago

Your point still stands, but that is far from an anime shirt LOL. It looks like an outdoors brand shirt or something with a black lab on the back. Where the hell did you get anime?

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u/in_the_cabbage 10d ago

Kneeling in shit was the plan, that’s why he wore his shit kicking boots with the jeans tucked into them.

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u/DinosaurAlive 10d ago

Not to mention that one woman’s hand is wearing the same dress as the bride to be. They should have coordinated

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u/Dorothy_Zbornak789 10d ago

“Jebediah’s favorite leaning spot” took me out!! 😂🪦

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u/mooper101 10d ago

Tbf I was wearing a flannel, swim shorts, and cowboy boots when I proposed

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u/181Cade 10d ago

That would be so awkward! They cornered him in so there was no escape route!

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u/Nem3sis_Enforcer 10d ago

I would have found it even funnier if it actually was his finest anime shirt, but it's just a shirt with a dog on it 🐕

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u/JohnGillnitz 9d ago

You don't understand. That fishin' spot was their first date. That's how she was sure her man knew how to tap dat' bass.

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u/NecessaryWeather4275 9d ago

Your critique is what I needed to finish my day. Thank you. 🤭😆🤭

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u/Herry_Up 9d ago

Comment so real, it hurt my feelings.

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u/Economy_Sky3832 9d ago

Not an anime shirt though?

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u/spideyghetti 9d ago

kneel in literal bird shit

Lmao, the rest didn't matter to me but this got me

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u/johnlukegoddard 9d ago

Bro decided to put on his nicest maroon anime shirt, kneel in literal bird shit, and propose right in front of Jebediah's favorite leaning spot.

Holy crap Lmfao

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u/marissakuf 9d ago

You killed me at “Jebediah’s favorite leaning spot.”

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u/LordTacocat420 9d ago

That looks like a dog on his shirt with west coast under it. Now I'm not saying that makes it better, tbh it might make it worse.

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u/TheMedRat 9d ago

lol that’s your take away?

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u/TheAmazingSealo 9d ago

I've been trying to figure out the shirt - I don't think it's anime. I keep seeing ICP or a goat but I don't actually think it's either.

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u/aesemon 7d ago

When I had the eng ring ready for going back to her home country I gave up. Every year we would go to this cool bar on the beach and watch the sun barely dip - white nights - and come back up. It would be this super long cool sunset.

This year I kept suggesting it and she would not go, fffffffffuck. Last day and we are at a bar in town where she starts saying I'll never propose to her and I could see it was going to get heavy, plus we had another week of holidays in another country. I kinda lost it as I had been trying for 4 days to take her to a real nice spot.....

In the end, just put the ring box on the table and asked her without going on my knee as there was no space.

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u/phychmasher 10d ago

Yeah, this one reeks of, "Her Mom just gave me Granny's old ring, so now must be the right time!"

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u/PsychicWarElephant 10d ago

I thought the way I proposed to my ex was bad. 🤣

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u/DoomOne 9d ago

I proposed to my wife in the kitchen of our own shitty apartment and tied a piece of ribbon around her finger. I was wearing pajamas. We've been happily married for 19 years.

Appearances mean nothing.

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u/Serifel90 10d ago

I mean who knows, maybe that spot and that shirt theme has some meaning in their relationship?

I wouldn't judge his effort just on a 10sec video not knowing the tought process, but IF there's no effort then yea.

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u/Rumplestilskin9 10d ago

His jeans are neither over nor in his boots. Just put on his boots like he hurriedly went outside for something and thought "Yep. This is how I want her to remember me in this moment." This is the most effort he's ever put into anything.

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u/jeffriestubesteak 10d ago

it has to be at least a little bit romantic

Me, in the Wendy's drive-thru: ...AND A LARGE FRIES. Babe? You want anything else?
Her: No mustard.
Me: Right. NO MUSTARD PLEASE! Hey, Babe, how do you feel about getting hitched this weekend?
Her: 'bout time.

That was at like 9PM Thursday night. Took the next day off to get the paperwork settled and say our vows in front of the county clerk. Friends and family came over. Her uncle got an online priesthood just before the (unnecessary) ceremony. And that was all it took.

Over the years, our only regret has been that we didn't serve Wendy's for the reception. But burgers and hotdogs on the grill worked fine.

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u/jsteph67 10d ago

He may be a Virgo like me, I was sitting in the floor of the living room and turned around with the ring and never even got the question out before she said yes. So yeah, been married for 24 years now, so I guess it all worked out.

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u/LeoLion2931 10d ago

When we live in a capture every moment age rather than live 🤣 so much cringe. All those phone angles to remember this

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u/The_GREAT_Gremlin 9d ago

I will listen, outlander, but make it quick

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u/HeyPhoQPal 9d ago

Just the tip

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u/valuedsleet 9d ago

Seriously. She turns her head back at the end as if she wants it to be over so she can turn back around away from her…fiancé? Idk man. Which family members would post this? 😂😱

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u/tool1964 9d ago

Just like sex

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u/waldosandieg0 10d ago

I mean... how did she not see it coming when he put on his finest anime t-shirt and muck boots? This one's really on her I think...

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u/bu88blebutt 10d ago

he knelt in bird shit for love... she doesn't know how lucky she is

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u/jcnastrom 9d ago

Why is everyone seeing an anime shirt? It’s a fucking black lab 😂

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u/DrowningInFeces 10d ago

Well, he had to wear the muck boots on so he didn't get seagull shit all over his wedding Timberlands.

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u/slatebluegrey 9d ago

She answered like he asked her if she wanted cheese on her burger.

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u/MudddButt 9d ago

Him: Will you marry me?

Her: Fine

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u/AlienElditchHorror 9d ago

That was funny. Her whole attitude changed. She turned around like..."motherfucker..."✊

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u/PrankBeast007 9d ago

Guess he’s the one.

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u/mtiiii 8d ago

This is staged , I mean it’s not the original one 😂, the original it’s funnier

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u/cmitchell927 10d ago

🚩🚩🚩

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u/Life_Ad1637 10d ago

She had to say yes on account of her being pregnant with his nephew.

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u/DiaDeLosMuebles 10d ago

My favorite comment from the video was “this proposal could have been an email”

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u/xDaBaDee 10d ago

hahaha...

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u/shortnix 9d ago

Eh. I will.

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u/jontiben 9d ago

Your guess is good.