 Love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage. This old saying seems to have lost some of its meaning especially as people depend on automotive transportation while riding in a carriage seems quaint, at best. Yet, your carriage isn’t going anywhere without a horse to pull it and the same can be said for marriage – if love isn’t present, then your marriage won’t be going anywhere either. Most people enjoy hearing stories of unusual real life marriage proposals because these accounts spark our imaginations and warm our hearts. In a day when so many marriages fail to endure, it can be encouraging to learn about those marriages that get off to a good start, especially when the bridegroom has put so much effort into proposing marriage. The season of presenting an engagement ring is here with some of these stories wonderful fodder for local and national news. He Proposed At The Supermarket Checkout When Carrie met Gavin, he was working the cash register at the local supermarket. While checking her items out, Gavin was checking out Carrie too, so he asked her mother to give him her daughter’s cell phone number. The mother complied and thus began a courtship that lasted for ten months. Recently, Gavin decided to affirm his commitment to Carrie by proposing marriage to his sweetheart where it all began – in the supermarket. A shocked Carrie accepted and the happy couple will soon be exchanging their grocery aisle engagement into a church aisle commitment. No Bats In This Belfry If you want to propose to your sweetheart in the bell tower at Texas Tech University, then that is too late for you – Laurence Garcia’s recent marriage proposal to Rachel Aulbach in the west tower was a one time event according to school officials. The architect majors, who are in their senior year, have known each other since they were college freshmen. While “Unchained Melody” and “I Love Her” blared across campus one November evening, Garcia proposed to Aulbach who immediately accepted. It took a lot of preparation on Garcia’s part and a cooperative university administration’s blessing, but the engagement proposal unfolded without a hitch. Bowled Over In More Ways Then One World champion bowler Greg Harlow hit a perfect 300, but that was before he went bowling at the Engage International Open in Sheffield, UK recently. Harlow, who has been with Kay for more than three years, decided it was time to ask the woman he loved for her hand in marriage. Citing the appropriateness of proposing at an aptly named event he has won the past three years, Harlow dropped to one knee and presented the redheaded Kay with a glistening engagement ring, which she promptly accepted. No, not every marriage proposal has to be so special in order for a marriage to succeed. Yet, the ingenuity of some young men who propose marriage can be a source of inspiration for the guy who is about to present a ring to the woman he loves.
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