Has anyone seen this video? Some guy proposed in front of the camera at a NBA game and she said no.

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OUCH!

Whoa, slam dunk in yo face, foo.

Now that's some hefty rejection for you...

Maybe she was just surprised. Still sucks to be him, though. How many people do you think were watching?

[ 02-24-2004, 05:25 PM: Message edited by: Dreamer128 ]

Ouch...harsh

Just goes to show you -- when you can make an ass outta yourself (such as when you're in front of 20,000 of your closest friends), don't ask a question you don't know the answer to. ;)

Very romantic. :D

Well... I'll quote Phoebe Bouffay... and I agree

"It's the worst way to propose"...

Three places I'll never propose at (if I ever find a courage to [img]smile.gif[/img] )

Public Toilet
Supermarket
Sport Stadium

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unless she said no like she did there.. poor bloke.. feel sorry for the poor sod, he felt terrible.

Oh that poor guy! I'm thinking he must have been very confident that she would say yes to do that so publicly? Sheesh she was backing away from him at the get-go before he even proposed! Ouch indeed http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/ladyzekke/sm3.gif

PS-Funny, this took place in the area where I live and I had not heard of it before LOL! Hey, that's what Ironworks is good for, I can get my local news from others here, even if they live in Canada, it's great :D

Oh man, I really feel sorry for the guy, getting shot down in public, on tv, in front of that many people. Poor guy...

I feel sorry for the girl. He chose to put himself in a position where he'd be humiliated in public - she didn't. I've seen things like that, where people propose or similar in front of a crowd or at a big party and the pressure that onlookers put on the receiver of the proposal to give everyone a romantic thrill is totally unfair.

unless she said no like she did there.. poor bloke.. feel sorry for the poor sod, he felt terrible. </font>[/QUOTE]That's what i mean.... very romantic. :D

I recall an episode of All You Need Is Love, here on Dutch television, where a similar thing happened. Although i can't remember if the guy just asked the girl out on a date, or if he was proposing.

Anyway, he had it all figured out. During a Normaal concert (Dutch rockband) the leadsinger would call the girl in question to step onto the stage. Then he would come out, on a bike, with closed helmet, maintaining the mystery part.

So it happened. He took off his helmet and popped the question, in front of thousands of Normaal fans AND on national television. Then she replied in that typical Tukker accent: Nee, ik heb al een vriend (no, i already have a boyfriend). At first he just sat there on his bike, stunned by the outcome of this. Then he ran backstage, crying really REALLY hard. Fortunately for us the cameraman followed him all the way, so that the entire country could see what a big wuss he is. :D :D

I agree, I'd be mortified! I mean blimey, what do you do? Say yes to save him embarrassment even though you don't want to? Course not. He made the decision and put her in a position, not the other way round.

I feel sympathy for him too mind.

Couldn't it be that the girl just ran from the Wizards' performance ? They aren't exactly playing their best season you know. [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

the star wars kid still gets my vote for most humiliating thing ever but this still rates way up there [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

Oh forgot about the Star Wars kid LOL, have to agree with Downunda on that one [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img] Did he ever get all that money? That kid I mean? I remember all these people felt sorry for him and were campaigning to get him money to go to college or something?

I agree, I'd be mortified! I mean blimey, what do you do? Say yes to save him embarrassment even though you don't want to? Course not. He made the decision and put her in a position, not the other way round.

I feel sympathy for him too mind. </font>[/QUOTE]From what I've seen in my (admittedly short) 33 years, the people that usually ask in public are hoping to put the pressure on the receiver of the proposal (i.e. they are not confident that they'll say yes if they ask them in private, so they do it in front of a crowd). Good on her to shoot him down despite the pressure (akin to peer pressure). I feel bad because I could put myself in his shoes and can just imagine what it would be like. However, I wouldn't have put myself in that position to begin with; I would just ask in private.

heh! served that guy a lesson for making a fool of himself in front of the public.

Thats horrible! Poor guy [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Absolute ditto.
You propose in public, you up the stakes of rejection. If the gamble doesn't pay off you lose prestiege as well as your love. S**t happens...

Ouw... that just sucks.

And it isn't romantic... not at all... at a basketball game?? It makes a public toilet proposal sound better... [img]smile.gif[/img]

haha! Im just gona laugh! Well I wouldn't do that, unless it was planned or something :D

Well, I'm not sure what his logic was...

"Well, if I propose in front of thousands of people, you won't have the heart to reject me in public..."

OR

"I love you so much I'm willing to make a total fool of myself in public. I don't care who knows how much I care."

EITHER way, he forgot to take her feelings into account.

Romantic usually equals private.

I asked my girlfriend to marry me in front of 50,000 + people at a rock concert (reading festival)


Ok so we where in the crowd listening to her fave band play her fave song and no one was listening to us but still, better than some crap restaurant down on one knee. :D


BTW she said yes :D :showoff

so come on then Wellard, what did u bribe her with?? :D

[img]graemlins/thumbsup.gif[/img] Couldn't agree more. If she was unsure of her feelings this stunt will not do much to strengthen them in his favor. ;) Btw, the article didn't mention if it was a no or not. Perhaps it was not her view of the ideal proposal. ;)

Kind of makes you wonder what script this guy was reading from. Usually, you'd kind of hope that you'd know what the propose-ee would say if you were gonna drop that big of a bomb, at a Wizards game no less.

Thus the reason I'll wait for her to ask me. [img]graemlins/heee.gif[/img]

I wonder if the crowd was chanting "De-fence! De-fence!" loudly through it all? Yes, I'm sure it was embarrassing, but I think he kind of knew she wasn't into it and was trying to sand-bag her. Now all thats left is for him to wait to be served with the inevitable order of protection.

I don't feel sorry for the girl at all, I can't even remotely see where sympathy comes into it - she declined his proposal in public. She'll probably get a laugh out of it, telling her mates all about it. Yeah okay, it was on tv and in front of some people, but hey, who cares really? I'd show my bare ass to all those people and still laugh about it. The guy on the other hand has a broken heart, and there's nothing worse than unreciprocated love. I mean yeah, I think he knows he didn't have much of a chance to begin with and so tried the added pressure of proposing in public, but I do still feel bad for the dude.

ouch! But I have to agree with Aelia and Epona that it's really his own fault if he feels stupid- he DID put her under much pressure and had every right to refuse.

No romance in that setup! Yikes! I know sometimes people do that sort of thing..a grand gesture and all, but it's a lot more romantic if done with fewer people as an audience!

LadyZ, it wasn't on the news or anything in your area? Wow, I'd have thought maybe the local channels would have jumped on a story like that one!

PS: Arledrian, she had no idea what was happening. From the sound of things, I'm guessing if she HAD known, she'd never have gone anywhere NEAR the guy that day. I'm guessing he really didn't think she'd say yes without pressure so he used the tv and fans as his pressure...she just didn't buckle under it the way he planned.

[ 02-25-2004, 03:53 PM: Message edited by: Cloudbringer ]

I do understand her embarrassment/bewilderment to some degree, but I just think it pales in comparison to what he probably felt afterwards [img]smile.gif[/img]

Whoa!! I dont think that proposal was legitimate. Something just seemed wrong in the guy's expression, but i don't know what. She seemed to be mortified. Funny, but totally wrong, in another way. (shakes head)