Monday, 4 February 2008

Underwater Marriage Proposal

I have a scuba diving internship at the Aquarium of the Pacific and I go in on Thursdays and Fridays. Last Friday I had to propose to someone. They had me dive down in the tropical reef tank holding a 7 foot sign asking a girl to marry a guy. When the girl saw me the guy got down on his knees and gave her a ring. I have seen marriage proposals in a movie or even on the big screen at a baseball game, but this is the first time I saw one in person and I had an interesting view point at that (being in a tank and underwater). This made me think of all the interesting ways people chose to communicate what is possible the most important message of their life. You would think that proposing via a scuba diver is a very original idea but in fact last year this was request a 100 times acording to my supervisor. But how you ask those four words can tell a person how much you love them, how much you know them (because if they are scared of fish going to an aquarium is probably not the best idea), how shy or personal they like things (a romantic one on one proposal or declaring your love in front of an entire stadium full of people). One of my best friends brother proposed to his wife through geocaching (GPS treasure hunt basically) and at the end she found her ring and he proposed. So I guess post your thought and any good proposal stories you might have if you want. Here is a video of an aquarium proposal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFfTjZuwulM, but this is not the one I did and I must say I was way more graceful and wearing a clown fish hood.

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