Help Me propose to my G/F

“freaky. it's all too freaky.”

“Saltlick drop ring?


Proposal on ski slopes turns into diamond run
Couple learns lesson about level of difficulty when ring lost in snow

By Joe Garner, Rocky Mountain News
February 7, 2003

The diamond may be forever . . . lost.

A couple pledging their love on a Colorado mountaintop fumbled the ring, and it disappeared into the fresh snow.

Debra Sweeney, 34, of Highlands Ranch, and her husband-to-be, Derek Monnig, 33, notified Summit County authorities that they bungled their betrothal at the top of South Bowl at Keystone Resort last weekend.

While exchanging a 1.25-carat, $6,500 diamond-and-platinum engagement ring, the couple dropped it, losing it in at least a foot of fresh powder at 12,000 feet, said Keystone spokesman Mike Lee.

Sweeney and Monnig had hiked to the top of the mountain, where Monnig proposed.

"He said, 'I have something for you. Honey, I love you. Will you marry me?' " Sweeney said Thursday. "He pulled this box out, opened it up, went to put the ring on my finger - and it dropped.

"It was horrible."

Sweeney would not say who actually fumbled the ring.

"We made a pact up there: We are not going to tell anybody who dropped it," she said.

The ring bounced off her sleeve and fell into the snow by her boot.

Distraught, she stayed frozen in place on the steep, windswept mountain for 15 minutes as Monnig looked for the ring.

A passer-by called the ski patrol for them and then stayed to help in the search.

For about three hours, until about 3 p.m., as many as six ski patrollers - along with the director of the patrol - helped the couple sift through the snow.

Sweeney returned to the mountain the next day to search with a metal detector - to no avail. Plans to call out search dogs were abandoned because the ring was so new it didn't have a human scent.

Luckily, the ring was insured, and Sweeney says it will be replaced.

The couple plan to return to the mountain in the spring to search for their ring, but Sweeney says she can bear the loss.

"It's much better to lose the ring than the guy," she said.”

“He shoulda had that thing on a lanyard...”

“"Luckily, the ring was insured, and Sweeney says it will be replaced."

My suspicious lawyer mind tells me there is something amiss.”

“Something on the order of,

"Oh, I wanted an emerald cut!"”

“I bet a sasquatch found the ring that night, and used it to propose to his sasquatch girlfriend. But the ring probably didn't fit, so the female sasquatch probably accused him of theft and broke up with him. The male sasquatch then probably went and killed himself, or at least got really drunk or something. Hey, it could have happened.”

“OHHHHHHHHHH MAN!! I was hopin' this was an OPIE!!!”

“SASQUATCH BODY FOUND WITH DIAMOND RING; AUTOPSY REVEALS BROKEN HEART”

“That reminds me of the weekend I was proposing to my gf and was trying to think of a clever way to do it. I had this great stunt kite along and it had 100 ft. lead. The winds on the beach were terrific. You have to lay out the line and then attach the kite, so I thought it would be clever to go and attach the kite, leave her holding the leads, and then while attaching the line to the kite, put the ring on the line so that when I launched it, the ring would come sliding down the line and rest by her hand at the control strap. Ta-da!

Well, she seemed to be watching me too carefully so I thought I would wait and do it in a little bit. I hooked up the kite, we got it airborne and about 20 seconds later, SNAP. The line broke in the 30+ MPH winds.

I could only think what a drag it would have been if that ring had been lost somewhere on that sandy beach. At least she wouldn't have had to have ever known, but still...”

“Dude, if you need any more of a sign to stay single than that, you're crazy!”

“LMAO Buddha!

Lizs, I though it was too.”

“I tried to propose to my last girlfriend.

I meant to say:
"Will you marry me?"

But it came out as:
"Get your b!tch a$$ back in the kitchen and make me some pie!"

Guess who is still single?”

“LMAO @ Pennsy Hiker!!!!!!!”

“Betcha didn't get any pie, either...”

“LMAO Pennsy!”

“The ol silver tongue devil!”

“Sure I did bit. I got a big ole slice of humble pie.

btw - this thread is a year old. How did saltlick make out anywho?”

“Miss Sasquatch then accused her boyfriend of originally buying the ring for some cuter, younger thinner bigfoot and stomped off into the forest.”

“I won't lose mine! ”

“SN- You have beautiful ring there. I'm so happy for you.

Now I want to go and upgrade mrs tek's ring!”

“Don't get married, they tax you for it.....

Don't give one freakin red cent to uncle sam...”

“I was hoping the same thing Lizs!”

“Sheesh. And they say guys are afraid of committment...”

“Oops. Hope he didn't drink too much after that. Should one ever do this "out of the blue"? or maybe the guy completely misread his ex SO?”

“I heard that on the radio.

Those dames sure know how to leave a man hanging.”

“She just really wanted those Wizards tickets...”

“Did she get a foul for traveling?”

“It's funny, in that last frame, you can see people openly laughing at that poor schmuck...”

“Wonder if she lives in DC. Maybe I could "be there for her" in her time of need?”

“That's not lyra and Tarpy, is it?”

“Hey lyra - I'm here for you. Do you need to talk????”

“I heard it was a stunt by the marketing department. Or were they just trying to help the poor guy out by saying that?”

“So that's where Tarpy told Lyra that the moon glows on its own.”

“LOL”

“Marketing Department stunt?

What's the draw?

"Come to Wizards Games and watch a guy get his heart stomped on!"”

“man that sucks. I've always wondered if a girl ever said NO at those really public proposals.”

“Looks like a total PR ploy. Any publicity is good publicity.”

“Probably just ex-girlfriends....”

“Have you heard about the lonesome loser
Beaten by the queen of hearts every time
Have you heard about the lonesome loser
He's a loser, but he still keeps on tryin'

Oohoohooh .... oooh ....

Sit down, take a look at yourself
Don't you want to be somebody
Someday somebody's gonna see inside
You have to face up, you can't run and hide

Have you heard about the lonesome loser
Beaten by the queen of hearts every time
Have you heard about the lonesome loser
He's a loser, but he still keeps on tryin'

Unlucky in love, least that's what they say
He lost his head and he gambled his heart away
He still keeps searching though there's nothing left
Staked his heart and lost, now he has to pay the cost.

Have you heard about the lonesome loser
Beaten by the queen of hearts every time
Have you heard about the lonesome loser
He's a loser, but he still keeps on tryin'

"It's okay", he smiles and says
Though this loneliness is driving him crazy,
He don't show what goes on in his head,
but if you watch very close you'll see it all

(Instrumental)

Sit down, take a look at yourself
Don't you want to be somebody
Someday somebody's gonna see inside
You have to face up, you can't run and hide

Have you heard about the lonesome loser
Beaten by the queen of hearts every time
Have you heard about the lonesome loser
He's a loser, but he still keeps on tryin'

Have you heard about the lonesome loser
Have you heard about the lonesome loser
Have you heard about the lonesome loser
Now tell me have you heard about the lonesome loser

--Little River Band”

“of course she ran

That guy has been stalking her for months,

The only way he could get around the restraining order is if she came to him.

She was running to her car to get her Desert Eagle .44 mag auto, or was it a 7.62mm SKS ??

I mean look at the haircut on that dweeb, what girl could possible be interested in a haircut like that?

Where's Igor ??”

“ROF!!!!”

“This is what you have to do when your team tanks.”

“Next, Jerry Springer hosts a live version of his show during halftime.”

“What a douchebag! Think he went home, pounded down a 1/5 of Jack, turned on some porn and rubbed one out.”

“What if she "mislead" him, though?”

“That guy doesn't look like Chevy Chase at all.”

“DUMB!!!!!!!!!


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