Man secretly 'proposes' to girlfriend nearly every day for a month without her noticing
He wanted to take as many photos as he could until he got caught - or found perfect moment to propose
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Your support makes all the difference.A man secretly “proposed” to his girlfriend numerous times over the course of a month while she was not paying attention, before finally asking her to marry him.
Edi Okoro, 30, from Herefordshire in England, decided to propose to his girlfriend Cally Read, 28, earlier this year.
However, before actually popping the question, Okoro spent a month hiding the ring in plain sight, to see how or when Read would notice.
Throughout the month, Okoro captured pictures of himself holding the ring in front of Read as she slept or focused her attention elsewhere in increasingly daring situations.
One night, Okoro placed the ring in the palm of Read’s hand as she was asleep. When she didn’t realise that, he went as far as putting the ring in her jewellery box for two days without her finding it.
According to Okoro, who shared his proposal on social media, he chose to propose this way because he is a “spontaneous improvisor”.
“Those who have gone through this (and those who will soon find out) you want to propose in a way that speaks to you as a person and couple,” Okoro wrote alongside a gallery of all the photos he took of Read. “Some plan a flash mob, a fancy meal or even arrange a marry me sign.
“I couldn’t do this because ‘Edi doesn’t plan’... I’m a spontaneous improvisor.”
Okoro said Read knowing this aspect of his personality made organising a proposal especially difficult, as she would have “clocked on to what I was about to do” as soon as he planned a holiday or meal.
It was while carrying the ring around with him “everywhere hoping the ‘moment’ would arise in line with my spontaneous style” that he decided to capture all the almost-proposals.
He wrote: “After a month or so of waiting for the right moment, I was sitting on the sofa admiring ‘my precious’ (yes I became very attached to this ring by this point), Cally almost caught me staring at the ring, and it hit me!
“All these missed opportunities mixed in with the thought - Cally doesn’t know I have the ring!! I should just start documenting these moments!”
According to Okoro, his goal was to take as many photos as he could until Read either caught him and he proposed, or he found the perfect moment to propose.
Okoro never got caught, but he did eventually find the perfect moment to propose.
A photo album of all the potential proposal moments has since been liked more than 58,000 times on Facebook, with thousands of people praising Okoro for the creative idea.
“This is priceless! Love it!!” one person commented.
Another said: “This makes me want to cry because it is literally the cutest funniest thing I’ve ever seen!”
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