April 17, 2008 1:49 PM
Popping the question? Forget balloons -
From The Brisbane Times magazine:
It is the one moment every man wants to get right - and which London floor-fitter Lefkos Hajji could hardly have got more wrong.The luckless 28 year-old's dreams of giving his sweetheart, Leanne, 26, the ultimate proposal have literally vanished into thin air.
Hajji, of Hackney, east London, had concealed a $US12,000 ($12,778) engagement ring inside a helium balloon. The idea was that she would pop the balloon as he popped the question.
But as he left the shop, a gust of wind pulled the balloon from his hand and he watched the ring - and quite possibly the affections of his girlfriend - sailing away over the rooftops.
"I couldn't believe it," he told The Sun newspaper.
"I just watched as it went further and further into the air.
"I felt like such a plonker. It cost a fortune and I knew my girlfriend would kill me."
Hajji spent two hours in his car trying to chase and find the balloon, without success.
"I thought I would give Leanne a pin so I could literally pop the question," he said.
"But I had to tell her the story - she went absolutely mad. Now she is refusing to speak to me until I get her a new ring."
He is hoping the ring will still turn up.
"It would be amazing if someone found it," he added.
Comments
He doesn't need a new ring - he needs a new girlfriend! This one sounds a little too greedy for me.
Posted by: Tari | April 17, 2008 2:16 PM
Oh how awful! Poor guy! This woman he wants to marry doesn't sound like she's worth proposing, too, though. I can't imagine not speaking to my man after he attempted such a romantic thing.
Posted by: Kristina | April 17, 2008 2:19 PM
If he went to all that effort to make it a big deal and she won't talk to him, her love is for his money and not his heart. I hope something changes for them before he winds up with a broken heart.
Posted by: queenmommy911 | April 17, 2008 2:44 PM
I think it's a good thing he found this out about her before they got married. I hope he thinks about it before he gives her another ring.
Posted by: womanofthehouse | April 19, 2008 10:52 AM
