'Will You Marry Me' Gets Creative

I’m a sucker for a sweet proposal story, and I couldn’t help but grin when I read about how Jason Kahle popped the question to girlfriend Aleasha Decker this month in Ohio.

According to the Associated Press, the country boy stuck to what he knew and asked to borrow the wheat field his father harvests outside Toledo to covertly place a number of 20-foot sheet plastic letters atop it.

On Aug. 9 he borrowed a small plane and grabbed Decker for a ride, telling her he needed to photograph the homes of some of his relatives. As he flew over the field Aleasha realized the real reason for the flight as she saw the words “Aleasha, marry me?” and turned to see Kahle produce a ring. The happy couple is now planning a June 2010 wedding.

Their story got us curious about other amazing wedding proposals -- and there have been some stunners. For instance, in June a guy grabbed a megaphone on Main Streeet, USA at Disneyworld -- the site where he met his girlfriend exactly a year earlier -- and launched into a musical song and dance proposal with the help of several Disney cast members who made good use of jazz hands. (This description does not do it justice, so please watch the YouTube video here.) His stunned girlfriend looked slightly embarrassed because of the large crowd that gathered around them, but of course she said yes. The legitimacy of the proposal has been questioned (were they actors? pranksters? a couple-doomed-for-unwedded-nonbliss?) but one thing is for certain: This crew gets major points for originality and fearlessness.

In 2007, Chicagoan George Aye faked an art opening to lure his girlfriend, Sara Cantor, into a gallery for his elaborate proposal. For days, Aye cut out foam-core shapes and mounted them on poles. He named the “exhibit” “My Early Muir Owl,” an anagram for “will you marry me” and named the artist Serge Gandaora, an anagram for “George and Sara.” Cantor went to the opening and was surprised to see it entirely populated by their family and friends. Then, when she took a closer look at the exhibit, she realized the foam shapes actually spelled out “will you marry me.” She looked down and saw Aye on one knee holding a ring. Aww... see the video of his work below.

So, ladies, if you are looking for a man to put a ring on your finger, show him these stories and hope he can get a little creative.

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