Distance means so little, when someone means so much is how I would describe the mentality of a Good friend of mine, as he prepared to propose to his long-time girlfriend. He proved to me that there are no boundaries to love, and when you do love, love with all you’ve got!
This Valentine’s Day I want to show you a marriage proposal that took place downtown Toronto, involving more than 50 people and more than 6 months of planning. Simply put, it was orchestrated by love.
Find a short interview below with the man behind the proposal whom we like to refer to as “Man 1″.
thinkGood: How long did this proposal take to plan?
Man 1: It took approximately 6 or 7 months to create, plan, and ensure proper execution. I had to figure out where and how it was going to happen. What music to use, each song had a specific connection to our life together. I had to write my lyrics to a number of songs, then edit and record my tracks. I had to work on and create the “Show” rehearsing with the dancers, and practicing my performance. I had to secretly coordinate 50 or so friends and family to be there and know all the cues for their involvement. I had to engrave the bench she was sitting on (where we had our first kiss), it was engraved with the date of our first kiss “The Kiss” and also engraved with the date of the proposal, entitled “The Question”. I had to secure the camera crew, and photographer. I was creating the ring from ideas in my mind, not buying a existing ring in the store. So many things listed above I feel like I am just listing endless elements, but it is an indication of the insanity of those 6-7 months. The above is just the creation of the show, and not even touching on the logistics and execution. Where were we going to get power in the middle of the street? What if the police show up? What if it’s raining…. which it was. ALLLLLL OF THIS, and not letting my woman (who I live with) know a single thing. Que deep breath!
Truly though there is no way I could have done these things alone. Each element had a fantastic and forever special friend involved in it supporting me all the way along. To these friends I owe them more then I could ever repay!
thinkGood: What would have been the worst possible thing to go wrong?
Man 1: The worst possible thing that could of gone wrong, essentially did. During the entire evening of the proposal, it was pouring rain, POURING RAIN!!! We were out at a dinner and my Best Man, aka “The Captain” was messaging me with the concern of what we should do if it continues to rain. Friends and family were instructed to be at the scene an hour before to do a “dry run” and now it would be taking place in the rain. The decision was that if it continues to rain and nobody would wait in it, and if it was still raining when the plan of a dog walk would be initiated, that we would move forward as planned. I knew if it was pouring rain and I had to ask my Lady to walk with me, she would say “Yes” no matter what. I would perform just for her, or with no power, or no dancers or with no audience, it was going down!! This is not to mention I had to break into my mothers house to get my dog, because a friend of mine had used my keys that day. I was LOCKED OUT and I needed the dog to go on the ruse of our dog walk. No B+E charge that night though 
I also forgot to read my speech I wrote months before and had to wing it. The speech that came out was better then I could have ever written, it flowed so naturally
As you can see in the video it stopped raining for about the 30 minute period between when we left the house for the dog walk and the end of the proposal. If you look at the ground it literally dries as the video plays and at the end you can hear me say “and now it starts to rain!”.
thinkGood: Was it a perfect proposal to you? Or should we ask her..lol
Man 1: I can honestly say that my proposal went to perfection! I had created this idea in my mind but obviously never truly knew how it would work out in reality. I was experiencing it all for the first time as well. I was able to break into my moms house successfully to retrieve my dog, the rain parted with eerily perfect timing , everyone made it out, I landed my back tuck!!! But most importantly she said “YES” and loved every minute of it. So yes, I would say it was perfect, but perfect for us. I think when you propose to your woman it should be about you two. You have to know your woman, know yourself and create the appropriate idea. For example some women like being proposed to at a baseball game, and some don’t…. well most don’t, but some might
We thank Man 1 for his time with us and thinkGood. wishes him and his sweetheart the absolute best in their journey ahead.
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone and don’t be afraid to love!
-doGood.feelGood.liveGood.thinkGood.
It’s easy to forget that you’re a whole person living one life when you’re distracted pursuing goals as though they were independent of yourself. Today I happened to stumble upon this great talk by one of my favourite bloggers Tina Roth Eisenberg a.k.a @swissmiss. It was the perfect thing for me to listen to and it’s definitely inspired me to start blogging again!
Toronto’s Tower Renewal program aims to drive broad environmental, social, economic, and cultural change by improving Toronto’s concrete apartment towers and the neighbourhoods that surround them. The Toronto region contains North America’s second highest concentration of apartment buildings, but only in Toronto will you find them integrated in both urban and suburban neighbourhoods.
