Bad night to be at an Astros game...

[BCVM22]

http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20070820&content_id=2160277&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou

 

HOUSTON -- Hard to say which was the bigger disaster Monday night: Jason Jennings' four-inning, six-run flameout against Washington or the poor guy who proposed to his girlfriend on camera during the sixth inning only to watch her emphatically decline -- throwing popcorn his way for emphasis -- before storming out of the ballpark.

 

I eagerly await the inevitable YouTubing of this.

 

(Is this Baseball? Social? I dunno.)

Edited August 21, 2007 by BCVM22

[CubmanPi]

I'm curious to see the youtube as well. I'm highly suspicious that it was staged.

[Cynosure]

Ouchhhhh

[Banedon]

Yeah...I'm gonna say staged.

 

"If it was an act, she put on a good one," Garner said. "She looked totally surprised and then totally mad. We couldn't even get a proposal right down here tonight.

 

"We lead the league in marriage proposals, and we couldn't get that one right tonight."

[PrimeTime]

Ziiinnnnnnnnnnnnnng That has to really suck

[Bruno7481]

Take her to dinner or do it privately, no need for your proposal to be on the Jumbotron.

 

Good for her.

[ConstableRabbit]

Take her to dinner or do it privately, no need for your proposal to be on the Jumbotron.

 

Good for her.

 

Yeah, I mean if you're 100% sure she'll say yes and are huge baseball fans, it could be a nice thing, but it puts a lot of pressure on the proposee. No one wants to say no and get booed (or at least sighed at) or embarrass the guy they're seeing

[CubmanPi]

Take her to dinner or do it privately, no need for your proposal to be on the Jumbotron.

 

Good for her.

Agreed. Nice to know that some people don't need to feel like they live on reality tv.

[jersey cubs fan]

I've seen this sort of staged reaction to the proposal before, can't remember where though.

[Banedon]

I've seen this sort of staged reaction to the proposal before, can't remember where though.

 

Wasn't there one on a basketball court where someone proposed to a cheerleader and she turned him down?

 

Here ya go...the second video I think is it. (I can't see the video here at work, but it sounds right.)

 

http://blogs.chron.com/tmi/2007/01/keep_it_private_romeo_1.html

[Guest]

I've seen this sort of staged reaction to the proposal before, can't remember where though.

 

What's the point?

[jersey cubs fan]

I've seen this sort of staged reaction to the proposal before, can't remember where though.

 

What's the point?

 

Maybe as a not so subtle hint to guys foolishly thinking of doing it for real.

[JeffH]

He probably expressed some degree of fandom for Jason Jennings prior to the proposal.

 

More than likely, that scared her straight.

[VanceJergins]

I've seen this sort of staged reaction to the proposal before, can't remember where though.

 

What's the point?

 

for a joke? Ya know, "ha ha, he he".

[daske17]

My question is: Do you stay for the rest of the game?

 

It's not like you need to hurry up and get home for any reason.

[CubmanPi]

I've seen this sort of staged reaction to the proposal before, can't remember where though.

 

What's the point?

To get a reaction.

[rawaction]

There's no reason for a guy to ever get turned down on a marriage proposal. If a woman says, "no". The guy obviously didn't gauge her feelings right. If that is the case, then he doesn't know her as well as he should and shouldn't have proposed to her in the first place because of that fact.

 

Besides, everyone I know that is married (myself included), did it the old fashioned way. Lived with the woman for a while and she basically starts hinting at marriage, while the guy misses all the hints. After that, it becomes flat out forcing the guy to marry her by giving him the old, "I'm not gonna live in sin forever" speech, and subsequent ultimatum that a guy can't turn down because he knows nobody else will put up with his sorry ###.

 

So, the moral of the story is....never ask a girl to marry you unless she tells you to.

[daske17]

There's no reason for a guy to ever get turned down on a marriage proposal. If a woman says, "no". The guy obviously didn't gauge her feelings right. If that is the case, then he doesn't know her as well as he should and shouldn't have proposed to her in the first place because of that fact.

 

Besides, everyone I know that is married (myself included), did it the old fashioned way. Lived with the woman for a while and she basically starts hinting at marriage, while the guy misses all the hints. After that, it becomes flat out forcing the guy to marry her by giving him the old, "I'm not gonna live in sin forever" speech, and subsequent ultimatum that a guy can't turn down because he knows nobody else will put up with his sorry ###.

 

So, the moral of the story is....never ask a girl to marry you unless she tells you to.

 

Ah, love. It is a many splendored thing. :D

[SouthSideRyan]

I was at a Sox game and saw the proposal on the big screen and started tearing into the concept of it talking about what a class act the guy must be.

 

He was sitting right behind me.

[ConstableRabbit]

There's no reason for a guy to ever get turned down on a marriage proposal. If a woman says, "no". The guy obviously didn't gauge her feelings right. If that is the case, then he doesn't know her as well as he should and shouldn't have proposed to her in the first place because of that fact.

 

Besides, everyone I know that is married (myself included), did it the old fashioned way. Lived with the woman for a while and she basically starts hinting at marriage, while the guy misses all the hints. After that, it becomes flat out forcing the guy to marry her by giving him the old, "I'm not gonna live in sin forever" speech, and subsequent ultimatum that a guy can't turn down because he knows nobody else will put up with his sorry ###.

 

So, the moral of the story is....never ask a girl to marry you unless she tells you to.

 

How is living together before marriage "the old fashioned way"?

[rawaction]

There's no reason for a guy to ever get turned down on a marriage proposal. If a woman says, "no". The guy obviously didn't gauge her feelings right. If that is the case, then he doesn't know her as well as he should and shouldn't have proposed to her in the first place because of that fact.

 

Besides, everyone I know that is married (myself included), did it the old fashioned way. Lived with the woman for a while and she basically starts hinting at marriage, while the guy misses all the hints. After that, it becomes flat out forcing the guy to marry her by giving him the old, "I'm not gonna live in sin forever" speech, and subsequent ultimatum that a guy can't turn down because he knows nobody else will put up with his sorry ###.

 

So, the moral of the story is....never ask a girl to marry you unless she tells you to.

 

How is living together before marriage "the old fashioned way"?

 

How did you completely miss the sarcasm?

[ConstableRabbit]

There's no reason for a guy to ever get turned down on a marriage proposal. If a woman says, "no". The guy obviously didn't gauge her feelings right. If that is the case, then he doesn't know her as well as he should and shouldn't have proposed to her in the first place because of that fact.

 

Besides, everyone I know that is married (myself included), did it the old fashioned way. Lived with the woman for a while and she basically starts hinting at marriage, while the guy misses all the hints. After that, it becomes flat out forcing the guy to marry her by giving him the old, "I'm not gonna live in sin forever" speech, and subsequent ultimatum that a guy can't turn down because he knows nobody else will put up with his sorry ###.

 

So, the moral of the story is....never ask a girl to marry you unless she tells you to.

 

How is living together before marriage "the old fashioned way"?

 

How did you completely miss the sarcasm?

 

Because I'm at work and trying to quickly read nsbb between writing invoices! :lol: :oops:

 

But seriously -- you never know these days! :D

[chuckywang]

Yeah...I'm gonna say staged.

 

"If it was an act, she put on a good one," Garner said. "She looked totally surprised and then totally mad. We couldn't even get a proposal right down here tonight.

 

"We lead the league in marriage proposals, and we couldn't get that one right tonight."

 

Yeah, but without a punchline?

[Soul]

There's no reason for a guy to ever get turned down on a marriage proposal. If a woman says, "no". The guy obviously didn't gauge her feelings right. If that is the case, then he doesn't know her as well as he should and shouldn't have proposed to her in the first place because of that fact.

 

Besides, everyone I know that is married (myself included), did it the old fashioned way. Lived with the woman for a while and she basically starts hinting at marriage, while the guy misses all the hints. After that, it becomes flat out forcing the guy to marry her by giving him the old, "I'm not gonna live in sin forever" speech, and subsequent ultimatum that a guy can't turn down because he knows nobody else will put up with his sorry ###.

 

So, the moral of the story is....never ask a girl to marry you unless she tells you to.

 

Yeah, in other words, as a lawyer would say, never ask a question you don't know the answer to.

 

Agreed. The actual proposal should be a formality (well....formality sounds cold, but you know what I mean).

[Careless]

There's no reason for a guy to ever get turned down on a marriage proposal. [if a woman says, "no". The guy obviously didn't gauge her feelings right. If that is the case, then he doesn't know her as well as he should and shouldn't have proposed to her in the first place because of that fact.

 

Besides, everyone I know that is married (myself included), did it the old fashioned way. Lived with the woman for a while and she basically starts hinting at marriage, while the guy misses all the hints. After that, it becomes flat out forcing the guy to marry her by giving him the old, "I'm not gonna live in sin forever" speech, and subsequent ultimatum that a guy can't turn down because he knows nobody else will put up with his sorry ###.

 

So, the moral of the story is....never ask a girl to marry you unless she tells you to.

My father had his proposal to my mother rejected because it was done so badly. She said yes eventually, but not that night.

 

How is living together before marriage "the old fashioned way"?

Yep, the old fashioned way is doing it right after she tells you it turned blue.