These Marriage Proposal Fails Will Make You Cringe

when they do this kind of thing in the

movies they make it seem as though a

massive public situation is somehow

really romantic and a prime spot for a

proposal of marriage

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in reality this kind of insanity is

basically just really manipulative how

much more likely is a person to feel

pressured into saying yes if a whole

football stadium is witnessing the

moment

but the movies leave out that aspect of

this weird trend there seem to be about

a million people who have tried such a

strategy to ask their beloved to marry

them and unfortunately for them it's not

always a recipe for success so before

you trot off to the mall to try a spot

of public humiliation take a look at

these videos

from a weird trend for fake proposal

pranks to dangerously violent endings

here are 20 failed marriage proposals

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number 20

a famous youtuber pretty boyfriedo

making a social experiment where his

girlfriend rejects him in the middle of

a shopping mall

okay so we're starting off with a

proposal that's a so-called social

experiment in which this youtuber tests

a public audience's reaction to the

failed proposal the idea behind this was

that the guy expected that people would

not help him out when he was rejected he

believed before he went ahead and did it

that most people would be happy to see

him fail which is a sad indictment of

society really so how did it go though

apart from the fact that the whole setup

really sucked if it was real it would be

pretty terrible of a way to propose

let's face it the guy was sadly right

everyone in the shopping mall stood

around for the spectacle phones and

hands of course and just kind of stared

many laughed and nobody really offered

the guy any kindness except for one man

now it sort of sucks to play with people

in this way and perhaps these kind of

videos are conditioning people to see

the whole world around them as a social

media opportunity i mean who the heck

would propose so publicly and not expect

everyone to film and upload the event

that's just asking for trouble but what

do you think did this extremely

unscientific experiment really prove

anything or was it actually set up to

provide this exact result honestly these

marriage proposal fails will make you

cringe but what is the point in this

kind of pretend nonsense

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number 19

food court proposal gone bad

is this a thing now do people propose

marriage in shopping malls all the live

long day come on now people you need to

step up your romance game at least a

little so here we are with a couple

surrounded by random strangers at a food

court in the mall the height of romance

i'm sure

then in comes a dope on a guitar playing

neil diamond like that's even sexy for

pete's sake how was it a good idea to

get a whole mall full of people

bellowing

at this poor woman no wonder she ran

away but yes there are still plenty of

people ready to laugh at this movement

of pure mortification for both but

seriously are you all some kind of

perverts

number 18

wedding proposal fail

it takes a special sort of arrogance to

drag a woman that you supposedly love up

onto a stage and then demand that she

accept your proposal of marriage that's

the thing it really puts that person on

the spot and kind of sucks to do that in

front of hundreds of people don't you

think

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perhaps it's just me but it's the same

principle as breaking up with someone in

a restaurant so they won't make a scene

it's manipulative and it's garbage

behavior but what do you think perhaps

you think this darren guy is a hopeless

romantic perhaps you are darren and you

can't figure out why she literally ran

away from you let's get into this in the

comments down below what's the point of

an extremely public marriage proposal

anyway

number 17

proposal fail you won't believe what

happened

this one frankly just looks like a piece

of amateur performance art in a town

square setting this young couple seemed

to be mixed up in a bunch of tour groups

or some such business when this

nincompoop decides to make this the

moment to ask a fairly significant

question of his young woman this

location may be somewhat lacking to be

honest apart from anything else he

didn't think to block the exits so he

gets down on one knee presumably asks

her to marry him and then she legs it

she turns and hightails out of there at

such a high rate of speed

that i would say it's a resounding no

wouldn't you well it would be if this

didn't seem incredibly staged and

totally phony she has on sneakers ready

to run the speed at which she departs

the scene is so very rapid that the

words may have barely left this idiot's

lips i don't even know what with all

these prank proposals that we seem to be

witnessing this kind of looks like a

poorly executed one of those now doesn't

it what do you reckon does this whiff a

fish or is this a bona fide backfire of

a proposal let's figure it out in the

comments section shall we

number 16

wedding proposal fail she says no

alright so now there's a distinctive

pattern emerging here perhaps this is

something to do with why these marriage

proposals keep on failing these

massively public scenes are not exactly

having the desired effect now this guy

jeremy has decided that the stage at

this jesus jam in front of a big crowd

of people is the optimal location for a

romantic and intimate moment with the

woman with whom he wants to spend the

rest of his life jeremy even says that

marsha which is his girlfriend by the

way absolutely hates being the center of

attention and she will kill him for this

it doesn't take a genius to see how this

is gonna wind up for dopey old jeremy he

then begins getting out into the longest

and frankly most boring speech ever that

takes care of you but loves you

unconditionally

and can guide you spiritually until he

gets down on the requisite bended knee

he then pops the question and marsha is

decidedly unimpressed by the whole event

as she should be i mean come on jeremy

this is just embarrassing next the mc

then heads over with another microphone

as if he's conducting some kind of

interview and says marsha he's asking

you to marry him honestly this is such a

shamble and then he pokes the microphone

in the poor woman's face and then you

already know what happens next

number 15

world's biggest proposal fail

if you've ever considered a middle of

the shopping mall kind of proposal to be

the pinnacle of romantic gestures then

perhaps the repeated failure of this

technique is beginning to make you think

again if you still think this is a good

idea well i think you're probably beyond

help at this point this dopey guy took

the position that the best way to

propose his marriage to the woman that

he loves was by hauling a below average

group of musicians to the center of the

mall and getting them to wail and strum

a jangle of flipping tambourines while

he got down on one knee and mortified

the said woman it's genius really she's

obviously unimpressed with his nonsense

and shows her displeasure in a manner

which can't even be misinterpreted she

wallops him on the head with a ukulele

it's well deserved

she then takes her leave and the guy

lays on the floor for a moment as he

contemplates his own humiliation but

there is a moral to this story

humiliation begets humiliation and a

woman that you love always deserves

better than a ukulele in the mall

number 14

marriage proposal gone wrong prank

fake marriage proposal pranks are all

the rage amongst youtubers of little

imagination but apparently you're all

watching these pathetic videos so here i

am telling you all about them in an

endless list of repeated pranks and

genuine proposals gone wrong like i'm

stuck in a perpetual hell loop of

moronic behavior and cringe-worthy

ill-conceived romantic gestures please

please tell me what it is about watching

these idiots failing so hard that gets

you all going what sort of perverts are

you really

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so here we are at auburn university in

alabama to witness a hilarious prank by

this youtubing numpty this guy heads

inside to get the crowd pumped up

pre-proposal when his fake girlfriend

turns up and he gets down on a bended

knee the whole cafeteria are behind him

ready to offer him encouraging words but

why in the heck is he doing this anyways

since this is a proposal fail prank

she's going to say no which of course

she does and then the crowd offers

condolences as she walks away they post

it all on social media and get on with

their days please tell me what the point

of this nonsense is it's not even funny

number 13

marriage proposal gone wrong she said

get out

ah yes there's nothing like a heckler to

get the old marriage proposal vibe going

now is there that's exactly what you

need at a moment like this well what did

you expect when you decided to do all

the proposing in new york city's times

square apart from the fact that this

kind of public spectacle is just asking

for trouble is this really the place

that you want forever associated with

your love you know a place historically

associated with the seedier aspects of

human entertainment and now a shrine to

the most sacred of american activities

shopping those intense bright screens

all around you obnoxious tourists

the lost and the lonely all the fun

stuff yes that's definitely screaming

romance and marriage the heckler really

gets stuck in as well as the woman yells

yes because you have to yell to get

yourself hurt over the din of times

square at the guy to get up they draw

more and more attention from passing

people many of whom have settled in for

the entertainment and have pulled up a

seat the heckler just keeps on going all

through the refusal and departure of the

woman from the scene and then continues

to lay into the rejected guy it's brutal

but then again what exactly was this guy

going for here

number 12

marriage proposal gone wrong she said no

well here we are again another mall

another day another proposal and yes

another refusal but is it any wonder

really this time we're with a couple in

the middle of this shopping center and

the guy begins acting kind of crazy

gesturing to all the people around that

he wants them to come closer i mean

surely this is the point where most sane

people would be heading away from the

shouty man but there you go anything for

the gram or the tick tock or whatever it

is that your kids are into this week so

he musters a mini crowd of phone

clutchers and flaps around in front of

the woman in question eventually after

professing that he's no good at such

things

well that's obvious now isn't it he then

gets down on one knee and begins a bit

of a speech followed by the presentation

of a ring so far so regular even if

embarrassing but then it all goes kind

of sideways she says no and heads away

from the scene of mortification the

crowd then uploads the precarious moment

to the internet and a couple of

compassionate people head over to

comfort the distraught man the best

thing about this is all the advice that

concerned onlookers seem to have for the

young man and by the end of this his

lady friend has reappeared to discuss

the perils of buying a ring without

checking sizes first you know this ring

is too small and that's really a sign

she says

number 11

mall proposal gone horribly wrong

so it seems that this woman is in

agreement with me that the mall well

it's really the very last place on earth

that you should select to propose a

marriage to a person whom you love she's

mad as hell about it and yes you heard

that right we are indeed at a mall once

again seriously what the actual hell is

wrong with people the mall is a terrible

place for everything even more so for a

marriage proposal as obi-wan kenobi once

said you'll never find a more wretched

hive of scum and villainy

however this guy evidently did not get

that particular memo and he decided that

this was how he wanted to declare his

love and propose a life together but the

woman to whom he's proposing is taking

absolutely none of the nonsense she

yells at him and he seems kind of

confused but he likely hasn't gotten a

whole lot of self-awareness at his

disposal so she yells a bit more and

then wallops him straight upside his

face the thing is we at the fancy banana

would never advocate for violence of

course but this lady is really

expressing her feelings about the

situation very clearly indeed he then

goes after her and she lumps them again

and i can't help but wonder what

happened after this went down what do

you think did they visit the great

american cookie company or did they part

ways at the dippin dot stand let me know

all your thoughts in the comments down

below let's have a good in-depth

discussion about it all

number ten

another proposal gone wrong

now if you have a full nine and a half

minutes of your precious life on this

earth to absolutely waste watching yet

another nin compute pretending to

propose in a shopping mall as a prank

then feel free to go and look this wally

up he is enthusiastic about it but

frankly and i know i'm beginning to

sound like a broken record here why

why oh why are you spending your time

pretending to propose in public

and why are we being forced to watch he

gets all togged up in a suit and whatnot

heads off to the mall you know that

classic romantic destination for the

unimaginative and then gets the crowd

gathered that's the whole point of this

nonsense after all if you're this

desperate for attention there are other

options how about joining an amateur

drama troupe or if you love the mall so

much what about bringing back the flash

mob this stuff is so lame that it's

embarrassing anyway this guy pretends to

us that he's actually going to be doing

the proposing leads the crowd in the

same direction and ultimately the woman

to whom he's pretending to propose quote

unquote rejects him and yada yada yada

you know how it goes from here the big

reveal that we've sat through nine and a

half minutes of rubbish for he was only

pretending

comedy gold

number nine

woman proposes to boyfriend in a mall

and he said no

it isn't always just dudes who are doing

this insane mall proposal business women

do sometimes lose their damn minds as

well this woman has chosen the prime

spot at the bottom of an escalator in

the shopping mall for the big old grand

romantic gesture of public mortification

it's a classic spot she's down on one

knee has is traditional at the mall and

there she stays for what feels like an

eternity

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she kneels he seems to back away further

and further to such an extent that it's

not immediately apparent to whom she's

actually proposing marriage anymore

nothing awkward about that one at all

definitely nothing to see here and so

after an eon he then finally approaches

her helps her to her feet and then tells

her no to which she begins to yell and

run off through the mall seriously this

is never a good idea why does everyone

keep doing this

number eight

man freaks out and becomes violent after

his proposal is rejected

now as if it wasn't aggressive enough to

propose marriage in such a manner this

idiot goes a step further and actually

breaks out the physical violence as well

it really does seem that if you break

out the confetti cannons and bring a

bunch of roses not to mention kneeling

in a puddle in a public space then the

woman in front of you should fall down

in a swoon and accept your proposal

gratefully well no not actually and this

young man is not only misguided in his

belief that this is an appropriate

method of declaring one's love he's also

under the belief that this woman owes

him something she absolutely does not as

it becomes apparent that she is not

going to say yes despite all of the

hoo-ha that he's created in her honor

the guy gets aggressive first by

grabbing her arm and behaving in a

threatening manner and then when she

escapes his grasp and runs away he loses

it completely

this plonker sets about chucking stuff

around and pushing things over while

people around him try to wrestle him

away from causing any more carnage this

behavior not only sucks but it's

indicative of a garbage attitude towards

women as well

number seven

marriage proposal yep you guessed it

gone wrong

think of some romantic places maybe you

came up with some slushy stuff like a

beach at sunset the top of the eiffel

tower you know the cliches and all that

but did you think about a busy

intersection on a dusty highway probably

not because it's a terrible place to

propose marriage this guy though well he

didn't quite think that one through he's

taken it upon himself to get down on

bended knee to a woman in the middle of

a busy roadway and has a friend filming

the whole sorry event on a phone all 13

minutes of this hideous state of affairs

he looks kind of taken aback perhaps by

the terrible choice of location perhaps

the guy's just a total creep or maybe

it's both either way she's not exactly

eager to accept his proposal of marriage

and dash off down the aisle with him so

she turns him down and then tries to go

about her business this wally though

proceeds to pursue her through the

streets and as they go he makes more and

more of a spectacle they gather people

along the way and creepily many of them

try to persuade the young woman to

accept his request seriously this guy is

not exactly showing himself to be a

catch at this point now is he the

aggressive pursuit then results in the

man laying on the floor shouting

continuing his desperate attempt to

convince the poor woman to marry him

it's not cool at all and despite what

the movies may tell you about this kind

of stuff it is in no way shape or form

romantic it's basically stalking so stop

it stop it now

number six

marriage proposal gone wrong she said no

and walked away

again with the proposal in the street at

least this time it's on the sidewalk

rather than the previous nonsense but

even so all this public proposing gone

wrong seems to focus quite heavily on

the spurned individual but sometimes

having to turn down a marriage request

can be upsetting in and of itself like

this one for example the young woman to

whom the guy is proposing is evidently

sad to have to turn down this kneeling

chaps proposal perhaps it was the

pavement setting or perhaps it was the

dude himself either way there are plenty

of people hanging around to make sure

that this horrible moment is forever

immortalized on film and on the youtube

so no matter how much they try to forget

this ever happened there it is for the

whole world to witness and why exactly

do we want to witness it i could have

gone the rest of my days without needing

to see all these people at these moments

perhaps some of the worst of their lives

so far and i would never have felt like

i missed out on anything why is this

such a thing

number five you'll never believe it this

is yet another marriage proposal gone

wrong

how do you really feel about watching

these videos i mean do you get some

sense of satisfaction from seeing other

people's failures do you enjoy watching

others suffer what exactly kind of

pervert argue really this time we're

witnessing another public proposal

that's gone sideways the woman on the

receiving end of this particular

question is super angry about it just

what her issue is remains kind of

unclear what do you reckon is she cross

about the weird public spectacle or the

video phone guy shouting at them or does

she just think this guy is a proper

pillock or perhaps it's something else

altogether gather your thoughts and bung

them into the comments section down

below or just yell at me for calling you

a perv so much whatever you like to do

the finale of this one when she launches

an entire cake at his head is kind of

hilarious though perhaps i'm getting

carried away on this special sort of

misanthropy after all

number four

and again

this time the proposal is taking place

in the middle of the basketball court

live on television during an nba game

some guys really have a whole lot of

misguided confidence if you're going to

do something that is literally getting a

professional commentary and being viewed

by thousands and thousands of people

then make sure it's not this the woman

to whom this man is proposing is

basically mortified by the whole

spectacle and the guy is likely going to

be scarred for life after such a massive

public rejection they're both going to

hate basketball after this as well again

though even though this might seem to

work in the movies remember that you're

not a fictional character and this is

not a made-up story even the

commentators suggest that this is almost

impossible to say no to under such

pressure but that many people might well

change their answer as soon as they

leave the arena so you know this is

probably a bad idea even if you do

really love basketball

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number three

and indeed

once again

finally some slapstick comedy to lighten

things up after all the humiliating

rejections in this video we have an

attempted proposal in a gondola now this

might seem to be a more romantic spot

probably mildly embarrassing for the

gondolier but he's probably used to this

sort of thing no doubt he witnesses

umpteen proposals every week but it is

still fraught with difficulty there's

this public setting but for the most

part that doesn't seem to be so

intrusive the gondola ride itself is

sort of semi-private if open top and the

thing with this scenario is that the

gondola is a boat a long thin boat and

it's a rather wobbly kind of vessel to

say the least the gondola is designed to

maneuver through the narrow canals of

venice not to be especially stable the

gondolier who seems so steady on his

feet well he's had a whole lot of

practice and this guy with the romantic

notions of boat-based marriage proposals

well he's new at the gondola lark and

hasn't quite thought this one through so

that's how he leans forward clutching

the engagement ring to the apparent

delight of his lady companion that one's

kind of new isn't it and then the next

second he's ditched it headfirst into

the canal perhaps not quite the romantic

moment that he had planned but it will

no doubt be memorable and at least it

looked as if the woman was actually

happy number two

failed marriage proposal at the stadium

oh my goodness just don't try this at

home this woman drags the object of her

affection out to the center of the

football pitch before the beginning of

the match and gets herself on the

microphone this is intensely cringy and

really kind of gross and after making a

long speech who knows what she's

actually saying i think that might be

german she's speaking but honestly i