New Year's Eve is a strange holiday. It's a simple celebration of a change in the calendar, but for most of us, it's as good a reason as any to drink ourselves silly and let the chips fall where they may. And for a select few of us, it seems like a great time to ask a woman for her hand in marriage.
Why New Year's? Why not get engaged at a Washington Wizards game, or in the food court at your local shopping mall? Hell, you can get engaged anytime, and anywhere.
Or, as the case may be, attempt to get engaged and get left holding an unwanted ring. It is a sad event, a moment of public agony and humiliation, and thanks to the miracle of YouTube, it is one that we can all witness again and again. These 15 former optimists—14 guys and one girl—laid it on the line as the camera was rolling, and it didn't go as planned.
Hopefully, the following fails don't change your New Year's plans too much.
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New Year's Eve is a strange holiday. It's a simple celebration of a change in the calendar, but for most of us, it's as good a reason as any to drink ourselves silly and let the chips fall where they may. And for a select few of us, it seems like a great time to ask a woman for her hand in marriage.
Why New Year's? Why not get engaged at a Washington Wizards game, or in the food court at your local shopping mall? Hell, you can get engaged anytime, and anywhere.
Or, as the case may be, attempt to get engaged and get left holding an unwanted ring. It is a sad event, a moment of public agony and humiliation, and thanks to the miracle of YouTube, it is one that we can all witness again and again. These 15 former optimists—14 guys and one girl—laid it on the line as the camera was rolling, and it didn't go as planned.
Hopefully, the following fails don't change your New Year's plans too much.
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Goodbye Jumbotron
Location: Madison Square Garden, New York City
And Yet So Far Away
Location: The Almost Late Show set
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Location: Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, California
How Waffle
Location: Cercle Brugge vs. Standard Liege soccer game, Belgium
Goodbye Cleveland
Location: An unknown concert
Sent Off
Location: Australian soccer program The Footy Show
Minnesota Slugger
Location: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Swan Song
Location: A party
Trouble a Bruin
Location: Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles
Meet the Future Non-In-Laws
Location: Her family's house at Christmas
Wizard of Love
Location: Verizon Center, Washington DC
Face the Nation
Location: "National TV"
Mr. Predictable
Location: Food court at a shopping mall
Sadly Hawkins
Location: A party
Failure to Launch
Location: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas