The internet is divided over this very public proposal
There are a few places you definitely shouldn’t propose: at someone else's wedding. At a funeral. On top of an active volcano that’s started making really weird noises.
But what about at someone’s graduation ceremony? That’s the question that sparked a fiery debate currently dominating social media - prompted by a man popping the question during his partner’s doctoral degree ceremony.
The video of the event, posted to Twitter on WHEN, shows a woman waiting on stage to receive her graduation honours. After her name is called and she collects her Doctorate, her boyfriend - who also appears to be in a cap and gown - gets down on one knee in front of the crowd and asks her to marry him.
The crowd at the ceremony gave the couple a standing ovation, but after the video was posted to Twitter by Nottingham University where the stunt took place, social opinion has been divided. While some celebrated the couple, others suggested the man was diverting the spotlight from his partner’s achievements.
“Public proposals and ruining someone's big moment should not ever be a thing” wrote one user on Twitter, calling the man ‘selfish’.
WTAF. The comments say it all. Hardly anyone impressed with his selfish antics. Public proposals and ruining someone's big moment should not ever be a thing. I have complained to @UniofNewcastle https://t.co/J5fWZCywul
— Person with a Hole (According to Forstater)🌈 (@JezebelPopplwel) July 19, 2023
“Omg proposing in public is a bad enough idea can you imagine him interrupting her graduation to force her to reject his proposal publicly like that's how she has to remember her graduation” points out another.
Omg proposing in public is a bad enough idea can you imagine him interrupting her graduation to force her to reject his proposal publicly like that's how she has to remember her graduation and all the pics etc jfc
— Kate Bradley (@Later_katers) July 19, 2023
Others have said they would have ended the relationship if someone proposed to them in the same way, with one Twitter user writing, ‘This would be the end of my relationship. And I think it’s telling that he didn’t interrupt his own graduation moment to do the proposal, instead he hijacked hers.’
This would be the end of my relationship. And I think it’s telling that he didn’t interrupt his own graduation moment to do the proposal, instead he hijacked hers. https://t.co/tj1zMQG7dV
— Ealasaid Chaimbeul / Elizabeth Campbell (@echaimbeul) July 20, 2023
While the woman does seem to accept the proposal in the video, some people have pointed out that her body language looks very tense and uncomfortable.
Her body language is screaming "I did *not* want this proposal at all, certainly not at MY GRADUATION ffs." https://t.co/c7FKtp5Ujh
— Hannah O'Hanrahahanrahan (@buntyhoven) July 19, 2023
But some did defend the man - or at least, pushed back against the pile on, which led to Newcastle University eventually deleting its Tweet of the footage.
the level of posting about the graduation proposal is SO unhinged. thousands of people telling you online to dump your fiancé and ripping into one of the happiest days of your life is probably significantly more upsetting than getting proposed to on your graduation!
— Hannah (@hannahchrstina) July 20, 2023
No matter what happened with the couple, we hope that the woman in the video is thrilled with her PhD - that’s her doctorate, not her Pretty huge Dick of a boyfriend, FYI.
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