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The school that I did my undergraduate work at and spent four great years of my life, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was and is an important part of who I am…I am adamant about keeping up on the latest from my alma mater, especially basketball and football, but also the latest news about campus, etc.

When it came time to propose to my now wife of one year, I wanted to do it on Carolina’s campus to try to make the University of North Carolina as special of a place in her heart as it was for me…on a warm and sunny day in late May of 2005, I took her out to lunch right off campus and then we took a stroll around campus–I ended up proposing to her in front of the Old Well, the symbol of the University.

Across the street, a friend hid in the bushes and videotaped the whole thing…a small group of people across the street looked on and the women in the group gasped when I got down on one knee…they all applauded as tears came to my future wife’s eyes and she said yes.

My friend came over from the bushes, video camera in hand grinning from ear to ear…he produced a bottle of champagne for us to celebrate the special springtime moment.  With my proposal, I hoped to make Carolina a part of my wife’s life, just as it will always be for me.

I spent many hours thinking of ways to propose to my wife–I wanted to be sure it was different. Here are a few of my ideas that didn’t make the cut, but maybe they’ll work for someone else…

Record yourself saying “Hey honey, I left a surprise in your trunk” and burn it to a CD. Put the CD in her car’s player while she’s at work/mall etc so that as soon as she starts the car, it will begin to play. Stage some friends with a camcorder in the area, hidden from view… the surprise in the trunk is you, ready to go in a nice suit or tux, ring ready to go.  
Another idea I had was also car related…I planned to take my girlfriend out to dinner, and arrange for several of our friends to be at a freeway exit on the way to our dinner location. I’d signal one of them with a hidden cell phone call as we drive past…I’d drive a bit slower than normal, and they would all come after us, in several cars, each with a separate word of the proposal on the backs of their vehicles.  They maintain the correct order and pass us, and turn into the lane in front of us.  So car 1 has a sign saying “Michelle” car 2 says “will” etc…The last car has someone in the backseat with a camcorder and then we all go out to eat and celebrate.