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What do you have planned for Valentine's Day this year? A nice dinner at a fancy restaurant? A romantic evening at home? Maybe you're planning to pop the question or even head to the altar. If marriage is in the cards, you might want to check out some of these nerdy proposals and marriage moments for inspiration. And if you're single, watch anyway. If these nerds can find true love, so can you.
Super Mario marriage proposal
Watch this guy go the extra mile when proposing to his girlfriend (a fanatical Super Mario Bros. fan) after covering the walls of his living room with hundreds of 8 1/2" x 11" sheets of standard printer paper. He even set up a projector to display fireworks. Mario finally got his princess, but his new father-in-law keeps dressing up as Bowser and driving by the house at all hours of the night. Plus, he found a banana peel behind the rear tire of his car at work. — YouTube
Engage!
When Captain Jean-Luc Picard says to "engage," you had better well do it. Watch as this nerdy couple gets the ultimate marriage blessing. And remember, even if you can't get Patrick Stewart to help you out with your proposal, you can still do this. — YouTube via FashionablyGeek
Marriage with memes
Tim utilized a number of popular Internet memes to propose to his girlfriend Audrey outside of a restaurant, then set the video shot by Crazy Monkey Studio to the song "A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri. The result is adorkable to say the least. Maybe they should name their first kid "Success." — Vimeo via CubicleBot
The Dragonborn dance
YouTuber Malukah's cover of Skyrim's "The Dragonborn Comes"is actually a really beautiful song, which is why it worked pretty well for these newlyweds during their first dance. The venue looks nice as well — hard to believe this is taking place in Riften.— YouTube via Nerd Approved
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Particle accelerator proposal
You know a proposal is going to be nerdy when it starts out with a ruse about "a rare crystalline deposit in RHIC’s beamline at the STAR detector." That was the story Kendra's boss used to get her down to the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at the Brookhaven National Laboratory where her boyfriend, Dave, was waiting to propose to her amidst the section of the machine that examines the energy present moments after the Big Bang. — Dave Mosher
Bruce Campbell wedding
Captain Picard aside, there is no greater honor for a nerdy couple than to be married by the icon that is Bruce Campbell. The dream came true for attendees at ZomBCon in Seattle a couple of years back. Bruce Campbell and Ted Rami presided over a mass vow renewal ceremony for a horde of deadites — and he even got the words right. — Geekscape
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- Nerdy ways to say "I do"
- Gollum crashes a wedding
- Han and Leia are the worst couple in the universe
- Bleeding heart cakes to horrify your Valentine
- 10 gifts any nerdy couple will love
Pokemon proposal
Marq proposed to his girlfriend at the New York Comic Con last year with the help of a flash mob. He also dressed as Ash holding a Pokeball ring box. In the end, it seems that Marq didn't need to catch 'em all. There was only one that really mattered. — YouTube
Comic book proposal
David and Jennifer both love comic books, so when it came time to pop the question, he decided to make an elaborate graphic novel based on their relationship that concluded with the proposal. Then he threw a party with a bunch of friends and presented Jen with the book. Thankfully, she didn't complain about the reboot of their origin story and simply accepted her fate. — YouTube via Nerd Approved
Portal 2 engagement
Gary Hudston might be the man to beat in terms of nerdy proposals. He hired three professional designers and Ellen McClain, the actual voice of GLaDOS in the Portal series, to propose to his gamer girlfriend. She said "yes", but it's unclear whether or not her answer was based on love or the fear of what GLaDOS might do if she turned him down. — YouTube
Where's proposal No. 10? It's right here: Binary code proposal wins human female's love
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Hypocrital humans - its not OK to speak out against gays and abortion, but feel free to judge people as geeks and nerds. They get as much crap thrown at them as anybody. You never hear anybody called a bigot who makes fun of this group of people.
Being a geek/nerd/dork is cool. I'm sorry nobody ever told you that. I can't tell you how many girls loved the fact that I was nerdy. Being a nerd is how I ended up marrying my awesome wife. Kids certainly make fun of nerdy kids, but when those nerdy kids grow up, they rule the world.
All your base are belong to us!
Warm fuzzy feeling guaranteed! ^_^
Those were awesome videos. The Meme marriage proposal was by far the best one in the group. Ray M relax.. these videos were not making fun of them.
The word "adorkable" needs to go away forever. The fact that I am seeing it used on news sites is really too much.
A couple of my friends just got engaged, and it's pretty adorable too:
The youtube video is UASH6-6MSEU ... the site won't let me link it here.
This is the best marriage proposal.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyaE2Mw6YuU
Make sure to watch until the very end.....
I find the internet an incredibly dangerous place. Myself, I do not have any social network accounts. Online dating-not.
What is best-avoid all relationships, stay celibate and avoid headaches. Most important, avoid friending ANYONE online.