http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2292361/Woman-stages-flash-mob-proposal-airport-arrivals-gate-boyfriend-returns-year-trip-said-yes.html

So the flash mob style is maybe a little more unique, but proposing within seconds of seeing each other after two years? Surely you need a bit of time to reacquaint?

that was just repulsive. i wasn't sure if she was going to propose to him or just eat him. the cult should just put temples in all the major airports so that the rm's can get married before they are actually released.

i'm so disturbed on so many levels. these people are without any normal boundaries!

what was that? sort of a third-class horror show?

> i'm so disturbed on so many levels.

me too!

> the cult should just put temples in all the major airports so that the rm's can get married before they are actually released.

lol - very innovative idea :-)

Wow. Now I'm even MORE glad that my son's girlfriend sent him a "Dear John" letter a few months ago.

The article said they plan to get married in April? Like, next month??? Mormons are just freakin' strange.

Just think, you've literally just returned from a two year mission and a girl promises you sex (legally within the eyes of the church) a month later.... and puts you on the spot in front of all your family & friends... and you're being filmed and it's about to go viral....

they may not be prepared for marriage in any other way, BUT both of them have a huge head start on ALREADY being frumpy/dumpy/ over the hill/ used up/ burned out/ that usually takes at least another decade. Its like these ppl never had their twenties as a phase of their life.

This was premeditated and calculated as a way of ensuring She got her man. A returned Missionary is the tastiest of marriage material and you have to get them whilst their hot.

Wait a month or two and they've either gone inactive or some other desperate 20 year old will have snapped them up to avoid becoming one of those desperate single adults without a mate.

From the article:
"Mr Spitler already had marriage on the cards, and after Miss Jones' proposal he retrieved an engagement ring from his hand luggage and returned the question."

A missionary was able to go and buy an engagement ring whilst on his mission?

I thought it was actually kind of cute.

I do think that the rules say he is only supposed to hug family members until he is officially released though.

Wait...

"Distance makes the heart grow fonder: The happy couple hadn't seen each other for two years and had only communicated via email and letter."

Girlfriends can e mail missionaries?

Absence (abstinence) makes the hard-on grow longer

Is my computer screen resolution messed up or is virtually everyone in that video plus sized ?

Not "plus sized", we prefer "Word of Wisdom challenged".

It's Oklahoma. High obesity rate.

Oooooh Gawwwwwd!

Well this should be interesting. My experiences with returned missionaries are that they're like little zombies who don't know what to do with themselves. They keep looking behind them, to figure out where their companions are. There's no one more awkward than a returned mishie.

Once he comes to, he'll go, "Wait, what?"

Of course that means his alone time is shot to hell.

before he even left on his mission--though that was 35 years ago. They got married 2 weeks after he returned.

It is noteworthy that they did get divorced some 20 years later.

Ah, come on you guys. Leave them alone. Sounds to me like they both had the same thing in mind. If it were me, I'd have wanted to wait to spend some time together--but if they know what they want and have known each other for some time, they may have a successful life together. I wish them well.

+1

I think they are bat crap crazy but it's their lives and they have as much right to behave crazy as anyone. People do stupider things than this but you do wonder how the situation would be different if they weren't under the Morg's influence. Kinda like you wonder how many people get married ill-advisedly in Vegas because they are drunk.

It adds to the weirdness factor of Mormonism in general, since most people will be as impressed with this video as they were when they heard about Brittney Spears getting married and divorced 56 hours later. Although I'm sure they can't see how they are weird and will probably put it down to mean, anti-Mormonism and people not understanding their righteous desires...

I'm sure the older TBMs are horrified and think the YW need to be reminded who proposes to whom...

And obviously the GF has been successfully brainwashed into believing all the junk about the blessings that accompany marrying a RM. She CAN'T WAIT to become a happy molly mo and start breeding. Very, very disturbing.

They both look pretty happy. Look at her smile especially as she looks up at him. They have as good a shot at a happy marriage as any two people who haven't seen each other in two years. And yes they are both chubby but chubby people need love too.



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Wait a minute! He's not even supposed to be touching her until after he's been released! Unless things have changed since the 70's.

TG

And he looks a little older than missionary age? Hmm.

TRUE STORY: My grandfather had to get special permission to leave his mission a week early so he could make it back in time for his own wedding.

See, he and my grandma had met and dated before he left. When it was getting close to time for him to come home, my grandma decided she didn't want to wait. So, she planned everything without him while he was gone. She printed up the invites and sent him one while he was still on his mission. She had picked the date to be a week after his release date - but hadn't taken into account the amount of time he would be on the boat crossing the Pacific to get back to the states.

Good thing Gramps was smitten, because he went with it. He got released early, spent several days crossing on a boat, and eventually made it to Provo. They were married two days later.

Heck, I knew plenty of couples that got engaged before the guy went on his mission. Of the ones who married, a fair number (fo the ones I've kept in contact with or who are on Facebook) are still together and seem to pretty happy -- over a decade later.

If they're really in love and sure that this is what they want, I wish them well and hope they're happy. The world could use more happy couples, no matter what their religious beliefs (or lack thereof).

And who cares if they are "plus-sized?" It bothers me that even here on RfM some of us judge beauty and love-ability by body fat percentage.

Oh. I thought it said "Girlfriend proposes to return missionary to the airport."

What kind of mormon fuckery goes on in the church is jacked up! Lets get hiched after no contact for two years. Wtf???

..."Um, are you sure this is a good idea?"

Or, if anyone did, she probably replied, "Yes, I prayed about it and the Holy Ghost confirmed the correctness of it." Funny how the HG almost always validates stupid ideas.