Mystery proposal uncovered

We meet Alice, the girl behind the extravagant gesture (Most importantly, he said yes!)

The site of the extravagant proposalhannah wilkinon

by Martha Elwell

This article is 12 years old

Thursday January 23 2014, 4:31pm

V: Have you heard from Andy yet? What was his response?

Alice: Yes and yes.

V: Who is Andy?

Alice: Andy is a very lovely person who lives on my corridor; we met on our first day here. It's a college marriage, so not romantic in any way (sad to disappoint the people who thought it was a 'real world' proposal).

V: How did you know Andy was ‘the one’?

Alice: He was an obvious choice for a college husband, because (as I've said) he's so lovely.

V: Why did you decide to propose in such an extravagant way?

Alice: I decided to propose extravagantly because a previous proposal in my college involved a reenactment of a Viking raid, and I felt that to do my proposal justice I had to aim for one at least as awesome as that.

Alice asked that her identity and that of her new fiance be protected.

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