I'm only surprised this hasn't happened before--a wildly expensive elaborate public marriage proposal going wrong: http://consumerist.com/2014...
Maybe the girlfriend figured out that this schmo just spent two years' income on a proposal and decided he was a less-than-ideal prospective husband...
- walt crawford
Yeah, I would be kinda pissed if Philosopher spent 2 years salary on something like that.
- Hedgehog