I'm pissed off.

[logansrogue]

First time someone asks to marry me, and it's some anonymous douchebag on OKCupid trying to get citizenship here in Australia.

That means it doesn't count, right? :(

Comments

[windtear.livejournal.com]

It only counts if they do it in person, face to face, down on one knee. So, no, it doesn't count.

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

Okay. Phew.

[bewarethespork.livejournal.com]

Doesn't count. They'll have to a) be face-to-face, b) be down on one knee, and c) be awesome enough to deserve you in the first place. This person didn't tick any of the boxes.

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

Heh. Thanks. :)

[lauredhel.livejournal.com]

I think my first (adult) proposal was by a patient who thought my accent was cute. Pretty sure that doesn't count, either.

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

I just don't get it. Did he think I was going to say yes? Fuckin' hell.

[lauredhel.livejournal.com]

They seem to think it's hilarious, don't they?

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

I have no idea if he was joking or not.

[rainfletcher.livejournal.com]

Totally doesn't count.

Sheesh, some people...

[purrdence.livejournal.com]

I thought marrying an Australian citizen didn't give automatic citizenship anymore?

*looks it up*

I was right. It can only help someone get residence status and one has to apply for citizenship just like everyone else. So ha! to that douche.

[shirasade]

Hey, I don't count mine, so yours definitely doesn't count either! (Mine was on OkCupid, too - I think he just sent it to every Swiss woman he could find.)

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

It doesn't count.

[asweetdownfall.livejournal.com]

Duuuude, what?

That definitely do not count. D:

[zzzzsleep.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a friend of mine...

Stan: "Claire, this is George, the new international student."
Claire: "Hi George"
George: "Hi Claire, will you marry me?"
Claire: "...."
Stan: "Don't worry, he asks everyone that."

This was face-to-face, though I'm not sure if he did the whole down on one knee thing though. Even if he did, I don't think either Claire's or yours would count.

[hanabishirecca.livejournal.com]

While it has been said a dozen times already, this does not count as a proposal. Though I might add that I disagree that a proposal requires going down on the knee. Proposals are personal and something that should be crafted for the person you are marrying. But maybe that's just my way of defending myself. My proposal to my wife was not your typical proposal. We were walking home from dinner at college on a Tuesday when a group of religious nuts known as the Friends of Jesus Christ were preaching about how we were all going to hell for living in fornication. As we walked home and talked about our great sins, I simply asked Alice if she wanted to get married. She said she did and we were engaged.

I'm honestly half-tempted to suggest that this guy recently saw Muriel's Wedding and thought it would be funny to propose. I can't, for the live of me, believe that he would seriously think you'd accept a random proposal out of the blue like that.

Just curious though, are there other ways to become an Australian Citizen besides marriage?

[holly-go-noor.livejournal.com]

That sucks. I had a couple of guys from Eastern Europe and the Middle East try the same thing. And most of them went on about how they didn't want a green card and this and that and it was a case of them protesting too much!