One man decided to take his relationship to the next level, to a whole new height, by proposing to his girlfriend during a flight.
Pennsylvania CEO Sam River, 34, was inspired by the Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore movie “The Wedding Singer'' when he proposed to his current fiancée, Lissie Alden, 37.
The Philadelphia resident first met Alden, owner of mental and organizational fitness provider MYNDY, at a Shabbat dinner early last year. As reported by SWNS news agency, the two felt an immediate connection.
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“I almost didn't go to Shabbat dinner in February because I was tired, but my mom said I had to eat…I'm so glad I went,” Alden told SWNS.
“We've dated so many times before that when it really felt right for each other, we didn't have to wait,” he said.
Sam River took inspiration from the comedy movie The Wedding Singer to surprise his girlfriend with a proposal. (SWNS)
Nearly eight months later, River has already started planning to propose to his girlfriend.
SWNS reports that while on a plane to Mexico for Alden's birthday, River took a chance and got down on one knee thousands of feet in the air.
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River and Alden are both movie buffs, so the CEO wanted to recreate a scene from the 1998 comedy.
According to SWNS, without Alden's knowledge, River was able to smuggle a prop guitar onto the plane and exchange a secret code with a flight attendant to make the surprise proposal a reality.
River pulled out a prop guitar and sang the song “Grow Old With You” to recreate Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore's proposal scene from The Wedding Singer. (SWNS)
On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, Alden and her then-boyfriend were on a plane from North Carolina to Mexico City.
River then took out his prop guitar and serenaded her with “Grow Old With You,” the same song Sandler's character sang when he proposed to Barrymore's character in The Wedding Singer. .
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The fitness founder said a resounding “Yes!” to a life-changing moment.
“It was a very special moment,” River told the press.
River and Alden met at a Shabbat dinner early last year and the two felt an instant connection. (SWNS)
“I could hardly believe that everything went well.”
River has been a fan of the movie for years, but her current fiancée wasn't that familiar with it.
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“Lissy had never seen it, so we had to find a way to introduce it to her without giving anything away,” the Pennsylvania CEO said.
“I was able to casually suggest a movie night and she was up for it, and luckily she really loves movies as much as I do,” he said. . “Since then we've sang versions of the song to each other, as we often quote or act out movies to entertain each other, but she has no idea about my wider plans. did.”
Looking back on the mid-flight proposal, Alden said it was “the peak moment of my life.” (SWNS)
Thanks to the support of the flight attendants, River was able to implement all the suggestions without a hitch.
“Luckily I had the support of the flight attendants, especially Terry Ramirez, who helped me with the PA system,” River said.
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“The team has been more supportive than ever, including introducing our code word ‘juice’ to help us know when to go get the guitars we had hidden away for us.”
Alden took the opportunity to propose to his girlfriend thousands of feet in the air, recreating a scene from the movie. (SWNS)
SWNS added that Alden initially thought the excitement on the plane was due to her birthday, as River had already started celebrating by sitting in first class.
“I didn't expect him to propose on the spot, but we had talked about the future, so it wasn't completely out of the blue,'' said the MYNDY owner.
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“But when he got down on one knee, I realized what was going on and I felt so happy.”
Reflecting on his magical moment in the sky, Alden called the experience “the peak moment of my life.”
