Take your flash mobs and rings in champagne glasses and get out, please.
No proposal is worth it unless it involves a cow. That is what we have decided today.
We haven’t plucked this rule out of thin air – a man has set the bar for us by proposing to his girlfriend with a lovely white shorthorn.
Sion Thomas, 24, is a farmer, which definitely helped him with easy cow access. When he decided to pop the question to his girlfriend, Alice Green, he wanted to surprise her with something special. Naturally, his prize white shorthorn cow was the only option.
Sion painted a blue heart (using washable paint) and the words ‘Alice Marry Me?’ on to the side of the magnificent beast, which Sion then rode past the window of the farmhouse kitchen.
Alice was baking in the kitchen, looked up, spotted the cow, and burst into (happy) tears. She said yes. Alice, not the cow.
Sion said: ‘I wanted a memorable way to propose – it was worth it to see the look on Alice’s face.
‘She was baking in the kitchen at the time, it gave her a real shock.’
‘I bought the engagement ring and only my mum and dad were in on the surprise.
‘But we’ve had lots of good luck messages from friends who heard about my proposal.’
The couple, from Llanfrynach, Pembrokeshire, plan to marry next year.
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