I flew to Ireland with my girlfriend and proposed. She said yes! 

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Published 10/23/2017 at 08:30

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Not exactly car related but I thought I would let you know. I’m rather excited about it.

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Kinja'd!!! "themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce)
10/23/2017 at 08:32, STARS: 6

Congratulations! I hope you and your guinness enjoyed your time together! Always good to see such a lovely couple!

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Kinja'd!!! "TysMagic" (twjeffery)
10/23/2017 at 08:36, STARS: 1

Congrats y’all!

Kinja'd!!! "Nibby" (nibby68)
10/23/2017 at 08:37, STARS: 8

congrats, just hope she doesn’t find out about oppo

Kinja'd!!! "pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
10/23/2017 at 08:37, STARS: 1

congrats!

Kinja'd!!! "Nibby" (nibby68)
10/23/2017 at 08:38, STARS: 2

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Kinja'd!!! "EL_ULY" (uly)
10/23/2017 at 09:06, STARS: 1

cooooooooooool!

Kinja'd!!! "shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
10/23/2017 at 09:17, STARS: 1

Congrats!

Kinja'd!!! "itschrome" (itschrome)
10/23/2017 at 09:21, STARS: 1

Congrats!

Kinja'd!!! "beautimouse" (beautimouse)
10/23/2017 at 09:23, STARS: 2

Comhghairdeas! I have never had a better pint of Guinness than those I had in Ireland. Enjoy!

Kinja'd!!! "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
10/23/2017 at 09:48, STARS: 2

Congrats! “May the road rise up to meet you...”

TIL: It’s a result of a gross mistranslation of the Irish expression “Go n- éirí an bóthar leat ”. The bolded words literally mean “rise” and “with you” but in fact they mean “succeed”. This is the same kind of mistake that would happen if you read “I cannot put up with him”, meaning “I cannot endure him”, and interpreted it as “I cannot put ( a bag) up ( in the overhead bin on an airplane) with him.” But that is not a possible meaning of the English sentence at all.

So the Irish expression actually means “May your journey succeed”, or “May you succeed [in the journey of life]” or even simply “Good luck!” Unfortunately, anglophones have been trying to make sense of the mistranslation for a long time now.

Kinja'd!!! "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
10/23/2017 at 09:49, STARS: 0

That is a fantastic GIF.

Kinja'd!!! "davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction)
10/23/2017 at 09:50, STARS: 0

It clearly had happened to him before.

Kinja'd!!! "Eric @ opposite-lock.com" (theyrerolling)
10/23/2017 at 10:04, STARS: 3

Just remember that the hardest part was finding her, even through the wedding planning (which is a lot of work).

Kinja'd!!! "Funktheduck" (funktheduck)
10/23/2017 at 10:13, STARS: 0

I’ve been on the kiss cam before.

Kinja'd!!! "71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors" (adamprotter)
10/23/2017 at 10:22, STARS: 2

She knows, and I got the OK to post from her last night. She’s perfect.

Kinja'd!!! "just-a-scratch" (just-a-scratch)
10/23/2017 at 10:43, STARS: 0

Congratulations and best wishes!

Kinja'd!!! "X37.9XXS" (x379xxs)
10/23/2017 at 11:12, STARS: 0

Go gcuire Dia an t-ádh ort

Kinja'd!!! "AddictedToM3s - Drives a GC" (addictedtom3s)
10/23/2017 at 11:17, STARS: 0

Congrats!

Kinja'd!!! "71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors" (adamprotter)
10/23/2017 at 11:46, STARS: 0

Finding her was easy lol. We went to college together and she lived in the same dorm as I did. She was the girl next floor. (yes, I do intend to keep making that pun forever)

Kinja'd!!! "Nibby" (nibby68)
10/23/2017 at 13:53, STARS: 0

as long as she doesn’t know about us ;)

Kinja'd!!! "Nibby" (nibby68)
10/23/2017 at 13:53, STARS: 0

as long as she doesn’t know about us ;)

Kinja'd!!! "MINIGTI" (76tr6)
10/24/2017 at 04:16, STARS: 1

Perfect. Met my wife exact same way freshman year. Been married 17 years now.

Kinja'd!!! "ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
10/31/2017 at 13:05, STARS: 0

“Marriage is a wonderful institution. But who wants to live in an institution?”

—Groucho Marx

Seriously, though, congratulations. I’ve got 27 years of marriage in the books so far. Best wishes to you and your fiancée.