Public marriage proposals can be special, but they don't always go exactly to plan—as one woman found out.
A video shared on TikTok by user Aubrey Lane captured the moment she got engaged. In the clip, she opens her front door and sees a long red carpet leading to candles in the shape of a heart. At the end of the carpet, there is a large lit-up sign that reads "marry me," surrounded by red balloons.
In her excitement, she runs towards her partner but slips on the carpet—ending up shuffling on her knees towards him. The woman's friends and family, who turned up to watch the big moment, were witnesses to her fall.
Incredibly, the woman's partner manages to keep a straight face as she crawls towards him for a hug.
The hilarious clip has already been liked more than 1.3 million times on TikTok.
Commenters have joked about the embarrassing moment, saying they wouldn't be able to cope with the shame. One wrote: "No no I'd have to break up with him and move states."
Another added: "It's the fact that there are other people in the room, I simply would've passed away."
"Absolutely not, I'd have to leave, the shame would consume me," someone else said.
Public marriage proposals are popular on social media, especially the ones that don't go quite to plan—resulting in trips, falls and expletives. However, many people would prefer their own partner to propose in private.
According to a survey of more than 19,000 couples conducted by The Knot, most women consider proposing in public—or proposing in front of friends or family—as the biggest mistake a partner could make.
That being said, the poll found that people who were asked in public were more likely to consider their proposals romantic than those who were asked in private.
Another survey of 3,000 U.S. adults carried out in 2016 found 84 percent would prefer a private proposal with just their partner rather than a public proposal.
Some people may even turn down a public marriage proposal, even if they do want to get engaged. Proposals that were rejected were more likely to take place in public in front of many strangers, a researcher at the University of Manitoba found.
Newsweek has reached out to Lane for comment.
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