Man proposes to his girlfriend while flying thousands of feet in the air

A man decided to take his relationship to the next level and new heights by proposing to his girlfriend. in full flight.

Sam Riber, a 34-year-old CEO from Pennsylvania, was inspired by the Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore film “The Wedding Singer” to propose to his now-fiancée, 37-year-old Lissy Alden.

The Philadelphia resident met Alden, owner of mental and organizational fitness provider MYNDY, at a Shabbat dinner early last year. The two immediately felt a connection, as news agency SWNS reported.

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“I almost didn’t go to that Shabbat dinner in February because I was tired, but my mom told me I needed to eat…I’m so glad I went,” Alden told SWNS.

“We have both came out much earlierso when we both felt it was the right thing to do, we didn’t want to have to wait,” he said.

Almost eight months passed and Riber had already started to come up with a plan to propose to his girlfriend.

While traveling to Mexico for Alden’s birthday, Riber took that moment as an opportunity to kneel as thousands of feet in the air, SWNS reported.

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Riber and Alden are movie lovers, so the CEO decided to recreate a scene from the 1998 comedy film.

Without Alden realizing it, Riber was able to smuggle a prop guitar on the plane and working out secret code words with flight attendants to pull off the surprise proposal, SWNS said.

Alden and her then-boyfriend were halfway through their flight from North Carolina to Mexico City on December 24, Christmas Eve.

That’s when Riber pulled out his prop guitar and serenaded him with the same song Sandler’s character sang. when he proposed to Barrymore’s character in the movie “The Wedding Singer” – “Grow Old With You.”

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The fitness founder responded to the life-changing moment with a resounding “Yes!”

“It was such a special moment,” Riber told the news organization.

“I almost couldn’t believe everything turned out well.”

While Riber has been a fan of the film for years, his now-fiancé wasn’t as familiar with it. with the movie.

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“Lissy had never seen it, so I had to find a way to introduce it to her without giving anything away,” the Pennsylvania CEO said.

“I managed to casually suggest a movie night. She accepted and luckily she loved the movie, as did I,” he said. “Since then, we’ve sung covers of that song to each other because we often quote or act out movies for entertainment, but she had no idea about my larger plan.”

Riber knew how to move forward the whole proposal without problems, thanks to the support of the flight attendants.

“I was lucky to have the support of the flight attendants, especially Teri Ramirez, who you see helping me with the public address system,” Riber said.

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“The team went out of their way to help, even entering our keyword ‘juice’ so I would know when to go up and grab the guitar they had been hiding from me.”

Alden initially thought the excitement on the flight had to do with their birthday, as Riber had already started celebrating by upgrading them to first class, SWNS added.

“Although I had no idea he was going to propose at the time, we had talked about a future, so it wasn’t completely unexpected,” the MYNDY owner shared.

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“But when he knelt down, I realized what was happening and I felt very happy.”

Reflecting on the magical moment in the sky, Alden called the experience “a highlight of life.”