A Special Message for Christian
Editor’s note: this is a special message for one of our regular readers — the guy pictured on the right. I hope it reaches him well!
Today I want to ask a crazy question. Before I ask that question, I should explain the backstory.
It began in October 2004. We met on a website called Klamm.
Even through the distance we fell in love. Although our families and friends didn’t believe in us, I knew since our first meeting that he was the man of my life.
We have been together for three years now and no one understands me like he does. We can trust each other. We can be ourselves.
We’ve talked every single day for two and a half years and we’ve lived together for almost the same amount of time.
If you want to know who the lucky man is, it’s Christian Schulze from Dresden.
To come back to the beginning:
I want to ask you, Christian, will you marry me?
– Rebecca
UPDATE: Christian said Yes!
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Awwh, that’s adorable.
Best of luck to the both of you.
Although:
“Editor’s note: this is a special message for one of our regular readers — the guy pictured on the right.”
You mean left, right?
Coolest RSS feed EVER! Great idea, proposing in front of tens of thousands of regular readers. I wish you both the best of luck!
Awesome way to propose! Dude you have to say yes.
Do it Christian! Nothing better to keep a freelancer making moves than to be married to his best friend. I know from personal experience.
OMG!! How sweet!!! Best of luck
Oh wow that’s sweet =)
This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen! May God bless both of you.
FIRST!
OHHHHHHH!
woah!
Waw! I thought this only happened in the movies
I got a chill my self when I saw you popped the question at the end.
holy moly! This is definitely a first for freelanceswitch
Definately a first for Freelance Switch. But its definately cute….All the best Rebecca…
This will be a web2.0 marriage.
Wow.
I guess he was taking too long to ask…?
hehe i keep refreshing to see if anything’s changed
If he says yes we should send a press release. Maybe this is the world’s first blog marriage proposal?
LOL…yes, it may be the first one.
Just hope he answers in the comments and not by phone or personally…then the web2.0 feeling would be complete
I´ll keep tuned too…hehe…
Wow, Congrats Guys! Either way the reply goes I can see this being a milestone on the Internet, a proposal over a blog. I am just about to blog about it on my design blog and will update it once we get a reply. All the best!
How romantic……
What a fun post to come across. Wishing you both the very best!
Way to go guys. Hope it works out.
Awesome, hope all goes well. Blessings to you!
:O
Goodluck Guys!
Come one, Christian! Say something!
If yes… best wishes!!!
This is my favorite post EVER!
Congrats from Argentina!!!
Wow, I keep saying to myself that FreelanceSwitch is not going to be able to out-do the previous article and then this comes along.
I hope he says yes and I wish you guys the best in life!
Agree with the reader above, best RSS entry to come across my feed reader … ever.
That’s awesome, congratulations, you two!!!
You’ve been dugg! http://digg.com/people/A_Freelancer_s_Wedding_Proposal
What if he says no here on the blog ._.
Wow, I’ve always wanted to see this happen! That’s so cute! Best of luck to both of you!
OMG this is so cute.
Awww!
Mazel Tov!
Congrats on finding a great guy who you want to marry!
Good luck! Shalom!!
WTF? indeed. Shouldn’t the guy do the asking?
@ Gary: The photo is on the right, and there’s only one guy in the photo!
@ mayhemstudios: *Yawn* that is so old-school, hehe. Get with it!
It was my pleasure to be able to facilitate this.
Now I’m just waiting on the happy ending
.
Hey Skellie, you’re right but I’m still old school.
Hey Christian, Just Say Yes!
@Rebecca YES of course!
Wow this is so amazing. I just say yes in front of her but I want to let you guys know. You can’t imagine what this feels like. To be asked in front of thousands of freelanceswitch readers.
This is a wonderful step in my life and there is nothing better then to be a freelancer with a beautiful women by my side.
Rebecca I love you so much. Thank you for our time so far and thank you for this crazy idea.
Yay!
Awesome to hear the news!
Been tracking this all night! 
Congrats, you two!
Woa!
Congratulations Christian and Rebecca!
Congratulations to you both. I love spontaneous romantic gestures and I think this is one of the best I have seen. I have kept checking back to see the answer all day. Wishing you the best of luck with your lives together.
I’m glad he said “yes” !
MAZEL TOV!!!
Congratulations!!
That’s pretty damn neat
wow! huge congrats to both of you! that’s awesome
Awww, that made me teary eyed. Congratulations to you both!!
This is the most original proposal I’ve seen to date! A big congrats to you both and best of luck in your new life together.
Congratulations!!!
Adorable Post. Congratulations to both of you.
Woah what a way to propose, congrats to both of you and all the best for the future!
Awww…. this shud be on one of the top 10 ways to propose….
This has gotta be a first….the ‘Blog Wedding’ if u may…
best o’ luck to the both of u …and hav a great life together..!!
I guess Freelanceswitch follow up with another post on the wedding
Congratulation to the both of you
Back to check out the result, wow, congrats to you both!
this is the best post ever !!!!! it’s really beautiful !
best of luck of you two !
and a big WOOOOOooow to you Rebecca !
cheers !
Wooo….that’s really something. Congrats guys…You’re one lucky guy to get the girl proposing to you Christian
So is the wedding gonna be streamed online from the FSW homepage?
Sweet, Congrats.
Congratulations, guys! What a lovely post & comments — it’s really made my day. Warmest wishes for you both and for your life together.
Ali
Congratulations!! Brilliant, excellent post.
Congrats!
Congratulations to the pair of you! *Sheds a tear*
I believe in love, again.
Sniff…That is fantastic. Congrats to both of you and best wishes!
Awww. How sweet. I hope you have a long and wonderful life together. Marriage can be really wonderful. I’ve certainly enjoyed the last 8 years of mine.
Congrats!
Congrats!
Aww, that’s really sweet. I kind of like the gender reversal of roles too.
Congrats to the two of you!
Brought a smile to my day.
owh… man you’re lucky to have such a nice pretty understanding lady in your life!
may god bless you man.. may god bless both of you…
What a time to ask
So wonderful! May you two have a long and happy marriage! And thanks for sharing the proposal with us.
Wow! Congratulations!
(p.s. this is my first time to your blog, I’ve read a half-dozen articles, and I think it’s great. I’ve already added you to my Bloglines)
Congrats to the both of you.
You both truly proved that you both are meant for each other despise others not believing and distance has not been a factor for 2 individuals to fall in love. Yes long distance is hard but its not impossible and this truly meant that you both proved it to the rest of the world that it can happen.
I’m so happy for you both.All best for the both of you and hope you both have great wonderful adventure together as husband and wife.
Lots of congratulations guys!
Congratulations, guys! @Rebecca, that was the most beautiful proposal speech – I could just barely get the words ‘Will you marry me’ out because my heart was beating so hard! No man could say no to such a sweet proposal! Best wishes for you both.
CONGRATULATIONS! That’s just beautiful! What great use of the web, LOL!
Wishing you both a wonderfully happy life together!
Congratulations! This made me smile.
my congrats christian and rebecca
All joys from life for you both!!!
congrats to both of you and i hope you have a wonderful life together… now you know we all expect a complete web 2.0 wedding website right?
Congratulations!
Good luck guys. Welcome to the world of wonders.
Aw, how cool is this? All the best from half of a 22 year happy marriage (the other half would also wish you well if he was here at the moment I’m sure!)
completely cool – and a happy beginning!
Aw! Love it! Congratulations!!
Amazing moments when I read this in Google reader!
All the best to both of you.
This is absolutely awesome – Congratulations Christian and Rebecca! I wish you all the best for the future! Extra points to Rebecca for having the guts to propose on here, and to Christian for his wonderful response…
Yay! Congrats!
Way to go! Congrats!
Congrats
This is a very special proposal.
WHOOP DE DOO!
Thanks for sharing this with us — Best part of my day!
Congratulations.
Felicitations!
Wow that’s like the sweetest thing ever!!!!
[tear] Congrats you two!!
Congratulations and I’m Happy for both of you
That’s SO romantic! (sniff, sniff)
Way to go!
Congratulations Rebecca and Christian! You made me smile on a Monday morning and that’s a great way to start the week. Best of luck to you both!
congratulations
and AWESOME IDEA 
Congratulations both of you! as Collis said this the first on FSw. Awesome!
Absolutely positively amazing.
Way to go! I assume the wedding will be broadcast live on the web and pics posted to Flickr?
Yay!
If you guys have kids though.. don’t do the conception on here. That’s private.
Very sweet.
Congratulations! May God bless you both with many wonderful years of happiness!
Congratulations!
Starts a slow clap…
Sounds like love!
I am more impress the the number of comments this post has received so far.
This does look like to be “filmy” but don’t forget that film are nothing but portrait of real life fantasies. So seeing a post like this on a freelance website, WAS AMAZINGLY GOOD!
Specially when the marriage proposal was from a lady, it becomes even more romantic. And and guy it can not get better than this when your lady propose you.
I would like to congratulate both couple and wish you a happy life ever after!
CONGRATS YOU GUYS!!! GOD BLESS YOU!! MAY THE LORD JESUS KEEP YOU GUYS TOGETHER AND HAPPY!!
CHEERS
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
wow! a FS proposal! This is better than eHarmony!
congratulations!
Congratulations!
Joins the slow clap…others follow suit….
I hope you multiply like wabbits.
Excellent!
Congratulations!
Congratulations you two! What a cool proposal.
@Rebecca
On second hand – I expect a proposal in person, like normal people.
OMG
How romantic is that
Congratulation …. God bless you
w00t!
Congrats guys!
Christian…you expect a proposal in person like normal people? Well, ahem, it’s usually normal for YOU to ask – not her. So perhaps you can do the real-life proposal
@all
Thank you for the massive congratulations. I’m still so happy about this happened to me. On the next day I had to check this post again to realize that I was not dreaming
And thank you Skellie for making this happen. I don’t had a clue that you both concoct a plan.
PS: The Christian, four comments above, is a fake comment.
Parabéns e muitas felicidades. O amor está no ar, aqui também!
Oh, there’s something in my eye. Ahem. Very cool. Best of luck to you both.
All our best!!! xoxoxo
Excelent.
Very cool, indeed.
OMG THIS IS SO SWEET!!!!
Congratulations Rebecca and Christian!
How did I miss this post!! Congratulations Rebecca and Christian! This has been the coolest thing ever! It surely felt like a movie moment
hey .. congrats
best of luck for future !
well i dont know you guys personally but this is really coolest way !
This is wonderful! Congrats guys! Best of luck for the future!
congrats to you two…..!!!
Good luck receiving people behind this town. Though you create some VERY appealing points, youre going to need to do more than mention a few things which can be different than just what weve already noticed. What are attempting to say here? What are you wanting us to assume? It seems including you cant truly get behind a specialized thought. Anyway, thats just my estimation.