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!

PG

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  1. PGGary

    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?

  2. PGDelioncourt

    Coolest RSS feed EVER! Great idea, proposing in front of tens of thousands of regular readers. I wish you both the best of luck!

  3. PGDiane

    Awesome way to propose! Dude you have to say yes.

  4. PGAdam

    Do it Christian! Nothing better to keep a freelancer making moves than to be married to his best friend. I know from personal experience.

  5. PGDesignSource

    OMG!! How sweet!!! Best of luck :)

  6. PGMics

    Oh wow that’s sweet =)

  7. PGPatrick

    This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen! May God bless both of you.

  8. PGtom

    FIRST!

  9. PGÉber F. Dias

    OHHHHHHH!

  10. PGNiki Brown

    woah!

  11. PGStefan

    Waw! I thought this only happened in the movies :D
    I got a chill my self when I saw you popped the question at the end.

  12. PGcollis

    holy moly! This is definitely a first for freelanceswitch

  13. PGVinu

    Definately a first for Freelance Switch. But its definately cute….All the best Rebecca…

  14. PGEliffio

    This will be a web2.0 marriage.

  15. PGShaun

    Wow.
    I guess he was taking too long to ask…?

  16. PGcollis

    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?

  17. PGEliffio

    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…

  18. PGJacob Cass

    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!

  19. PGJohn

    How romantic……

  20. PGDaisy Olsen

    What a fun post to come across. Wishing you both the very best!

  21. PGJosh Lee

    Way to go guys. Hope it works out.

  22. PGRobin

    Awesome, hope all goes well. Blessings to you!

  23. PGritubpant

    Goodluck Guys!

  24. PGDark

    Come one, Christian! Say something!
    If yes… best wishes!!! :P

    This is my favorite post EVER!
    Congrats from Argentina!!! :D

  25. PGPodOdds

    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.

  26. PGJeff Miles

    That’s awesome, congratulations, you two!!!

  27. PGTony
  28. PGAntonio

    What if he says no here on the blog ._.

  29. PGNico

    Wow, I’ve always wanted to see this happen! That’s so cute! Best of luck to both of you!

  30. PGNathan

    OMG this is so cute.

  31. PGCasey L. Jones

    Awww!

    Mazel Tov!

    Congrats on finding a great guy who you want to marry!

    Good luck! Shalom!!

  32. PGmayhemstudios

    WTF? indeed. Shouldn’t the guy do the asking? ;)

  33. PGSkellie

    @ 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 :) .

  34. PGmayhemstudios

    Hey Skellie, you’re right but I’m still old school. ;)

  35. PGHarshad

    Hey Christian, Just Say Yes! :-D

  36. PGChristian

    @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.

  37. PGPodOdds

    Yay!

    Awesome to hear the news! :D Been tracking this all night! :)

    Congrats, you two!

  38. PGMichel

    Woa!

  39. PGSkellie

    Congratulations Christian and Rebecca!

  40. PGEscariot

    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.

  41. PGChryselle

    I’m glad he said “yes” !

  42. PGCasey L. Jones

    MAZEL TOV!!!

  43. PGcollis

    Congratulations!! ;-) That’s pretty damn neat

  44. PGJon Phillips

    wow! huge congrats to both of you! that’s awesome :)

  45. PGNaomi Niles

    Awww, that made me teary eyed. Congratulations to you both!!

  46. PGVickie

    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.

  47. Congratulations!!! :D

  48. PGMadhur Kapoor

    Adorable Post. Congratulations to both of you.

  49. Woah what a way to propose, congrats to both of you and all the best for the future! :-)

  50. PGbenrulz

    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..!!

  51. PGbanji

    I guess Freelanceswitch follow up with another post on the wedding :)

    Congratulation to the both of you

  52. PGRobin

    Back to check out the result, wow, congrats to you both!

  53. PGFarishta

    this is the best post ever !!!!! it’s really beautiful ! :D
    best of luck of you two !
    and a big WOOOOOooow to you Rebecca !
    cheers !

  54. PGDinu

    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?

  55. PGliam

    Sweet, Congrats.

  56. Congratulations, guys! What a lovely post & comments — it’s really made my day. Warmest wishes for you both and for your life together. :-)

    Ali

  57. PGOmar

    Congratulations!! Brilliant, excellent post.

  58. PGSecretPenguin

    Congrats! :)

  59. PGJames Deer

    Congratulations to the pair of you! *Sheds a tear*

  60. I believe in love, again.

  61. PGDT

    Sniff…That is fantastic. Congrats to both of you and best wishes!

  62. PGMary

    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!

  63. PGJus

    Congrats!

  64. 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.

  65. PGPai

    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… :)

  66. PGHarry

    What a time to ask

  67. PGKatharine

    So wonderful! May you two have a long and happy marriage! And thanks for sharing the proposal with us. :-)

  68. PGStephanie

    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)

  69. PGAngeline

    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. :)

  70. PGBanago

    Lots of congratulations guys!

  71. PGCondredge

    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.

  72. CONGRATULATIONS! That’s just beautiful! What great use of the web, LOL!

    Wishing you both a wonderfully happy life together! :)

  73. PGSS

    Congratulations! This made me smile.

  74. PGDennisBB

    my congrats christian and rebecca

  75. PGRogers

    All joys from life for you both!!!

  76. PGtrs21219

    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?

  77. PGAbethebabe

    Congratulations!

  78. PGRongen

    Good luck guys. Welcome to the world of wonders.

  79. PGAnnie Boccio

    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!)

  80. PGTerri

    completely cool – and a happy beginning!

  81. PGNicole Sauk

    Aw! Love it! Congratulations!!

  82. PGZaigham

    Amazing moments when I read this in Google reader!

    All the best to both of you. :D

  83. PGDevan

    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…

  84. PGLaura

    Yay! Congrats! :D

  85. PGBen Overmyer

    Way to go! Congrats!

  86. PGShane

    Congrats :D
    This is a very special proposal.

  87. PGMegan

    WHOOP DE DOO!
    Thanks for sharing this with us — Best part of my day!
    Congratulations.

  88. Felicitations!

  89. PGMalik

    Wow that’s like the sweetest thing ever!!!! :( [tear] Congrats you two!!

  90. PGOliver

    Congratulations and I’m Happy for both of you :D

  91. PG2ThePoint

    That’s SO romantic! (sniff, sniff)

    Way to go!

  92. PGKrissy

    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!

  93. congratulations :) and AWESOME IDEA :)

  94. PGLouie

    Congratulations both of you! as Collis said this the first on FSw. Awesome! :)

  95. PG!nso

    Absolutely positively amazing.
    Way to go! I assume the wedding will be broadcast live on the web and pics posted to Flickr?

  96. Yay!
    If you guys have kids though.. don’t do the conception on here. That’s private.

  97. PGMisti Sandefur

    Very sweet. :)

    Congratulations! May God bless you both with many wonderful years of happiness!

  98. PGRicardo

    Congratulations!
    :)

  99. PGJoshua

    Starts a slow clap…

    Sounds like love!

  100. PGMaria

    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!

  101. PGC. Loney

    CONGRATS YOU GUYS!!! GOD BLESS YOU!! MAY THE LORD JESUS KEEP YOU GUYS TOGETHER AND HAPPY!!

    CHEERS

  102. PGHayden Tompkins

    CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

  103. PGBugsy

    wow! a FS proposal! This is better than eHarmony!

    congratulations!

  104. PGJakerrr

    Congratulations!

  105. PGDesignSource

    Joins the slow clap…others follow suit….

  106. PGcrazy wabbit

    I hope you multiply like wabbits. :P

  107. PGTenacitySA

    Excellent!

    Congratulations!

  108. PGJoy

    Congratulations you two! What a cool proposal. :)

  109. PGChristian

    @Rebecca

    On second hand – I expect a proposal in person, like normal people.

  110. PGAhmad Alfy

    OMG
    How romantic is that :)
    Congratulation …. God bless you :)

  111. PGKevin

    w00t!

  112. PGChad

    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 ;)

  113. PGChristian

    @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.

  114. PGJoao Pereira

    Parabéns e muitas felicidades. O amor está no ar, aqui também!

  115. PGRaj Dash

    Oh, there’s something in my eye. Ahem. Very cool. Best of luck to you both.

  116. PGkristen

    All our best!!! xoxoxo

  117. PGivanzv

    Excelent.

  118. PGivanzv

    Very cool, indeed.

  119. PGKatie

    OMG THIS IS SO SWEET!!!! :)

    Congratulations Rebecca and Christian!

  120. PGiKitty

    How did I miss this post!! Congratulations Rebecca and Christian! This has been the coolest thing ever! It surely felt like a movie moment :)

  121. PGveerendra

    hey .. congrats
    best of luck for future !
    well i dont know you guys personally but this is really coolest way !

  122. PGJean-Baptiste Jung

    This is wonderful! Congrats guys! Best of luck for the future!

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