The worst thing that could happen to a person in the middle of running their first marathon would be some sort of giant interruption. But what if that interruption came in the form of a romantic gesture?
This is essentially what happened to Kaitlyn Curran over the weekend after her now-fiance Dennis Galvin bounded over the barrier enclosing mile 16 of the New York City Marathon, got down on one knee, and popped the big question.
The video—obtained by CBS Evening News—was shared on Twitter and quickly began to go viral. Not because Dennis' proposal was so charming and romantic, but because people are upset the man ruined his girlfriend's marathon time. Couldn't he have waited until the finish line?
SHE SAID YES: A woman who was running in Sunday’s New York City Marathon was at mile 16 when her longtime boyfriend hopped over the barrier and dropped to one knee. She ended the day with a medal around her neck and a ring on her finger. https://t.co/8xbZ6P24RM pic.twitter.com/YizdEJYOhc
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) November 5, 2018
In the video, Kaitlyn accepts the ring and is like, “ok I gotta finish the race now,” before taking off. This is probably not the first thing a newly engaged man wants to see or hear, but what did he expect? He brought this upon himself.
https://twitter.com/WhitneyM02/status/1059835874588934144
https://twitter.com/NotJoelMacke/status/1059817257860251653
https://twitter.com/manraysky/status/1059882614419480576
https://twitter.com/casempire/status/1059784791602749445
https://twitter.com/LiamWBZ/status/1059557271871672322
In fact, many thought that the proposal concocted by ‘Marathon Guy' was nothing more than an egomaniacal ploy to make his girlfriend's first marathon all about his own ding dong self.
https://twitter.com/12MBerry/status/1059804967907733509
https://twitter.com/RonAJenkins/status/1059796779896434694
https://twitter.com/girlbossphd/status/1059824911424864256
https://twitter.com/DTenenbaum/status/1059847531482570753
https://twitter.com/KristaChirps/status/1059777359648358403
https://twitter.com/kashanacauley/status/1059824442598195202
Women can never just finish first, can we? 🙄
— Kelly (@Kelly_QPR) November 6, 2018
this guy jumped the barrier and proposed to his girlfriend at mile 16 of the nyc marathon
MILE 16 IS NOT THE FINISH
proposals mid race cannot be a thing no no no nopic.twitter.com/tgPhncGxzQ
— Cross Country Probs (@CrossProb) November 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/jelenawoehr/status/1059852464361431040
https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/1059849281736187905
Seeing all of Twitter pile on the NYC marathon proposal guy gives me faith in America.
— elaine corden (@elainecorden) November 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/Scaachi/status/1059850919171555328
https://twitter.com/priskillinit/status/1059876849776390144
Twitter had some suggestions on what Dennis could've done better, besides the obvious choice (waiting until the end of the race, for those still oblivious).
For example, he could've grabbed her sweatshirt which “she clearly didn't want or need,” as one user pointed out.
AND he didn't even take her sweatshirt that she clearly didn't want or need!
I'd have given the ring back at the finish line.
— Marge Diamonds (@MargeDiamonds) November 6, 2018
He also could've waited until the next day.
https://twitter.com/canwejustbecool/status/1059815869373710337
…Or, you know. He could've waited. Until. The. End. Of. The. Race.
https://twitter.com/rbraunwell/status/1059841295202598912
To be fair, maybe Kaitlyn enjoys having a day she trained months for completely thrown off balance. Probably this was just an accident and is the first time Marathon Guy has ever made her dreams and accomplishments all about himself. Right? RIGHT?? (Keep running, Kaitlyn.)
