It’s tradition for any guy to have “the talk” with his girlfriend’s dad when the time comes to pop the question.
A guy named Matthew Russo took that tradition to a WHOLE new level.
In what has to be one of the most thoughtful proposals floating around the Internet today, Matt planned a two-fold surprise for his girlfriend, Kristina Broughton.
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It all started when he had her drop him off to catch a flight from San Francisco to New York where he was going to “celebrate a friend’s birthday.”
What Kristina didn’t know is that his entire trip was actually to ask for her family’s blessing.
With the help of his close friends, Matt made the rounds, visiting each of Kristina’s family members and documenting the whole thing to later use for his proposal!
As tradition would have it, he started with her dad.
Though he’d passed away nine years ago, Matt didn’t neglect to visit his grave and have a little chat.
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Kristina and her dad shared a special bond, and she often made comments about how similar Matt was to him. This stop was by far the most touching.
“I wish I would’ve had the chance to actually have met you. Kristina tells me all the time about how you and I are very similar. I take pride in that considering how highly she speaks of you,” Matt says at the grave. “I hope you’ll accept me and allow me to one day be your son-in-law. I promise to adopt your role as a caregiver. I promise to protect and look after your daughter for as long as I live.”
From there, he and his friends headed to Orlando, Florida, to visit Kristina’s mom. She was shocked and pleasantly surprised to see Matt without Kristina.
