Throughout our 3 years of dating, my fiancée would always talk about her favorite movie “Anne of Green Gables.” There is a particular scene in the movie where the girl, Anne, and the guy, Gilbert, confess their love for one another on their favorite spot, the old wooden bridge. As I was thinking about how I should propose, I decided to research this old bridge. Most the movie series of Anne of Green Gables was filmed in Prince Edward Island in Canada. Although after researching more I discovered that the bridge was actually located right outside of Toronto. So it happened that she, my fiancée now, happened to be traveling to that area for a research project in Dec. So I decided to make a trip out of it. I called up two best friends of ours who happened to be dating at the time and ask them to come along and take pictures from a distance and film the event. We all met in Niagara Falls then took a day trip up to Toronto for the day. We bypassed Toronto secretly and ended up in the small town of Gormley where the bridge was located. We slowly drove down the old highway and suddenly there it was the old bridge off of the road into the woods. I pulled over, all of us got out of the car and begin our walk to the bridge. As we were walking to bridge, she begins to notice that is was exact bridge from the movie. We made our a way to center of the bridge. I explain to her how much I love her, quoted her favorite line the movie, and then drop down on one knee pulled out the ring and ask her to marry me. The entire event was a success and we are getting married on June 21st.
- John V., Washington, D.C.