Here’s the first installment of Cable Car Confessions, first published in the blog, Under the Sheets by Laura. Her readers have been enjoying these episodes, and we hope you do, too.
Ding ding all aboard. “Next stop Powell Street Chinatown. Tickets please show me your tickets please.” I have been getting a lot of requests for a new Cable Car Confessions. If you haven’t caught up on the past chapters read them here. This chapter is about the most perfect, romantic cable car proposal I was lucky enough to witness.
I must be honest with you: I have never gotten into the ABC show The Bachelor. Maybe I am too practical to think that after knowing someone for only six weeks you should get engaged on TV and then break up months later out of the public eye. Do I believe in love at first sight? Absolutely, but love at first sight with a camera crew around you, not so much.
So let me share with you what happened to me last week while riding the Powell/Mason cable car line. I got onto the cable car with my arms carrying heavy groceries and a kind man gave up his seat for me to sit down. I was very thankful. The man, who was dressed in a suit and seemed to be a little nervous, stood and put his arm around a woman who was now also standing up on the cable car.
I knew they were tourists visiting San Francisco, as I could see their digital camera and map peering out from his pant pocket. Together they were staring out of the cable car window and enjoying the sights. But then the man caught my eye as he kept fidgeting for something in his other pant pocket. Now he had my interest. He touched whatever was in his pocket and made sure it was still there. A couple of minutes later he checked again. His girlfriend seemed oblivious to his nervousness and was enjoying the ride.
When the man checked his pocket AGAIN I knew what was about to happen. As soon as the cable car went over the hill the man took a deep breath and actually got down on one knee in front of her. Now this is not easy to do as the cable car is in constant motion. So his girlfriend thought that he had lost his balance. With a concerned look on her face she went to help him. He had taken out of his pocket the box that he had been checking on.
The woman looked very confused until she saw the shiny ring inside of the box. At this point the cable car driver who was riding the front of the car put the breaks on and hushed the people on the cable car. I asked the woman if I could borrow her camera to take pictures of their moment.
I could hardly breathe and was a little shaky holding her camera. Just like in the movies, after the man said some lovely things to her, he proposed. She had some tears falling down her face and the ring was placed on her finger. We all cheered for them.
Once the man stood up, they kissed and I gave my seat back to them so they could sit down. They were the celebrities for the rest of the ride. Once they had calmed down I got to ask them a few questions. They told me they were visiting from New York City. His now fiancée had always wanted to visit San Francisco and had never been on a cable car. He had been holding on to her ring for a couple of months and had hoped to find a perfect moment to propose. I wished them luck and congratulations. I also told them that they had made my day.
There is something so wonderful about the man still being able to plan out this moment. A friend of mine told me that the wedding and wedding preparations were mostly about the woman, but the proposal was all about the man. What a great memory.
Do you think that this was their perfect moment? Tell me about your proposal or your one-day perfect proposal. Would you like it to be in your town or sightseeing somewhere else?
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amazing story… how fun. Yes there are still real MEN in the world! Not just boys… I got to tell you sometime how I proposed to my Ayesha…
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