This Time Capsule Proposal is Brilliant!

We’re still in the thick of proposal season and they just keep getting more and more creative! This is a proposal that took some serious planning — though not quite as much as it first seems.

Troy Reddington’s wedding proposal story is now making the rounds. The Province shared the Ontario man’s story on Wednesday about how he popped the question on a recent trip to Mikisew. Five years ago Reddinton and his girlfriend made the trip to the island in Eagle Lake (about an hour south of North Bay), it had various personal items in it. But before they dug it back up, Reddington snuck out to the lake to swap it with a marriage proposal.

“I had the idea to replace it ahead of time with a message and suggested opening the old one last week only to surprise her,” he said in a note posted to Facebook earlier this summer. Reddington told CTV he came up with the idea about two years ago.

The couple filmed the whole trip, though only one of them knew what was actually inside the capsule. The key moment comes about 8 minutes in. As she starts to open up the time capsule it’s so cute to see Reddington pace around waiting for the right moment to bust out the ring. But when it happens, it’s so sweet. She’s speechless and simply nods her head “yes.”

After celebrating with a hug & kiss, Troy walks up the camera and shows the simple proposal, a green piece of paper that simply says “will you marry me?” After over two years of work getting ready to make this happen, what more do you need than the Big Question, right?