r/cringe • u/sonnyrr • Sep 18 '26
Video Prom proposal gone wrong
https://youtu.be/6L7NV7hxlo4?si=a92WfRDXLBSEdqQJ715
u/Silverhold Sep 18 '26
The over editing on this ruined it. The original is better.
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u/Adahn33 Sep 18 '26
Indeed, but that's the internet. These days, for content to be popular, and therefore make money, it has to be made in the broadest possible appeal.
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u/BritishBoyRZ Sep 19 '26
Don't forget to tip the fedora on the way out good sir
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u/Adahn33 29d ago edited 29d ago
Don't worry. I wont. I just wish I was cool enough to pull that off. You'd see me moonwalking down the street in a white suit. If only I wasn't so lazy and fat with no style.
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u/BrodaciousD 28d ago
Idk about that, because you styled on that mf pretty good
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u/Eoin_McLove Sep 18 '26
Oh man I don’t even have to watch this to feel the cringe, it is seared into my brain.
This is truly awful.
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u/gh0u1 Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 19 '26
I mean, it's not so bad. It's really sweet how she starts crying when she realizes she insulted his effort and was actually touched by the gesture.
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u/istrx13 Sep 18 '26
Idk man. Imagine being in this dude’s shoes. All the planning that went into this. Imagining her getting all excited as it’s happening and then showing everyone the video afterward.
Sure she very obviously felt bad and made that clear. But you know that before she put it together that the poor dude was dying inside. Hard to watch up until she figures it out lmao.
She does seem very sweet though.
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u/sbenthuggin 29d ago
her genuinely feeling so bad makes it really not as sad or as cringe tho. it's leaves us with a good ending where it's obvious she really cares.
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u/amped-row 29d ago
Sometimes people talk shit just because their lives are shitty. Thats clearly what she was doing and it’s not that serious considering she literally burst out crying when she realized what she did
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u/Kitchen-Dig-6518 26d ago
Breh, someone with some empathy. She probably projected some insecurity in that shit and when she found out it was her score she was sad and over the fucking moon. Overall super cute interaction and humbling for her.
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u/amped-row 26d ago
I agree. We all make mistakes including not having enough empathy in some moments. Being understanding of others brings you and those around you peace
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u/Eoin_McLove Sep 18 '26
That’s what makes it even more cringy. Neither of them were trying to be arseholes. It was just a genuine miscommunication.
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u/Chineseunicorn Sep 18 '26
I actually think it’s the exact opposite of a miscommunication. It’s very clear that she thought it was a lame way to ask but clearly appreciated the effort so much that it didn’t matter.
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u/Girafferage Sep 19 '26
Nah, she was projecting.
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u/trxxxtr Sep 19 '26
I'm not convinced you know what projecting is.
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u/Girafferage Sep 19 '26
This is literally an example of "sour grapes"
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u/LickNipMcSkip Sep 19 '26
i'm not convinced you know what sour grapes are either
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u/czerilla Sep 19 '26
I think they mean jealousy, but they're trying to over-intellectualize it. She supposedly is just lashing out at a prom invite she isn't getting, but changes her attitude when she realizes she is being invited. (No, it doesn't really make sense to me either..)
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u/Suspicious_synth 29d ago edited 29d ago
How are you 0 fer 2 on this, man
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u/-SidSilver- Sep 19 '26
I feel like cringe in these sorts of situations requires a little bit of overconfidence and insincerity.
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u/Eoin_McLove Sep 19 '26
Maybe we have different definitions of cringe, but this is awful exactly because they were both being sincere.
He tried something to do something special for her, she made fun of it. He looks heartbroken and then when she realises she is upset too. It’s quite sweet really but you know they both stay up at night thinking about this.
Cringe isn’t just people acting weird on purpose or trying to make other people uncomfortable, that’s just the internet’s definition of it. This is the type of cringe that exists in real life and it’s so much worse.
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Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 19 '26
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u/Various-Artist Sep 18 '26
What
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u/Eoin_McLove Sep 19 '26
In fairness, they are making a reference to my name, a character that has no willy.
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u/The-Faz Sep 18 '26
Yes I don’t think it’s cringey at all, she clearly feels so bad for being rude and potentially hurtful which is nice to see someone actually caring about that in this day and age
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u/FrismFrasm Sep 18 '26
Is it painful and uncomfortable to watch?? Yes. That’s cringe.
Cringe =/= someone has to be an asshole or something
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u/Decent_Assistant1804 Sep 19 '26
Yes, cause she’s pathologically negative all the time bro should jump out of the car
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u/DripSnort Sep 18 '26
I mean it’s nice she feels bad but she also thinks it’s a shitty way to ask someone to prom. She feels bad for saying it but that doesn’t change what she thinks of his effort
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u/yellow-hammer Sep 19 '26
We often judge things very differently from a 3rd person perspective than from a 1st person perspective. You’ve never had you opinion about something changed after experiencing it for yourself? I suspect when she realized the signs were for her, it very much changed how she felt about the gesture.
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u/justsomedude1144 Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 18 '26
I don't have to watch this to know it's staged engagement bait.
Edit: apparently this was pre IG/Tik Tok. Ok fine, I reluctantly accept.
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u/waitingonthatbuffalo Sep 18 '26
It isn’t lol, it’s more than a decade old, back then the majority of videos on the internet were real if you can believe it
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u/Lucibean Sep 18 '26
Was there ever an update on this couple?
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u/fuelvolts Sep 18 '26
He is (was?) a redditor and commented before that they broke up after this a little while after.
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u/FancyRobot Sep 19 '26
I seem to remember she broke up with him? Updates on her are sparse but he changed his style to like being a corny wrap around shades guy and failed at becoming an eceleb
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u/My_Favourite_Pen Sep 18 '26
brutal
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u/waitingonthatbuffalo Sep 18 '26
They’re teenagers lol 99.8% of them break up
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u/My_Favourite_Pen Sep 18 '26
not many of them get shit like this publicaly documented though lol
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u/deucescarefully Sep 19 '26
I feel like it’s light hearted enough. I thought it was honestly so endearing how truly horrible she seemed to feel when she realized. They both have a funny story now at least.
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u/celebrationrock Sep 19 '26
I'm not American so maybe I'm missing some cultural context, but why would he even formally ask her to the prom like this if they were already together? Wouldn't it just be a given that they'd go together if they were a couple?
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u/CircumcisedCats 29d ago
It’s kind of a tradition thing. Teens call it “Prom-posal”. Even if you fully expect to go together, it’s expected as like a romantic or sweet gesture. I think it’s also a part of the fun of prom as everyone kinda tries to think of fun or different ways to ask.
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u/TheresTheLambSauce 29d ago
To add to this, my gf of 6 years still wants me to ask her to be my valentine every year. I assume it’s for similar reasons, though not sure how common this one is
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u/dlogan3344 Sep 18 '26
I think it's obvious they care about each other enough to have had at least a bit together
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u/havenyahon Sep 19 '26
From memory, I think that's the case. They dated for a while but ultimately it didn't work out. The break up I don't think had anything to do with this.
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u/Yeahbut3 Sep 18 '26
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/s/QpFltOtHDh
Original from a while back
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u/lilmul123 Sep 19 '26
This was 11 years ago? I knew I was getting old but fuck.
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u/TheAGolds Sep 19 '26
I’m in my early 30s, which means I have memories older than the majority of Gen Z. We’re getting old.
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u/TheAGolds Sep 19 '26
Yes? Earliest I can remember is in the 90’s, the majority of Gen Z was born this century.
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u/mementodory Sep 18 '26
Hey it could have been worse. She could have held her ground and laughed after she found it it was him.
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u/mantistobogganmMD Sep 18 '26
I think the actual is even worse. His promposal made his girlfriend cry and feel horrible lmao
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u/SpencersCJ 29d ago
This just makes me sad, you can tell how upset she is
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u/SpencersCJ 27d ago
Shes upset because she hurt his feelings. Shes clearly didnt mean to hurt him but ince she did she felt awful.
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u/the_9th_crayon 27d ago
That’s a wild take. She’s clearly upset she caused him hurt.
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u/the_9th_crayon 27d ago
I never said I feel bad for her, weird assumption on your part. You’re making a lot of assumptions, I don’t think you’re too great at reading people
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u/PaperBlake 29d ago
Dude looks like he's already got 2 kids and a whole ass mortgage and he's asking a girl to prom.
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u/Doct0rCockt0r Sep 18 '26
why are these old ass videos always resurfacing
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u/TrimmedAndBurning Sep 18 '26
Dead internet
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u/nodgers132 Sep 19 '26
people loooove pulling the ‘dead internet’ buzzword out. it’s ironic since it’s an even better example of dead internet theory.
surely the occasional old video people know and love is better than lower quality new posts whose authenticity can’t even be guaranteed in the first place.
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u/BanjoSpaceMan Sep 18 '26
This video is always so durpy. Just laugh it off. Or from her end be like hahahah, yes of course. He’s also so awkward too
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u/camilleswaterbottle Sep 19 '26
They're teens.... Like, duhhh...Of course they're gonna be awkward. Your expectations are too high and unrealistic. Like you said, just laugh at it instead of trying to correct how teenagers behave
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u/ThomasPaineWon 26d ago
Mom is right again "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all."
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u/dangerfunk Sep 18 '26 edited Sep 19 '26
Why did he upload it to the internet? Feels a bit creepy tbh EDIT his way of asking her to prom was sweet but think of all the abusive comments aimed at this girl since it went online, that's his fault for putting her out there and I don't think that's nice
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u/mattmitch927 29d ago
Shooters shoot and he shot and welp….he made the shot. But I guess it counts as a goaltend
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u/rockywm Sep 18 '26
Doing some archeology today, are we?