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Boston.com - Together for 11 months, Chad Horn and Claire Givens had already begun to discuss the idea of getting married. So Horn, 31, of Somerville, knew that if he was going to surprise Givens with his proposal, he would have to pop the question in a place where she would least expect it. Wednesday evening, in front of several stacks of 80-pound wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and a free sample table at the Cambridge Whole Foods Market in Fresh Pond, Horn found just the spot to make his move. After leading Givens to the sample table under the guise that he was hungry, Horn read to Givens a poem of sorts he’d written called “Recipe for Relationship Surprise,” which calls for one barrel of laughter, one cup of encouragement and two tablespoons of thoughtfulness. Then he dropped to one knee, told Givens he wanted to experience life with her and asked her to marry him. When she said yes, Whole Foods employees erupted in applause. Whole Foods also set up an impromptu engagement party for Horn and Givens, and family members who were clued in on the plan were secretly waiting at the front of the store to greet the newly-engaged couple. Horn, who met his new fiancé while playing board games with friends.

Listen I know I make fun of lame wedding proposals all the time on the Stool, but not this time.    Because trust me nothing and I mean nothing screams romance like popping the question in the cheese aisle of Whole Foods with all the Whole Food paparazzi/employees watching your every move and getting right in your face after it’s over. And then to have the impromptu engagement party at the front of the store? Bravo sir. Bravo. Seriously Don Juan has nothing on this guy. Wait a minute. These two didn’t meet in the cheese isle at Whole Foods? They met playing board games? Umm, ah nevermind.

 

 

- tip AJ Peach