A Special Message for Christian
Rebecca DaalmannEditor’s note: this is a special message for one of our regular readers — the guy pictured on the right. I hope it reaches him well!
Today I want to ask a crazy question. Before I ask that question, I should explain the backstory.
It began in October 2004. We met on a website called Klamm.
Even through the distance we fell in love. Although our families and friends didn’t believe in us, I knew since our first meeting that he was the man of my life.
We have been together for three years now and no one understands me like he does. We can trust each other. We can be ourselves.
We’ve talked every single day for two and a half years and we’ve lived together for almost the same amount of time.
If you want to know who the lucky man is, it’s Christian Schulze from Dresden.
To come back to the beginning:
I want to ask you, Christian, will you marry me?
– Rebecca
UPDATE: Christian said Yes!
Gary
May 17th, 2008
Awwh, that’s adorable.
Best of luck to the both of you.
Although:
“Editor’s note: this is a special message for one of our regular readers — the guy pictured on the right.”
You mean left, right?
Delioncourt
May 17th, 2008
Coolest RSS feed EVER! Great idea, proposing in front of tens of thousands of regular readers. I wish you both the best of luck!
Diane
May 17th, 2008
Awesome way to propose! Dude you have to say yes.
Adam
May 17th, 2008
Do it Christian! Nothing better to keep a freelancer making moves than to be married to his best friend. I know from personal experience.
DesignSource
May 17th, 2008
OMG!! How sweet!!! Best of luck
Mics
May 17th, 2008
Oh wow that’s sweet =)
Patrick
May 17th, 2008
This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen! May God bless both of you.
tom
May 17th, 2008
FIRST!
Éber F. Dias
May 17th, 2008
OHHHHHHH!
Niki Brown
May 17th, 2008
woah!
Stefan
May 17th, 2008
Waw! I thought this only happened in the movies
I got a chill my self when I saw you popped the question at the end.
collis
May 17th, 2008
holy moly! This is definitely a first for freelanceswitch
Vinu
May 17th, 2008
Definately a first for Freelance Switch. But its definately cute….All the best Rebecca…
Eliffio
May 17th, 2008
This will be a web2.0 marriage.
Shaun
May 17th, 2008
Wow.
I guess he was taking too long to ask…?
collis
May 17th, 2008
hehe i keep refreshing to see if anything’s changed
If he says yes we should send a press release. Maybe this is the world’s first blog marriage proposal?
Eliffio
May 17th, 2008
LOL…yes, it may be the first one.
Just hope he answers in the comments and not by phone or personally…then the web2.0 feeling would be complete
I´ll keep tuned too…hehe…
Jacob Cass
May 17th, 2008
Wow, Congrats Guys! Either way the reply goes I can see this being a milestone on the Internet, a proposal over a blog. I am just about to blog about it on my design blog and will update it once we get a reply. All the best!
John
May 17th, 2008
How romantic……
Daisy Olsen
May 17th, 2008
What a fun post to come across. Wishing you both the very best!
Josh Lee
May 17th, 2008
Way to go guys. Hope it works out.
Robin
May 17th, 2008
Awesome, hope all goes well. Blessings to you!
TPN WEB DESIGN INC.
May 17th, 2008
:O
ritubpant
May 17th, 2008
Goodluck Guys!
Dark
May 17th, 2008
Come one, Christian! Say something!
If yes… best wishes!!!
This is my favorite post EVER!
Congrats from Argentina!!!
PodOdds
May 17th, 2008
Wow, I keep saying to myself that FreelanceSwitch is not going to be able to out-do the previous article and then this comes along.
I hope he says yes and I wish you guys the best in life!
Agree with the reader above, best RSS entry to come across my feed reader … ever.
Jeff Miles
May 17th, 2008
That’s awesome, congratulations, you two!!!
Tony
May 17th, 2008
You’ve been dugg! http://digg.com/people/A_Freelancer_s_Wedding_Proposal
Antonio
May 17th, 2008
What if he says no here on the blog ._.
Nico
May 17th, 2008
Wow, I’ve always wanted to see this happen! That’s so cute! Best of luck to both of you!
Nathan
May 17th, 2008
OMG this is so cute.
Casey L. Jones
May 17th, 2008
Awww!
Mazel Tov!
Congrats on finding a great guy who you want to marry!
Good luck! Shalom!!
mayhemstudios
May 17th, 2008
WTF? indeed. Shouldn’t the guy do the asking?
Skellie
May 17th, 2008
@ Gary: The photo is on the right, and there’s only one guy in the photo!
@ mayhemstudios: *Yawn* that is so old-school, hehe. Get with it!
It was my pleasure to be able to facilitate this.
Now I’m just waiting on the happy ending :).
mayhemstudios
May 17th, 2008
Hey Skellie, you’re right but I’m still old school.
Harshad
May 17th, 2008
Hey Christian, Just Say Yes!
Christian
May 17th, 2008
@Rebecca YES of course!
Wow this is so amazing. I just say yes in front of her but I want to let you guys know. You can’t imagine what this feels like. To be asked in front of thousands of freelanceswitch readers.
This is a wonderful step in my life and there is nothing better then to be a freelancer with a beautiful women by my side.
Rebecca I love you so much. Thank you for our time so far and thank you for this crazy idea.
PodOdds
May 17th, 2008
Yay!
Awesome to hear the news!
Been tracking this all night! 
Congrats, you two!
Michel
May 17th, 2008
Woa!
Skellie
May 17th, 2008
Congratulations Christian and Rebecca!
Escariot
May 17th, 2008
Congratulations to you both. I love spontaneous romantic gestures and I think this is one of the best I have seen. I have kept checking back to see the answer all day. Wishing you the best of luck with your lives together.
Chryselle
May 17th, 2008
I’m glad he said “yes” !
Casey L. Jones
May 17th, 2008
MAZEL TOV!!!
collis
May 17th, 2008
Congratulations!!
That’s pretty damn neat
Jon Phillips
May 17th, 2008
wow! huge congrats to both of you! that’s awesome
Naomi Niles
May 17th, 2008
Awww, that made me teary eyed. Congratulations to you both!!
Vickie
May 17th, 2008
This is the most original proposal I’ve seen to date! A big congrats to you both and best of luck in your new life together.
Francesco Gavello
May 17th, 2008
Congratulations!!!
Madhur Kapoor
May 17th, 2008
Adorable Post. Congratulations to both of you.
Grace Smith | Postscript5
May 17th, 2008
Woah what a way to propose, congrats to both of you and all the best for the future!
benrulz
May 17th, 2008
Awww…. this shud be on one of the top 10 ways to propose….
This has gotta be a first….the ‘Blog Wedding’ if u may…
best o’ luck to the both of u …and hav a great life together..!!
banji
May 17th, 2008
I guess Freelanceswitch follow up with another post on the wedding
Congratulation to the both of you
Robin
May 17th, 2008
Back to check out the result, wow, congrats to you both!
Farishta
May 17th, 2008
this is the best post ever !!!!! it’s really beautiful !
best of luck of you two !
and a big WOOOOOooow to you Rebecca !
cheers !
Dinu
May 17th, 2008
Wooo….that’s really something. Congrats guys…You’re one lucky guy to get the girl proposing to you Christian
So is the wedding gonna be streamed online from the FSW homepage?
liam
May 17th, 2008
Sweet, Congrats.
Ali from The Office Diet
May 17th, 2008
Congratulations, guys! What a lovely post & comments — it’s really made my day. Warmest wishes for you both and for your life together.
Ali
Omar
May 17th, 2008
Congratulations!! Brilliant, excellent post.
SecretPenguin
May 17th, 2008
Congrats!
James Deer
May 17th, 2008
Congratulations to the pair of you! *Sheds a tear*
Roberto Arancibia
May 17th, 2008
I believe in love, again.
DT
May 17th, 2008
Sniff…That is fantastic. Congrats to both of you and best wishes!
Mary
May 17th, 2008
Awww. How sweet. I hope you have a long and wonderful life together. Marriage can be really wonderful. I’ve certainly enjoyed the last 8 years of mine.
Congrats!
Jus
May 17th, 2008
Congrats!
Nathalie Lussier
May 17th, 2008
Aww, that’s really sweet. I kind of like the gender reversal of roles too.
Congrats to the two of you!
Brought a smile to my day.
Pai
May 17th, 2008
owh… man you’re lucky to have such a nice pretty understanding lady in your life!
may god bless you man.. may god bless both of you…
Harry
May 17th, 2008
What a time to ask
Katharine
May 17th, 2008
So wonderful! May you two have a long and happy marriage! And thanks for sharing the proposal with us.
Stephanie
May 17th, 2008
Wow! Congratulations!
(p.s. this is my first time to your blog, I’ve read a half-dozen articles, and I think it’s great. I’ve already added you to my Bloglines)
Angeline
May 17th, 2008
Congrats to the both of you.
You both truly proved that you both are meant for each other despise others not believing and distance has not been a factor for 2 individuals to fall in love. Yes long distance is hard but its not impossible and this truly meant that you both proved it to the rest of the world that it can happen.
I’m so happy for you both.All best for the both of you and hope you both have great wonderful adventure together as husband and wife.
Banago
May 17th, 2008
Lots of congratulations guys!
Condredge
May 17th, 2008
Congratulations, guys! @Rebecca, that was the most beautiful proposal speech - I could just barely get the words ‘Will you marry me’ out because my heart was beating so hard! No man could say no to such a sweet proposal! Best wishes for you both.
Selene M. Bowlby
May 17th, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS! That’s just beautiful! What great use of the web, LOL!
Wishing you both a wonderfully happy life together!
SS
May 17th, 2008
Congratulations! This made me smile.
DennisBB
May 17th, 2008
my congrats christian and rebecca
Rogers
May 17th, 2008
All joys from life for you both!!!
trs21219
May 17th, 2008
congrats to both of you and i hope you have a wonderful life together… now you know we all expect a complete web 2.0 wedding website right?
Abethebabe
May 17th, 2008
Congratulations!
Rongen
May 17th, 2008
Good luck guys. Welcome to the world of wonders.
Annie Boccio
May 18th, 2008
Aw, how cool is this? All the best from half of a 22 year happy marriage (the other half would also wish you well if he was here at the moment I’m sure!)
Terri
May 18th, 2008
completely cool - and a happy beginning!
Nicole Sauk
May 18th, 2008
Aw! Love it! Congratulations!!
Zaigham
May 18th, 2008
Amazing moments when I read this in Google reader!
All the best to both of you.
Devan
May 18th, 2008
This is absolutely awesome - Congratulations Christian and Rebecca! I wish you all the best for the future! Extra points to Rebecca for having the guts to propose on here, and to Christian for his wonderful response…
Laura
May 18th, 2008
Yay! Congrats!
Ben Overmyer
May 18th, 2008
Way to go! Congrats!
Shane
May 18th, 2008
Congrats
This is a very special proposal.
Megan
May 18th, 2008
WHOOP DE DOO!
Thanks for sharing this with us — Best part of my day!
Congratulations.
Jaden @ Screenwriting for Hollywood
May 18th, 2008
Felicitations!
Malik
May 18th, 2008
Wow that’s like the sweetest thing ever!!!!
[tear] Congrats you two!!
Oliver
May 18th, 2008
Congratulations and I’m Happy for both of you
2ThePoint
May 18th, 2008
That’s SO romantic! (sniff, sniff)
Way to go!
Krissy
May 18th, 2008
Congratulations Rebecca and Christian! You made me smile on a Monday morning and that’s a great way to start the week. Best of luck to you both!
Mike Smith - Bootstrapping Blog
May 19th, 2008
congratulations
and AWESOME IDEA 
Louie
May 19th, 2008
Congratulations both of you! as Collis said this the first on FSw. Awesome!
!nso
May 19th, 2008
Absolutely positively amazing.
Way to go! I assume the wedding will be broadcast live on the web and pics posted to Flickr?
Aaron Cruikshank
May 19th, 2008
Yay!
If you guys have kids though.. don’t do the conception on here. That’s private.
Misti Sandefur
May 19th, 2008
Very sweet.
Congratulations! May God bless you both with many wonderful years of happiness!
Ricardo
May 19th, 2008
Congratulations!
Joshua
May 19th, 2008
Starts a slow clap…
Sounds like love!
Maria
May 19th, 2008
I am more impress the the number of comments this post has received so far.
This does look like to be “filmy” but don’t forget that film are nothing but portrait of real life fantasies. So seeing a post like this on a freelance website, WAS AMAZINGLY GOOD!
Specially when the marriage proposal was from a lady, it becomes even more romantic. And and guy it can not get better than this when your lady propose you.
I would like to congratulate both couple and wish you a happy life ever after!
C. Loney
May 19th, 2008
CONGRATS YOU GUYS!!! GOD BLESS YOU!! MAY THE LORD JESUS KEEP YOU GUYS TOGETHER AND HAPPY!!
CHEERS
Hayden Tompkins
May 19th, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Bugsy
May 19th, 2008
wow! a FS proposal! This is better than eHarmony!
congratulations!
Jakerrr
May 19th, 2008
Congratulations!
DesignSource
May 19th, 2008
Joins the slow clap…others follow suit….
crazy wabbit
May 19th, 2008
I hope you multiply like wabbits.
TenacitySA
May 19th, 2008
Excellent!
Congratulations!
Joy
May 19th, 2008
Congratulations you two! What a cool proposal.
Christian
May 20th, 2008
@Rebecca
On second hand - I expect a proposal in person, like normal people.
Ahmad Alfy
May 20th, 2008
OMG
How romantic is that
Congratulation …. God bless you
Kevin
May 20th, 2008
w00t!
Chad
May 21st, 2008
Congrats guys!
Christian…you expect a proposal in person like normal people? Well, ahem, it’s usually normal for YOU to ask - not her. So perhaps you can do the real-life proposal
Christian
May 21st, 2008
@all
Thank you for the massive congratulations. I’m still so happy about this happened to me. On the next day I had to check this post again to realize that I was not dreaming
And thank you Skellie for making this happen. I don’t had a clue that you both concoct a plan.
PS: The Christian, four comments above, is a fake comment.
Joao Pereira
May 21st, 2008
Parabéns e muitas felicidades. O amor está no ar, aqui também!
Raj Dash
May 21st, 2008
Oh, there’s something in my eye. Ahem. Very cool. Best of luck to you both.
kristen
May 22nd, 2008
All our best!!! xoxoxo
ivanzv
May 22nd, 2008
Excelent.
ivanzv
May 22nd, 2008
Very cool, indeed.
Katie
May 24th, 2008
OMG THIS IS SO SWEET!!!!
Congratulations Rebecca and Christian!
iKitty
May 28th, 2008
How did I miss this post!! Congratulations Rebecca and Christian! This has been the coolest thing ever! It surely felt like a movie moment
veerendra
June 4th, 2008
hey .. congrats
best of luck for future !
well i dont know you guys personally but this is really coolest way !