The Google Form Proposal: How My Husband Asked Me to Marry Him | by Angeline Perez | Quirky Rants | Sep, 2025

These days, proposals are grand productions. Flashy rings, choreographed dances, elaborate setups… it seems like men have to spend a fortune to impress.

And then there’s my husband. He’s not into social media, he’s shy, and he’s not what you’d call “the romantic type.” But what he lacks in grand gestures, he makes up for with thoughtfulness.

Almost five years into our relationship, in the middle of the 2021 pandemic, he asked me for help with something completely ordinary: his online teacher webinars. Being an elementary school teacher, he had to answer quizzes after each session — but English isn’t his favorite subject. Naturally, he asked me to help him. I willingly did, thinking nothing of it.

On March 12, 2021 — our 54th monthly anniversary — he sent me another link. I thought it was just another quiz from his webinars.

The form had no title, but the description caught my eye. It was a quote from A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh:

“If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.”

My heart skipped a beat — I had a feeling this wasn’t going to be an ordinary quiz. I opened it. And the questions? All personal.

Where did we go on our first date? What date is our monthly anniversary? How many months have we been together?

My heart started racing — I thought he was joking.

I answered each question, laughing at how specific some of them were. “Okay, okay, I see what you’re doing,” I thought, half teasing, half curious.

And then I reached the last question. At the very bottom of the form, in all its digital glory, it read:

“Will you marry me?”

And girl… of course I answered YES. Because some answers are obvious from the start. 😂💛

Here’s the funniest part: every question before that was worth 0 points. The last question — “Will you marry me?” — was the only one worth 100 points.

Seems like it was the only question that ever really mattered. 🥹✨

Filling out that Google Form was the easiest and most memorable “quiz” I’ve ever completed.

Every answer had been in my heart for years, waiting for that final question.

And honestly, it was perfect — intimate, funny, and so uniquely us.

Who needs grand gestures when love finds a way? Sometimes it’s digital, sometimes it’s simple, but it’s always unforgettable. 💛