A romantic engagement went horribly wrong after a boyfriend couldn’t find his engagement ring at the crucial moment.
Scott Green was down on one knee, seconds away from proposing to his sweetheart Sky Dowdall after pouring his heart out, before the dread set in when he realised he had lost the ring-box.
The couple had spent a relaxing and romantic afternoon by the seaside in a fancy restaurant for a meal, followed by cocktails and Scott had planned to propose as the pair walked along the beach.
However, when it came to the crunch moment he realised the ring had vanished from his pocket.
Scott and Sky, from Grimsby, spent the next hour retracing their steps and have still not managed to find the ring, over two weeks later.
According to Sky, her boyfriend was upset when he realised what happened but didn’t take too long to find a replacement.
She told Grimsby Live : “My partner took me out on November 27 as it was my birthday on the 28. I had absolutely no idea what he had planned.
“We went to Sea View Street in Cleethorpes for a meal and then some cocktails afterwards. Then he asked if I wanted a walk down the beach on the way to a different bar in the town centre.
“So we did, then we were walking along and I noticed he wasn’t next to me anymore, only to turn round for him to be on one knee.
“He poured his heart out to me and then went to get the ring out his jacket pocket to ask me to marry him, for it not to be there.”
“As you can imagine he was so upset. We spent the next hour or so tracing our footsteps but we couldn’t find the ring,” Sky added.
“The only time I’ve seen the ring he bought was in the photo. We are both still gutted he lost it - he’s more upset as he had everything planned for it not to happen.”
Sky said Scott saved up his wages for months to buy the 18-carat diamond ring.
Just a couple of days later - after having no luck finding the original ring - he bought another and asked Sky once again to marry him.
He spelled out the words ‘marry me’ with rose petals surrounded by candles on the floor of their home.
Sky said: “A couple of days after, he went to town and bought me another ring and finally asked me to marry him. I think the way he did it was so cute.”
