Blowing $2.5 mil is silly, not romantic

If life wasn?t hard enough on us guys already, now some joker has raised the bar past any point attainable by the average Joe as he is scheduled to propose to his sweetheart during the Super Bowl in a commercial which will cost around $2.5 million. Can?t we just watch the game?

Don?t we all hate ? well, ?hate? is kind of strong, let?s just say ?despise with a white hot passion of a billion suns? ? the person in class who blew the grading curve for the rest of us by excelling above everyone else? You know, they sat up front, paid attention, never missed class, took notes and even reminded the teacher when he had forgotten to ?pop that quiz he had been talking about? the day before.

The stunt this guy from Southern California will pull on Super Bowl Sunday is like the curve buster times 10. Women may swoon, but men around the world will be whispering the word ?jerk? under their collective breath as they sweat it out sitting beside their sweetheart/wife/significant other watching the big game and this guy?s proposal.

For those of you who missed a day of sports on the tube, this guy will propose to his sweetheart on a pre-recorded commercial during the Super Bowl while they are watching the live show together along with hundreds of millions more people around the globe. Then, her reaction and answer will be shown via the Internet and later on television. A unnamed company, probably something like matchmadeinheaven.com or some cornball company like that, is helping sponsor the commercial, seeing Rico Suave there couldn?t pony up the cash himself for his $2.5 million message in a bottle.

How much would I give, not $2.5 million though, for her to be making a trip to the ?powder room? while the multi-million dollar commercial airs? Or even better, what if she decided it would be a good moment to tell him about ?Bob??

But, of course she will say yes and this guy, who is rich I?m sure, will be the belle of the ball as far as women everywhere are concerned, as many women have said they will line up to marry him sight unseen because he is so romantic.

Never mind they?ll likely be divorced in a couple of years after she realizes Captain Romance squandered the money for their dream house on the 30-second commercial spot, we as average guys won?t be able to top his ploy no matter how hard we try. His proposal, pardon the pun, will be the Super Bowl of all proposals. Thank goodness I?ve already popped my question and had it answered, albeit not at the cost of more than most people around here will make in a lifetime.

You want to impress the world, donate the $2.5 million to feed a village of starving kids in Africa in a fund bearing your fianc??s name or spend the money funding a rural school in our country bearing her name that will educate children long after the Patriots win this year?s Super Bowl in a close game over the Saints. (Yep, snuck in my predictions for today while giving Don Juan a hard time)

Spending that much on a commercial to profess your love basically professes your ignorance of the rest of the world. Sure, we will talk about it, you?ll get married and divorced and she will take half of what ever you have left.

Heck, if she really loved you, a knee on the ground, a sincere look and a mood ring you got out of the quarter machine would be enough.

Please honey, make my dreams come true. Say NO!