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Mike Duerksen Live Tweets Wedding Proposal Using #MikeProposes (SLIDESHOW)

Posted: 04/16/2012 1:08 pm Updated: 04/16/2012 1:14 pm

You probably have to be pretty sure your girlfriend will say yes if you decide to live tweet your proposal.

The Winnipeg Sun reports that Mike Duerksen used the hashtag #MikeProposes to let the Twitterverse follow his every move on the night he popped the question.

"The plan is simple: over the next 12 hours I'll be taking her on 8 different dates to 8 different places," Duerksen tweeted.

The Next Web noted that, though Duerksen's girlfriend, identified only as "J.," doesn't use Twitter, she did notice him spending a lot of time on his phone.

"1st challenge: J. wants me to get off my phone and focus on our time together," Duerksen tweeted.

Not everyone was enamored with Duerksen's proposal method. For example, Gizmodo's headline for the story was "Please Don’t Live-Tweet Your 12 Hour Wedding Proposal."

But Duerksen did attract plenty of well wishers and followers with his unique strategy. Find out if she said "yes" in the slideshow below.

Hat tip: Daily What

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You probably have to be pretty sure your girlfriend will say yes if you decide to live tweet your proposal. The Winnipeg Sun reports that Mike Duerksen used the hashtag #MikeProposes to let the Twi...
You probably have to be pretty sure your girlfriend will say yes if you decide to live tweet your proposal. The Winnipeg Sun reports that Mike Duerksen used the hashtag #MikeProposes to let the Twi...
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Lahonda
Bynocent Instander
12:15 PM on 04/17/2012
...at least he can spell.
11:26 AM on 04/17/2012
ahhh, the romance.....
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07:39 PM on 04/16/2012
Publicity stunt or dull-witted girlfriend to take second place to a phone at such an important time?
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jsgaetano
Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus
03:32 PM on 04/16/2012
I was hoping she's say "no", like that chump who proposed during halftime at the basketball game.
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02:19 PM on 04/16/2012
Do people even know how to be private anymore?

This is one person I would not invite to any personal event. We're raising a nation of classless, manner-less, self involved idiots, who fiddle while Rome burns.
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jsgaetano
Legum servi sumus ut liberi esse possimus
03:32 PM on 04/16/2012
I think it would be hilarious if she said no, because he spent more time that night with his phone than with her.
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born 2b different
research b4 u post
01:06 PM on 04/17/2012
Really, because just about every married couple I know talks about when the question was popped. Are you saying they are wrong and this shouldn't be talked about?
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blyan
01:27 PM on 04/16/2012
LOL. I always knew you guys just straight up stole stories from Gizmodo after they've been posted. This confirms it.
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TisKishnsing
Brutal logic, unexpected honesty
02:02 PM on 04/16/2012
LOL
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02:21 PM on 04/16/2012
Huffington Post is widely made fun of for aggregating, rather than being an actual news source.
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gurukalehuru
cwtc7
04:05 PM on 04/16/2012
Somebody's gotta aggregate
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born 2b different
research b4 u post
01:08 PM on 04/17/2012
There's nothing wrong with aggregating. Do what you do best and link to the rest.