the poor guy watched $12,000 float away...

A 28 year-old man in London hid a $12,000 engagement ring inside a helium balloon. The idea was that she would pop the balloon as he popped the question... But as he left the shop, a gust of wind pulled the balloon from his hand and he watched the ring float away into the sky!

"I couldn't believe it," he told The Sun newspaper. "I just watched as it went further and further into the air. "I felt like such a plonker. It cost a fortune and I knew my girlfriend would kill me." The man spent two hours in his car trying to chase and find the balloon, without success. "I thought I would give Leanne a pin so I could literally pop the question," he said. "But I had to tell her the story -- she went absolutely mad. Now she is refusing to speak to me until I get her a new ring." He is hoping the ring will still turn up. "It would be amazing if someone found it," he added.

That's effed up!!

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