Surprise! It's Your Wedding Day!

**Dakota Valkyrie** · August 16th, 2011, 08:07 AM

A Canadian man has proposed to his girlfriend and married her only hours later after secretly planning their wedding and arranging everything, from the dress to the cake and wedding song.

Shawn Lippert surprised his girlfriend Colleen Freker by proposing at a beachside restaurant in Tecumseh on August 13 and asking her to marry him that night in front of 207 of their friends and family, local newspaper the Windsor Star reports.

Lippert spent a year planning the surprise nuptials — which were videotaped and posted on YouTube — gathering information about his girlfriend's dream wedding by asking her discreet questions.

"I just knew in my gut this is exactly what she wanted," Mr Lippert said.

He kept his plans secret from their family and put his girlfriend off the scent by telling her he wanted to elope in Law Vegas in September.

After Mrs Lippert agreed to marry Mr Lippert at the Beach Bar and Grill, he led her to a room in the club where she found her jewelry box and vanity dresser, and the wedding dress he'd chosen for her.

When she walked up the aisle with her father, Mrs Lippert was stunned to see her husband had organised everything she wanted for her wedding, from the paper lanterns decorating the trees, to the white cherry chip cake and the song 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' from the Across the Universe movie.

"I complain all the time about him not being romantic, but apparently he is," Mrs Lippert said.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/828...e-with-wedding

When she said 'yes' to be married, she didn't know her dream wedding was merely hours away.

Colleen Lippert, 32, received the surprise of her lifetime Saturday -- her wedding night. The couple of seven years had toyed with the idea of marriage since last spring. Lippert's husband Shawn convinced her they should elope in Vegas early September.

But Shawn had other plans. He spent the past year collecting information about Lippert's dream wedding by discreetly asking questions. From the type of cake to the decor and the wedding song -- Shawn wrote it all down.

He convinced her they would keep their marriage plans a secret from their families and surprise them when they returned.

Instead, 207 of the couple's family and friends surprised Lippert amongst the sand and palm trees at On The Beach Bar and Grill in Tecumseh.
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"Nothing else will ever compare to this," Lippert said. "It was just perfect."

More details on how he did it: http://www.windsorstar.com/entertain...142/story.html

AWESOME video!

**Proud wife** · August 16th, 2011, 08:11 AM

I seen this on GMA today & it made me cry! I hate happy people lately! But, with that aside, it was very sweet.

**Obsolete** · August 16th, 2011, 02:21 PM

I would be fucking PISSED if someone planned my wedding for me.

**Gidget** · August 16th, 2011, 02:54 PM

The control freak in me would be EXTREMELY unhappy with this.

**princessgrandma** · August 16th, 2011, 07:36 PM

It's cute and sweet that he knew exactly what she wanted. If he's sure she'll be receptive, why not?

Hubby and I met in the military, and were married one month later. We were married in an autoparts store in Clarksville, TN, by a JP who looked and talked like Billy Carter. It was 1977 so Billy was in then since his bro was the president. As of this coming Friday, we've been married 34 years. It hasn't always been easy but I knew when I met him that he was the one I wanted.

**Whisper** · August 17th, 2011, 01:27 AM

This was about 2 miles from me up the drive
I read it in the paper and saw on news earlier and have no clue how he pulled this off with the list of people he had invited and in on it

**Gidget** · August 17th, 2011, 01:28 AM

I wonder if she suspected anything. I, for one, would be extremely suspicious if my man suddenly expressed even the most remote interest in wedding details.

I have to admit, it was very sweet of him to do all of this. And PW, I hate happy people, too.

**Pete Bondurant** · August 17th, 2011, 04:43 PM

I am fairly certain that I have had sex with this woman.

**Tits McGee** · August 20th, 2011, 09:22 PM

Originally Posted by Pete Bondurant

I am fairly certain that I have had sex with this woman.

I think I have, too.

**malq** · August 20th, 2011, 09:52 PM

It has come to light this man is a flaming Homosexual and not interested in women at all..

She is once again Single.

**princessgrandma** · August 21st, 2011, 06:07 PM

Originally Posted by malq

It has come to light this man is a flaming Homosexual and not interested in women at all..

She is once again Single.

WAIT.... for real? Or is this a joke?

Awww, damn. So much for silly romance, I guess.

**Dakota Valkyrie** · August 21st, 2011, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by princessgrandma

WAIT.... for real? Or is this a joke?

Awww, damn. So much for silly romance, I guess.

Without a link, I would place no credence in anything that falls out of @malq's mouth (or off his fingers as the case may be). I'm so certain that it's smart alecery that I didn't even bother to check. If he did provide a link, I wouldn't click it because I would worry about getting rickrolled.