Man Gets Dragged For Proposing At Girlfriend's Graduation

Anyone who has graduated from college knows it is a pretty big deal - possibly one of the most epic moments in some people's lives. Getting engaged is also one of those milestones. Well one guy thought he would combine the two for his girlfriend by proposing to her while she accepted her diploma, and although she said yes, things didn't exactly turn out too great for him - he's getting dragged on Twitter for how he chose to ask her to marry him.

25-year-old Ange Banuskeviciute was walking across the stage at the University of Essex to get her Masters of English. Just after taking hold of her diploma, she was surprised to see her boyfriend of nine years, 27-year-old Edgaras Averbuchas, walking on the stage. He got down on one knee, put the ring on her finger, and walked her off the stage as the audience cheered.

Even Essex University was touched by the romantic gesture and posted video of it on their socials, but they have since removed it after feeling the backlash the proposal has gotten. Among the complaints, Edgaras "hijacked" Ange's special moment.

Another tweet read that the move "smacked of egotism" and "This does not bode well for the relationship. When someone craves such public attention and adulation all the time, there can only be space for one person and their ego in that relationship."

One person wrote, "Years of hard work and now we're all supposed to be pleased for her. Not because of her achievement, but because she got her man. Bad form."

The couple responded to the backlash with Ange saying:

"That's so strange that Edgaras was getting a lot of criticism from people. I think that this day became even more beautiful with this proposal. I remember myself standing on the stage. I was a little bit nervous, but extremely happy. Then, all of a sudden I saw Edgaras coming, but everything happened so quickly that it took me some time to understand what actually happened. He knelt on one knee and asked me to marry him. I was in so much shock and of course I said yes. Everyone cheered and it was an amazing proposal which truly took me by surprise.”

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