It’s dark when you wake up and dark when you go home. The thing about the cold season is that every year without fail it turns into mating season. It must be because it’s cold and therefore there’s nothing else to do? I’m not sure but everyone seems to couple up this time of year. You couldn’t escape it even if you tried. Count how many times you’ll be subjected to Love Actually et al in the run up to Christmas and you’ll notice an increase in the releasing of soppy love songs in the hope to get to Christmas no.1 (well not if Simon Cowell has anything to do with it!).

I was reading the Evening Standard last week and was almost moved to tears. Not because of the ever miserable reporting on the state of the global economy, various stabbings, youth unemployment etc etc, but because of a story about a fellow commuter’s unusual marriage proposal. I’m not sure if it was the try hard attitude of the groom (he had been rehearsing it since April), his mission for uniqueness (a surprise serenading flash mob), his excellent organization (he only had a 3 minute window to execute his complicated plan) or his sheer determination to pull the whole thing off (he was forced to disconnect the car battery that morning to ensure his girlfriend was on the right train).

It could have been the combination of all of these things that I found more moving than 10 re-runs of the most romantic movie or any JLS ballad. Watch the video below and let me know if you don’t find this desperately romantic!

Don’t be left out in the cold during the holiday season. Warm up with a date tonight!

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