Moment man's romantic lakeside proposal goes hilariously wrong

It's often dubbed one of the important moments of your life - so when this man decided to propose to his girlfriend, he settled on a picturesque lake as his perfect location.

But while it may have made the ideal background for an Instagram engagement announcement afterwards, there was one thing he didn't consider: the chance of his fiance losing her ring in the water.

Earlier this year, McKenna Hiller - who is a New York-based model - was asked by her future brother-in-law to film the proposal on her phone.

The video opens with her sister's boyfriend - who was dressed smartly in a red shirt and cream chinos - getting down on one knee as they stood together on a jetty.

After caressing her boyfriend's face, McKenna's sister says 'of course I will' and spins round to see her family's reaction -  but accidentally knocked the ring box out of her partner's hand by mistake.

Collapsing into a fit of giggles, the bride-to-be says: 'Oh s**t!' 

Luckily for the couple, McKenna was quick to react - and didn't pause for thought before jumping in the water to retrieve it.

She said: 'My instinct as the little sister was to jump right in!'

But as she dives into the water, McKenna then knocked over a bottle of beer - prompting someone off camera to say: 'This is typical us!" 

Thanks to her quick reactions, McKenna was able to rescue the diamond engagement ring before it floated away.

The video then ends with the couple being reunited with the ring and sharing a quick kiss. 

Although they had originally only ever planned for the video to be shared among friends and family, McKenna then uploaded it to TikTok - where the footage left viewers in hysterics.

One wrote: 'Why do people still propose on [jetties]?! This was always going to happen!'

Another joked: 'I don't think she wanted to get married!'

In December 2023, one man went viral for all the wrong reasons when his girlfriend rejected his romantic proposal in Rome.

The video began with the couple dancing in the fashionable Via dei Condotti street before he then got down on one knee.

But his partner immediately tenses up as she makes repeated gestures pleading for him to stop in front of the onlookers as the romantic music continues.

'I didn't expect it. I wasn't ready. But is this why we came to Rome?' she says several times, according to Italian newspaper La Stampa.

The man is then reported to have asked in front of onlookers: 'But is it yes or no?'

After some hesitation she replies that it is a 'no', before he stands to his feet nursing a broken heart.