A Chinese man tried to propose to his girlfriend using a parachute, but got swept away – and needed the help of firefighters to get down from a tree he fell into.

On Saturday, the unnamed romantic man from Yichang in Hubei province attempted to paraglide towards his girlfriend in an act to woo her to marry him, according to People’s Daily. However, the wind suddenly blew and sent him into a nearby tree.

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At first, the man was on a straight course. However, his parachute, labeled “Gou Hongyun, marry me!” caught some wind and got him stuck in a tall tree. He waited for more than an hour before he could be rescued by firefighters.

Although the initial attempt failed, the man was unfazed in his decision to marry his beloved girlfriend. As he set foot on the ground, he went to his girlfriend, went down on his knees and asked “will you marry me?”

The girl, for her part, gave him a “no,” turned her back, and simply walked away. Poor guy.

Failed Proposals

Of course, that poor man is not the only one who got turned down after working on a mighty proposal.

One man, a 24-year-old Xi’an resident surnamed Dong, arranged lychees worth 2,000 yuan (about US $305) on a busy downtown overpass in an effort to propose to his girlfriend last August, according to the Shanghaiist. He arranged the fruits to look like two hearts shot by an arrow, with the word “LOVE” opposite the figure.

When his girlfriend finally arrived, Dong immediately got down on his knees to deliver his long-planned proposal. However, the girl was so surprised that she did not know what to say. Instead, she ate one of the lychees and quickly rushed out of the scene.

Hilariously Successful

Still not all weird proposals end up a failure. A humble plumber in Dongguan was successful in his proposal in May 2014, wherein he wore nothing but a two-piece swimsuit to his girlfriend’s home two kilometers away, the Guangzhou Daily reported.

The man, named Lian, is a simple man, and had been working for two years in Zhang Mut Tou County earning some thousands of yuan every month. His then-girlfriend Liao, on the other hand, had studied in England for ten years, and was born to a wealthy family.

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