{"id":1347,"date":"2017-09-09T07:14:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T07:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flytographer.com\/blog\/santorini-proposal\/"},"modified":"2017-09-09T07:14:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-09T07:14:00","slug":"santorini-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyphotoprod.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/santorini-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"How A Cleverly Disguised Ring Helped Pull Off the Ultimate Surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"

An incredibly supportive girlfriend deserves an equally creative proposal. So, that\u2019s exactly what Mahmoud made sure his long-time girlfriend Emily received. After enduring long working nights and weekends while he toiled to get a startup off the ground, he cleverly hid the ring en route to romantic Santorini<\/a>. Read on for how he pulled off the surprise.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEmily and I met in university and have been dating for over seven years. She calls me the gambler of the group because she does not like to take risks, but I enjoy shaking things up every now and then. About three years ago, I decided to quit my job and help start a new company called ROAR for Good<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cROAR is a social impact company that builds a safety wearable called Athena<\/a>. When pressed, Athena sends the user\u2019s GPS location to emergency contacts and emits an alarm to deter an attacker. Within the company, I was solely responsible to get the product through manufacturing and to market (a milestone we just hit this past July). This meant that I worked a lot of late nights and long weekends for the past several years \u2013 all time that I would otherwise be spending with Emily.<\/p>\n

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\u201cShe has been so supportive and patient with my work, but eager to become engaged. I\u2019ve been waiting for the right time to propose for when I could afford a ring and find a place to make it special. I didn\u2019t even know Santorini<\/a> existed before I was researching places to propose (shame on me)! In addition to visiting Santorini, Emily and I decided to book our travels to Greece an extra week early so we can volunteer with a refugee organization in Athens. I became concerned that she might find the ring in my carry-on, so I decided to get a little creative. I reconstructed one of my Athena devices to hide the ring inside. I\u2019m so happy I was able to give her the proposal that she deserves.\u201d- Mahmoud<\/p>\n

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Flytographer: Kimon in Santorini<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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