Honey, will you marry... Oh. Never mind...

[Ban Hammer 14,295]

LONDON (Reuters) - It is the one moment every man wants to get right -- and which London floor-fitter Lefkos Hajji could hardly have got more wrong.

The luckless 28 year-old's dreams of giving his sweetheart, Leanne, 26, the ultimate proposal have literally vanished into thin air.

Hajji, of Hackney, east London, had concealed a $12,000 engagement ring inside a helium balloon. The idea was that she would pop the balloon as he popped the question.

But as he left the shop, a gust of wind pulled the balloon from his hand and he watched the ring -- and quite possibly the affections of his girlfriend -- sailing away over the rooftops.

"I couldn't believe it," he told The Sun newspaper.

"I just watched as it went further and further into the air.

"I felt like such a plonker. It cost a fortune and I knew my girlfriend would kill me."

Hajji spent two hours in his car trying to chase and find the balloon, without success.

"I thought I would give Leanne a pin so I could literally pop the question," he said.

"But I had to tell her the story -- she went absolutely mad. Now she is refusing to speak to me until I get her a new ring."

He is hoping the ring will still turn up.

"It would be amazing if someone found it," he added.

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[Jenn! 918]

"I couldn't believe it," he told The Sun newspaper.

Really, Lefkos? Really?

[Empress of Groovy 373]

Hmm...sounds like it's time to dump the girlfriend. I hope he finds the ring so he can return it and spend the money at the pub. Mmmm, beer.

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Hmm...sounds like it's time to dump the girlfriend. I hope he finds the ring so he can return it and spend the money at the pub. Mmmm, beer.

Indeed!

On the other hand...if she was refusing to speak to him because he is utterly stupid, that would be okay

Some people have more money than sense!

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

I agree! What a fool!

Hmm...sounds like it's time to dump the girlfriend. I hope he finds the ring so he can return it and spend the money at the pub. Mmmm, beer.

Indeed!

On the other hand...if she was refusing to speak to him because he is utterly stupid, that would be okay

Some people have more money than sense!

[Jesse and Hema 2]

"But I had to tell her the story -- she went absolutely mad. Now she is refusing to speak to me until I get her a new ring."

Wow... Definitely agree with the other posters here... Nobody wants to end up married to an unsupportive, unsympathetic, materialistic wench, do they?

[JVKn'CVO 11]

aaawww poor guy! imagine seeing $12,000 fly away in a balloon, that's gotta be a bad moment!

Saludos,

Caro

[greeneyedgirlfl 0]

"But I had to tell her the story -- she went absolutely mad. Now she is refusing to speak to me until I get her a new ring."

Wow... Definitely agree with the other posters here... Nobody wants to end up married to an unsupportive, unsympathetic, materialistic wench, do they?

We're probably spending less than that on the whole wedding...including the rings!!!

[Alex & Rachel 78]

"But I had to tell her the story -- she went absolutely mad. Now she is refusing to speak to me until I get her a new ring."

Wow... Definitely agree with the other posters here... Nobody wants to end up married to an unsupportive, unsympathetic, materialistic wench, do they?

We're probably spending less than that on the whole wedding...including the rings!!!

I think most people here are! We're already having to find the money necessary to file for the petition, pay for the medical, book the flights...

[Nessa 23]

dumba$$