Woman unknowingly wore her engagement ring hidden in necklace for a year
Anna, of Tasmania, Australia, had no idea what her boyfriend Terry was planning.
— -- An Australian woman was surprised to learn that her boyfriend had tricked her into carrying around her engagement ring in her necklace for more than a year.
Anna and Terry, a couple in Tasmania, Australia, had been dating for one year when she received the necklace as a gift.
"I had always loved the idea of giving someone a gift where they didn't know its true value until years later," Terry told ABC News.
Terry gifted Anna what he described as a "spiral shell" necklace made from Huon Pine.
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"She wore it every day, and everywhere we went, and pretty much never took it off," Terry gushed. He did at times worry about his girlfriend's necklace -- for instance, "when we went though airport security for the first time," Terry recalled.
Still, she had no idea what was really inside until more than a year later. The travel-loving couple decided to trek to Smoo Cave, located in Durness, Scotland, in April. That's when Terry finally decided to tell Anna what had been hidden in her beloved necklace.
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"Before we actually went down to the cave, I asked if I could have the necklace to take some photos of it among the rocks, which gave me a quick chance to break the seal with a knife," he detailed.
And when Terry went to return the necklace to Anna, he opened it to reveal the engagement ring inside.
His now-fiancée replied, "Wait...it's been in there the entire time?" And of course, later she said yes to Terry's marriage proposal.
The moment was captured in a YouTube video that’s now gone viral.
Terry told ABC News that although they haven't made wedding plans yet, the two plan to buy a house before having a celebration "a couple of years" later.
"Hopefully with a bit of land...[we can] have the wedding at home with family and friends in as much of a relaxing atmosphere as possible," he continued. "[There's] no point in having a stressed out extravagant wedding, which isn't us."