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- Luke Wintrip proposed to his now-wife, Sarah Wintrip, 43 times over seven years before she finally said “yes”
- Sarah turned him down the first time because the U.K. couple had only been dating for six months
- Reflecting on Luke’s persistence over the years, Sarah said, “He should probably get a Guinness World Record”
A woman said “yes” to her boyfriend — after his 43rd proposal.
Luke Wintrip had been keen to marry his then-girlfriend, Sarah, since 2018, per The Sun. The first time the tattoo artist popped the question early into the U.K. couple’s relationship, Sarah promptly rejected him.
“I just said, ‘No, we’ve only been together for six months,’ ” she recalled.
The marketing executive added, “I loved him, but I didn’t want to say ‘yes’ to something I later retracted.”
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But Luke persisted, planning one extravagant proposal after another over the course of seven years. He rented out a castle in Prague, arranged candlelit dinners and planned a horseback-riding excursion on a Jamaican beach, all in a bid to win over Sarah.
During his 42nd proposal, Sarah promised Luke, “Next time you ask, I’m going to say ‘yes,’ but just you wait.”
After a year went by, Luke took Sarah to Greenwich in South East London, where Greenwich Mean Time, the yearly average (or ‘mean’) of the time each day when the Sun crosses the Prime Meridian at the Royal Observatory Greenwich is kept.
He said, “This is the center of the world and you are the center of the world and I want you to marry me,” Sarah recalled, per The Sun.
And then Sarah, at long last, replied with that one simple word: “Yes.”
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“He finally won my heart,” she explained.
“He should probably get a Guinness World Record,” she added. “I am grateful he persisted for so long.”
The couple tied the knot in May during a destination wedding in Jamaica.
Sarah shared pictures of the happy occasion on Instagram at the time, writing, “Mr and Mrs Wintrip. Finally.”
