I don't think she's just going to marry him because he's doing the walk. They've known each other for a couple years, according to the news reports, so I doubt that she'd be "the laughing stock of women everywhere!"...

Yes, it's odd, but sweet nonetheless. Someone must've thought of it before, though. Think of some of the love songs that have been written... "I would walk 500 miles.."  People sing about swimming oceans just to be with the one they love, etc.  I guess he just decided to take it literally.

I'm sure he's probably re-thinking things now. He's definitely learning to keep his word if nothing else. Maybe he's always been a man of his word and we are just learning that there are still young men out there (besides my sweet hubby, of course! :) that do that sort of thing-keep their word, however foolishly spoken his might have been.

And if we think about it, what else does he have to do? ;) Oh yeah, look for a job.. I forgot! LOL!

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BakeDoc,
Just because someone makes one spontaneous decision that happens to be on TV for the whole city to see (and criticize...) doesn't mean one has no common sense. I guess you've never done anything the least bit on the doesn't-make-sense-to-everyone-else-meter, huh? Too bad. Sometimes those have the sweetest rewards. :) I, for one, am rooting for this kid. I hope he makes it, marries her and they have a great story to tell their kids one day.  It could happen. ;)

By the way, Doc, did you mean "stupid gesture"?.. Just wonderin'... :)  See what I mean? We can't all be perfect.

I do think it is a sweet gesture, if not a little strange.  It is just in my nature to poke fun.

I think you've already revealed what you really think: what really is a sweet gesture.  But nice try on the poop thing. :)

I say let him try. If he fails, who are we to condemn him? If he makes it, what a story, eh? ;) 

Honestly, if he does make it and she decides to marry him, does it mean he'll always be out of a job? I doubt it. Anybody watching this kid walk that far will see he's got determination. Maybe he'll have a job by the time he (gulp) walks back home... LOL! Who knows?

And I'm with Rob on this one (shockingly!).. I hope he stays safe along this journey (both from traffic and ruthless people).

Spam code: WWLND  What would love not do? :)

(Oh, I can hear it now... love wouldn't propose without a job, a ring, etc... Save it! I'm havin' fun! LOL!)

Love and common sense often are juxtaposed.   I'd like to see the old trails over the grapevine myself.  the gesture is a odd mix of sweet, quixotic and unusual. There is not enough information here for me to judge the young man's character, or the young woman's.

Rather than find that gesture romantic, I'd find it a bit unsettling.  I have to go along with the askance glance at the unemployed issue and now the question is..who's is going to feed him and shelter him when he arrives broke, and hungry for something besides beef jerky?

Hope she has a good job if she has no common sense.

It would be neat to hike the old trails over the Grapevine. Hope he'll be "packing heat" and wearing a gas mask from Six Flags to Disneyland, though.