# @thehuronemery on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CpiEfvTuX11
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/7169623-thehuronemery-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-03-08T15:06:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Emery (@TheHuronEmery) — https://gondola.cc/TheHuronEmery

## Caption

Halloween is typically attributed to spooky fun, who says it can’t be a day for love as well? Math teacher Eric Geiger proposed to his then-girlfriend Brittany Samojedny on Halloween. 

If not obvious by the bright smiles on their faces, she said yes. 

Choosing Halloween for the proposal was not random– Geiger chose the day with thoughtful consideration. 

“[Samojedny] absolutely loves Halloween,” Geiger said.

Samojedny values tradition, so she wanted Geiger to ask her father for permission to marry. Since Samojedny’s father lives on the Eastside of Michigan, it was hard for Geiger to find a good time to talk with him without making it obvious that he was planning to propose. He strategically planned a good time to ask him: when Samojedny was distracted.

“If I just drove out there on a random day, it would be really suspicious,” Geiger said. “I ended up pulling [Samojedny’s father] to the side at another friend’s wedding that we were both at, and I asked him when Brittany was distracted.”

To learn and prepare for the proposal, Geiger took some advice from his friends, who shared their own proposal experiences..

“I'm the last of my friend group to get married so each of them have already proposed and I heard their story,” Geiger said. 

Samojedny wanted to dress up and hand out candy on the front lawn with Geiger during trick-or-treating time on Halloween Day. Of course, Geiger agreed to these Halloween plans.

“I rushed home from school to start getting ready because we both did makeup on our faces,” Geiger said. “I was pretty nervous the whole time. I had to make sure my makeup wasn’t bad and all of that.”

Samojedny does circus aero performances, so she would also perform cool tricks on the lawn for the passersby. They set up the apparatus, consisting of a suspended hula hoop, in the front yard. As the night went on, Samojedny didn’t have a clue of the surprise that was to come. 

To read the full story, check it out on our website at thehuronemery.com

Reporting by Melinda Mei
Photos courtesy of Eric Geiger

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| The Emery | @TheHuronEmery | https://gondola.cc/TheHuronEmery | Publisher |
| Sandra Fu | @s6ndra | https://gondola.cc/s6ndra | Graphic Designer |

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