A couple’s ‘special moment’ was caught on video when they each planned surprise proposals for the same day.
Sally Morton, 39, of Bury St Edmunds, had planned to propose to her girlfriend Leanne Stewart, 35, a few days before Christmas during a trip to Edinburgh.
Little did she know that Leanne had the exact same plan and responded to her proposal by getting down on one knee.
Heart-warming video shows Sally getting down on one knee to propose to Leanne, who can be seen clutching to the ring box in her pocket, also ready to propose.
Both women had been planning their individual proposals for over a year and had bought rings for each other less than a month apart.
Sally, a farm manager, said: “It was such a special moment.
A proposal took an unexpected turn when Sally Morton, 39, of Bury St Edmunds, proposed to her girlfriend, Leanne Stewart, and Leanne also got down on one knee. Picture: SWNS
“When she got down on one knee, I remember initially thinking she was having a laugh, but then I saw her ring box and realised what was happening.
“I was just so happy that we were so on the same page without even realising it.
“Especially because I come as a package deal with two kids, even though I know Leanne has a great relationship with them, it felt really reassuring to know she wanted the exact same thing I did at the same time.”
The couple met in April 2021 on TikTok and spent the first year and a half commuting between Suffolk and Edinburgh before Leanne moved into a flat near Sally and her daughters.
The couple are now planning for an autumn wedding. Picture: SWNS
Leanne had asked Sally’s dad for permission and told her family about her plan to propose so both families knew what was about to happen and made sure to keep it a surprise.
Leanne, of Edinburgh, said: “Apparently there were many calls behind the scenes between family members laughing at the crazy coincidences of the situation.”
Sally had planned to propose on the day and had a photographer waiting at the top of Calton Hill.
She also had given one of her 12-year-old twin daughters the responsibility of filming it.
Leanne also planned to propose the same day but in front of the Edinburgh Castle and was initially thrown off by a walk up Calton Hill.
Leanne, an assistant manager at a swimming pool, said: “I thought if we got up there and the moment felt right I would do it then but of course had no idea what Sally was planning.
“At the start of the video when Sally in kneeling behind my back, you can see me reach my hand into my pocket and clutch the ring box, literally about to propose.
“When I turned around, my first thought was that she had found the ring I bought and was proposing because of that.
“But then I saw that her ring box was a totally different colour to mine and I honestly couldn’t believe what was happening.
“Sally gave a wonderful little speech and asked me to marry her, at which point I got down on one knee and asked her right back.
“She beat me to the proposal by seconds but I am quite happy to have gotten the first ‘yes’ out of the pair of us.”
Leanne and Sally are now planning for an autumn wedding with Leanne having already hired a wedding planner.