A hopeful groom’s holiday proposal ended in a search for his future wife’s custom engagement ring.
Dave Van Veen of Wisconsin planned an unforgettable evening for his girlfriend, Kailyn Kenney, which included popping the question on Dec. 22. All seemed to be going according to plan until the moment he was down on one knee — when he reached into his pocket for his ring and realized it wasn’t where he left it.
Retracing his steps, Van Veen told local news station WISN that he showed the ring to his family in Madison, Wis., before heading to Milwaukee to ask Kenney to be his wife.
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“The goal was to make it a surprise, and it was certainly a surprising day,” Van Veen recalled. “I was super nervous.”
Looking back at the last time he saw the ring, he said he and his family “looked at the ring and were all excited. I closed it up in …