How a Jersey Cow Helped Make the Perfect Proposal

One of our prized Jersey cows, 8-year-old, Ariel, helped out with the proposal.
One of our prized Jersey cows, 8-year-old, Ariel, helped out with the proposal.
(Karen Bohnert)

It’s that time of year when high school dance proposals happen. Unlike generations before when a proposal simply consisted of asking your date to the dance, now there is a lot of hype about when and how you ask.

It all started with making a big deal of how a high school student would ask their prom date to the dance. And, it has spilled over to other, less-formal dances, too, like Sadie Hawken’s winter formal dance. And, even if you are officially dating someone, a big proposal is now expected.

Generally, it means doing a posterboard with a cute saying. Maybe some balloons and a picture, of course, that obviously goes on social media. The Instagram-worthy photo is what the hype is all about. Students brainstorm ideas on what makes sense. If the date is a football player, generally something about football will be played up on the posterboard and how the girl asks the guy to the dance.

The idea of a Sadie Hawken’s dance is that the girls ask their desired date to the dance, as opposed to the men inviting their dates. While in the 1950s this may have been a big deal, now girls asking their crush to the dance is now considered, NBD (no big deal). Although there is no formal rule as to who can or cannot ask to a dance.

Earlier this year, my 16-year-old daughter, Cassie, searched Pinterest and talked with her friends about how she was going to ask her boyfriend, Jake, to the winter formal Sadie Hawken’s dance. A posterboard was obviously going to be needed for this proposal, but what Cassie was planning required more than a trip to the Dollar Store. It required a visit to our dairy barn.

One of our prized Jersey cows, 8-year-old, Ariel, helped out with the proposal. Cassie got some pink paint and wrote out “SADIES?” on the cow’s side. She also made a posterboard that stated:

I thought I should “moove” along and ask…

Jersey cow

When Jake came to the farm and went inside our commodity shed, Cassie was standing next to Ariel, holding the poster and instantly Jake’s smile stretched wide. He immediately said yes, and my mom role was to take the pictures, capturing it all. Afterward, they took Ariel back to the barn and twosome went to work on our family farm, helping feed heifers.

Jersey cow

Those that know Cassie, know she is all farm girl, meaning they know Cassie’s love for dairy could fill a barn and her work ethic is unmatched. They also know that she feels more comfortable sporting jeans and boots than a dress and heals. So, when it comes to a perfect proposal, Cassie nailed this one, as it was simply moo-velous.

 

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