{"id":6893,"date":"2013-04-17T16:06:50","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T06:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/uk\/articles\/overpass-proposal-who-is-aussie-dave-and-why-is-jen-leaving-him\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T12:09:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T01:09:35","slug":"overpass-proposal-who-is-aussie-dave-and-why-is-jen-leaving-him","status":"publish","type":"uk-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/articles\/overpass-proposal-who-is-aussie-dave-and-why-is-jen-leaving-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Overpass proposal: Who is Aussie Dave and why is Jen leaving him?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29133\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.easyweddings.com\/files\/2021\/10\/28211939\/aussie-dave.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29133\" title=\"After proposing to Jen on a sign above Melbourne's Nepean Highway, everyone wants to know who Aussie Dave is - and why Jen's leaving. Image: Jay Town (Leader)\" alt=\"After proposing to Jen on a sign above Melbourne's Nepean Highway, everyone wants to know who Aussie Dave is - and why Jen's leaving. Image: Jay Town (Leader)\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.easyweddings.com\/files\/2021\/10\/28211939\/aussie-dave.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After proposing to Jen on a sign above Melbourne&#8217;s Nepean Highway, everyone wants to know who Aussie Dave is &#8211; and why Jen&#8217;s leaving. Image: Jay Town (Leader)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"lead\">Thousands of commuters were greeted Monday morning by a perplexing wedding proposal scrawled on a bedsheet and left hanging over a highway overpass in Melbourne&#8217;s south-east.<\/p>\n<p>Emblazoned with a pink love heart, the sign simply said, &#8220;DON&#8217;T GO JEN. MARRY ME. \u2764 AUSSIE DAVE.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The makeshift sign has since been taken down but, despite several media outlets asking viewers and readers if they may be aware of Jen and Aussie Dave&#8217;s real identities, nobody seems to know who they are, nor why Jen was, apparently, leaving.<\/p>\n<p>Was Jen leaving Aussie Dave or even the country? Did she ever see the sign? And, if she did, did she accept?<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the answer, if you know Jen or Aussie Dave, we&#8217;d love to know the real story, <a href=\"mailto:social@easyweddings.com.au\">so please get in touch with us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original story at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldsun.com.au\/leader\/south-east\/romeo-aussie-dave-shows-his-passion-for-jen-his-juliet-to-nepean-highway-commuters\/story-fngnvmhm-1226620929561\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Herald Sun Leader<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>What&#8217;s the most unconventional (or fun) wedding proposal you&#8217;ve experienced or heard of?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6894,"parent":0,"template":"","uk_article_category":[6810],"uk_article_tag":[3942,2211,4174],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-article\/6893"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uk-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-article\/6893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"uk_article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_article_category?post=6893"},{"taxonomy":"uk_article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_article_tag?post=6893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}