I proposed to my girlfriend on a dock then things went horribly wrong

He wanted a “yes” but got a drippy mess. Waterside “will you marry me” moments are great — in theory.But when the ring hits the water, that’s when the you-know-what hits the fan. “Oh s–t,” sighed the bride-to-be after accidentally knocking her still-boxed engagement ring out of her fiancé’s hand and into a shallow lake. Footage of the guy’s sweet-turned-soggy proposal, made viral by NYC model and his soon-to-be sister-in-law McKenna Hiller, shows his face dropping as the rock rolled off the dock and into the wet stuff. “This was typical of us,” the laughing groom-to-be said right after a beer bottle was also knocked over on the dock.The shocking snippet scored a staggering 647,000 Instagram views, which prompted congratulatory cheers from fans and side-eyes from skeptics — many who believe the future bride’s diamond-dunk was no silly accident.  “She didn’t want to marry him and tried laughing through [it], feeling awkward and not wanting to say ‘No’ on camera,” argued a cynic in the comments. “How sad,” wrote another.

“Dude doesn’t even realize he’s been in the friend zone this entire time.”Trolls, too, scolded the man for setting himself up for a splashy disaster. “Can we PLEASE stop proposing over bodies of water,” carped a critic.“Why do people still propose on piers [and] docks,” questioned an equally underwhelmed onlooker.

“We’ve all seen this happen.”And they might be right. Katie Nicholson, 24, found herself on an “emotional roller coaster,” after briefly losing her square-cut gem to the ocean following fiancé Steve’s big ask in July.Thanks to a kindly passerby, the precious stone was quickly retrieved. Zay, an Australian groom-to-be, arranged an elaborate engagement scene for fiancée, Sai, on Sydney’s Coogee Beach ahead of Valentine’s Day 2023 — only to lose the bling-bling in the sand.

Online onlookers deemed the shoreside proposal “a nightmare.”And Ross Bambe...