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Winning A Heart
And A Diamond
Contest entrant shares prize during surprise marriage proposal.
SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN I CONTRIBUTING WRITER
ddie Rubin had known for three
years that he was going to marry
Michelle Unger. But when it came
down to the actual engagement,
he had only three hours to plan his proposal.
In early November, Rubin, 24, of
Farmington Hills, entered the "Tell Us Your
Love Story" contest at Tapper's Diamonds &
Fine Jewelry.
In fairytale form, he wrote in his entry:
"I may not be a prince, and the love of my
life may not be a damsel in distress, but our
story has all the classic elements of a perfect
fairytale — love, challenges, a little bit of fate
and two people who plan to live happily ever
after."
Rubin said the realization that he would
marry Unger came before the 2009 death
of his dad, Berry. "Michelle wrote a letter
to my father thanking him for raising such
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a wonderful son and always welcoming her
into our family," Rubin said. "I read it to him
and, as I read her words, I knew that she was
someone special, and I wanted to spend the
rest of my life with her. It comforted me to
know that my father had met and known the
woman I wanted to spend the rest of my life
with."
At 3 p.m. on Dec. 1, Rubin learned his
contest entry was chosen from more than
240 essays and that he had won a $10,000
A. Jaffe diamond engagement ring. He then
had to figure out how to offer it to Unger, 25,
of Commerce before word of the win became
public the next day.
Rubin crafted a plan to ask Michelle to
marry him that evening at Tapper's West
Bloomfield store, immediately inviting their
families to witness the milestone. He told
Michelle, a second-year law student at
Become a Mentor
Wayne State University, he was a top-
five finalist in the contest and they
needed to be interviewed right away.
Hoping To Win
When Michelle got to the store,
Tapper's Vicki Briggs helped Rubin
Eddie
stage an "interview" in a private room,
asking the couple a list of questions he
had written.
"Vicki was very professional, acting as
if she was actually writing down all of the
answers," Rubin said. "As the 'interview'
ended I could see the disappointed look
in Michelle's face because we would have
to wait until the next day to find out if we
won."
Her mood transformed drastically when
the couple walked into the main area of the
store.
Rubin proposes to Michelle Unger.
"All of our family [including Eddie's mom
Edie Rubin of Farmington Hills and Michelle's
parents Rick and Renee Unger of Commerce,
along with a store full of customers], were
out there with flowers and champagne,"
Rubin said. "At that moment, I got down on
one knee and asked her to marry me."
A video photomontage of the couple
— who met more than eight years ago as
teenagers at a BBYO event — was playing
on a screen. It was prepared by Rubin, co-
president and producer at Deep Blue Pictures.
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