As quickly as Taylor Swift introduced she was bringing her Eras Tour to Australia, Kesh knew that she needed to suggest to girlfriend Jules at one of the live shows.

Jules, 18, has been a large Swiftie for years and Kesh, additionally 18, knew there was no higher place to pop the query – however they needed to get tickets first.

“I really wanted to propose to Jules at a Taylor Swift concert and we didn’t have two tickets, but I was like, ‘this needs to happen’,” Kesh tells 9honey.

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The first ticket drops were mayhem and the Darwin couple missed out on seats, so like tens of millions of Australians they turned to Facebook Marketplace.

That’s the place Kesh discovered a lady claiming to be reselling two tickets to 1 of Swift’s Melbourne reveals for $400.

“I thought I could trust her. She sent me a video of her face, we had her licence. She swore on her kids’ lives,” she says.

The vendor requested Kesh to ship the money by way of a cost app and Kesh agreed, as a fast Google confirmed it was a professional and authorised monetary establishment.

Unfortunately, the vendor wasn’t professional. 

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Kesh and Jules solely realised they’d been scammed after handing over $400. They were unable to get their a reimbursement.

“Why would you emotionally manipulate someone like that?” Kesh fumes.

Suddenly her Eras Tour proposal plans were circling the drain.

Desperate to safe tickets, she scoured resale websites till she discovered one other Aussie providing two H Reserve tickets, which retail for lower than $100, for 5 occasions the unique worth.

“He was telling me that he got an offer from someone for $500 and I knew I had to act fast … so we ended up paying $550 for two H Reserve tickets,” Kesh says.

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Tickets in hand, they jetted to Melbourne for Swift’s very first Eras Tour present Down Under on February 16.

A nervous Kesh stashed the ring field underneath half an uneaten Subway sandwich in her bag as they headed to the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

Before going inside she made an excuse about throwing out the sandwich, snuck away and moved the ring to her pocket.

Then Swift took to the stage, the music swelled and Kesh bought able to pop the query.

“I was very nervous going into it. I was like, ‘Is this it? Is this the lyric?'” she says.

Right before the massive second she instructed Jules she was going to ask surrounding concertgoers to snap a photograph of them utilizing a be aware typed on her cellphone. It was a lie.

“I had two notes, that was the fake note. The real note that I was showing people actually said, ‘I’m going to propose to my girlfriend. Can you help us film?'” Kesh reveals.

Everyone was prepared when the opening notes of Swift’s 2008 hit Love Story performed; everybody besides Jules, who had no clue what was about to occur.

As Swift belted the road, ‘He knelt to the bottom and pulled out a hoop’, Kesh did simply that.

At first, Jules did not consider the proposal was actual.

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“She would do this thing where she jokingly got down on one knee in public, so I thought she was doing that again,” Jules says. 

Then she noticed the ring in Kesh’s hand.

“You hear me scream in the video. I was like, ‘Oh my god, is this happening?'” she says.

“I was shaking, I almost fell over and forgot to say yes until Taylor Swift said ‘yes’ in the song. I was just watching Kesh sing at me and I was like, ‘Wait, I need to say yes!'”

The crowd round them cheers as Kesh lastly put the ring on Jules’ finger.

“Jules was just so happy and in that moment, I knew that it was going to work out and that every step I took to make sure it happened was all worth it,” Kesh says.

Jules provides: “I’m really grateful that I have someone who was willing to put in that much effort.”

The relaxation of the present felt like a dream and Jules was nonetheless on cloud 9 the following morning when she noticed her personal face whereas scrolling on TikTook.

Another concertgoer had filmed their engagement and posted it on-line, the place it had already racked up tens of 1000’s of likes. Jules was floored by the constructive response.

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The clip has since been watched over 1.6 million occasions with a whole lot of 1000’s of Swift followers cheering the couple on within the feedback.

The help means a lot to the couple, who know firsthand how alienating it may be to be overtly queer, particularly of their dwelling metropolis of Darwin.

“It’s very difficult to be brave sometimes, especially as an openly queer couple,” Kesh says.

“To be able to declare my love in a way that was so public, open and just carefree, it was a really exhilarating feeling.”

They by no means anticipated their engagement to go viral however hope the footage empowers different queer Aussies.

Kesh’s recommendation to anybody planning a proposal at one of Swift’s Sydney reveals is to study all of the lyrics forward of time.

And sure, there will certainly be a contact of Taylor Swift on their marriage ceremony day.

Kesh and Jules each love the track Timeless, which they are saying completely encompasses their romance, so there is no doubt it and Love Story might be on the marriage playlist.