Dude Shuts Down Major Highway To Propose To His Girlfriend

Kmarko12/16/2015 4:45 PM

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(CNN)Love can make you do some pretty crazy things. Bringing a major interstate in downtown Houston to a standstill probably shouldn’t be one of them.

Vidal Valladares, 24, has been charged with obstruction of a highway, a misdemeanor, for shutting down I-45 on Sunday to propose to his girlfriend, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office said. The misdemeanor is punishable by up to six months in jail.

“I’m feeling bad and, of course, I just wanted to apologize to everyone if I caused any problems,” Valladares told CNN affiliate KTRK. “That wasn’t my intention in the beginning. I just wanted to do something different.”

His 23-year-old girlfriend Michelle Wycoff said, “Yes.” The wedding is in March

Valladares had a few accomplices in his endeavor. Friends and family in eight cars blocked traffic so he could pull it off, KTRK reported.

Why I-45 in downtown Houston? That’s Wycoff’s favorite view of the city. Valladares wanted the setting to be perfect.

“Love makes you do stupid things and I wanted to do something big for my girl,” Valladares said. “Something that she will always remember.”

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I’m trying to think if I’ve ever hated anyone more than this guy. It’s tough but I’m really racking my brain. Hitler. Bin Laden. al-Baghdadi. Ummm…yeah I think that’s it. The dictator of Nazi Germany, two terrorist masterminds, and then this fucking bum from Houston blocking a major interstate to propose to his dumb ass girlfriend.

I mean I hate protestors who shut down traffic for their cause with the fire of a thousand suns, but at least in their minds they think they’re doing it for a good reason. A dude stopping a 5 lane interstate because he wants to “do something big for my girl” – Jesus, the only thing that can possibly cheer me up watching this is the hope that one of the charges they hit this guy with comes with a possibility of the death penalty.