This is the adorable moment a couple accidentally proposed to each other at the same time — after each had spent months planning the same proposal.
Stormy Phillips, 30, and Kelly Rogers, 29, captured the moment they surprised one another by proposing at the same time.
The couple, who have been together for three and a half years, both dropped hints about engagement rings around Christmas 2025.
Without the other one knowing, they both got each other’s rings designed in the same month and decided to use their annual summer trip for the proposal.
The couple is avid hikers, so when the opportunity for a hike in the Swiss mountains arose, they both knew it was the perfect opportunity.
Stormy, a capital consultant based in Charleston, South Carolina, said: “I couldn’t believe it.
“When Kelly got down on one knee, I was so shocked and then immediately so excited to do the same for her.
“It was a real magical moment.”
Kelly and Stormy met at the gym when they both lived in Charlotte, North Carolina, and were friends for months before starting to date.
The couple moved from Charlotte to Charleston in April 2023 and has lived there together since.
Stormy said, “We just happened to go to the same gym and became fast friends.
“About three or four months in is when we started dating after I confessed my feelings for her.
“After the move, we knew we wanted to get married, but were in no rush.
“That was until Kelly pointed out a video of a particular type of engagement ring, and started dropping hints.”
Both women were under the assumption that there was no rush to get engaged, but that quickly changed when Kelly dropped a hint about an engagement ring.
After that, Stormy subtly told Kelly her own ring preferences, and they both reached out to designers without the other one knowing.
Stormy said, “When she showed me the ring she thought was cute, that was my signal to go ahead.
“Little did I know, she was just trying to get my thoughts out of me so she could go and design a ring for me!
“I’m pretty sure we were both designing our rings in the same month, but with different designers.
“The one I got for her arrived in March, and I think the one she bought arrived in early April.”
Both thought to pop the question whilst hiking on their annual summer trip.
For 2025, they were going to Switzerland, then Amsterdam and Copenhagen, for a couple of weeks at the end of May.
Both Stormy and Kelly also both planned to meet up with friends who lived in Amsterdam to celebrate, so their friends had to lie to them both simultaneously.
Stormy said, “I was thinking about how to propose, but then Kelly just kept suggesting and planning different hiking routes for when we were in Switzerland.
“I was thinking ‘Oh great- I don’t have to plan much of Kelly’s proposal myself,’ having no clue that she was actually planning mine.
“Our friends who are based in Amsterdam were actually getting confused trying to keep up with which of us had told them what – it was so funny!”
Stormy was able to capture the romantic moment on video, where Kelly unexpectedly got down on one knee mid-hike.
She said: “We were both silent for the first part of the rainy hike, both thinking the same nervous thoughts.
“Once the weather had cleared, we stopped at this beautiful view, and Kelly suggested taking some photos.
“I had no idea we were working together to make the proposal happen.
“The reveal felt epic, and I was so happy to return the favor.”
Stormy and Kelly spent the rest of the hike laughing and filling each other in on what the other had been up to.
They went on to Amsterdam to celebrate with friends and are now planning their 2027 Portugal wedding.
Stormy said, “We continued the hike and just chatted about everything each of us missed.
“We’re now planning a road trip around Portugal with both of our mothers in July to tour venues for our wedding.
“Once we have that pinned down, we can start booking everything for our 2027 nuptials.”
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