Smitten dad-to-be opts to propose in paper

WILL she or won’t she? That is the question. And Tim Dennehy was last night still waiting for an answer.

Tim wanted to go public with his proposal of marriage to the love of his life, Nora Muldowney.

Tim, from Caherdavin in Limerick, splashed out €50 and took out an ad in the Limerick Leader newspaper which carried his proposal.

The 24-year-old was yesterday still nervously awaiting a response from Nora, 22. She is nine months’ pregnant with their baby.

Tim said: “I just wanted to show her how much I love her and how serious I am about her. It is an expression of my love for her and that I want her to be my wife.

“I didn’t sleep at all last night. I couldn’t close my eyes for a second. It’s all I could think about. I spent the entire time talking to my mum and friends about it. They all wished me the best of luck. I can’t eat or anything.”

Rather than get down on bended knee, Tim wanted to do “something unique” for his proposal.

The €50 advertisement read: “I love you Nora Muldowney. Will you marry me? I worship your very existence. Tim.”

He met Nora at a party in the Locke Bar about 18 months ago.

He said: “We hit it off straight away and started living together. I just love her so much.

“Then I just sat back and thought what could I do, what way could I show her how serious I was about her. I just want to paint her an honest picture of what I want.”

Tim said he would give Nora all the time in the world for her to respond to the proposal.

He said: “This is her decision and hers alone to make. She can take all the time she wants, but she knows that I love her.

“If she accepts and was to have the baby this weekend, it would be the best thing ever in my life. It would bring me double joy.”