Electrician, 23, who was dumped by his girlfriend throws $5,000 engagement ring off a CLIFF after he planned a romantic all-expenses paid trip to Santorini to propose to her
- Kind boyfriend organised secret romantic trip to Santorini to propose to his girl
- She dumped him just weeks before he revealed his big plans
- He went on the trip anyway – then flung the $5000 ring in its box off a cliff
- Immediately his life improved, he found a new love and moved to Canada
An electrician who threw a $5000 engagement ring off a cliff after his girlfriend dumped him says he has no regrets about the impulse decision.
Brendan Beasley, from Penrith in Sydney’s western suburbs, secretly organised a trip of a lifetime to Greece, spending more than $10,000 on the holiday and ring combined so that he could propose to his long-term girlfriend in Santorini.
But shortly before the big reveal, she broke up with him.
Moments after flinging the ring from a cliff in Santorini, Greece, Mr Beasley felt a huge weight lift from off his shoulders
‘After three years together, and for no reason at all … she ended up leaving me,’ he told news.com.au.
‘I was gutted because I had actually bought her a ring and booked us a surprise trip to Santorini (to propose) because she always wanted to get engaged there.’
Mr Beasley cut his losses and took the trip anyway.
He kept the ring with him but when he discovered his former girlfriend had got together with another man, he just wanted to be rid of the burden.
He travelled to Santorini on a Contiki tour and, while watching the sun set, hurled the $5000 ring in its box off a cliff and into the Aegean Sea.
The tour guide leader who befriended him, captured the moment for him on video.
Mr Beasley deleted all his photos of the actual ring, but he said the ring was this style
Mr Beasley found love again with his new girlfriend Kassie, who he was pictured (above) kissing on top of the Jungfrau mountain in Switzerland
Mr Beasley said the decision was a good one even though it cost a lot of money, as something inside of him changed in that moment.
‘The moment I threw the ring, a whole lot of weight lifted off my shoulders,’ he said.
‘I really found myself in Europe after that.’
The adventurous tourist was 23 when he flung the ring from the cliff two years ago and he told Daily Mail Australia that his life immediately changed for the better.
He met a Canadian girl on tour and moved to Canada where he had the time of his life coaching snowboarding in the four-month winter season, and skateboarding in the summer.
After moving home for a stint at his normal trade as electrician, Brenda, now 25, is thinking of moving back to Canada to be with his new girlfriend, Kassandra, and maybe work on the oil rigs.
When asked if he had any regrets throwing a $5000 ring off a cliff, Mr Beasley responded instantly: ‘No’.
‘I never did,’ he said.
‘It’s worked out better for me.’
Brendan’s life took off after he threw away the ring. He met a Canadian girl and moved to Canada where he had the time of his life coaching snowboarding in the four-month winter season, and skateboarding in the summer. Pictured: in Bonnyville, northern Alberta, 2018
Mr Beasley went travelling on a European adventure