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El O'Callaghan asked her boyfriend, Sam Purdie, to marry her in an elaborate mountain bike proposal on Nov. 19, 2023

At sunset on the same mountain later that day, Purdie proposed to O'Callaghan

The bride-to-be tells PEOPLE that the double proposal was "surreal, like living a moment out of a novel or fairy tale"

A longtime boyfriend and girlfriend "were in for a big surprise" when they coincidentally planned to propose to each other on the same day.

Six years into her relationship with Sam Purdie, El O'Callaghan knew she wanted to propose to him. What she didn't know was that Purdie was thinking the exact same thing — at the same time.

"I’ve always believed in challenging traditional roles. I used to joke, 'I’m not the type of girl to drop hints, I’ll just drop a knee,'

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