Instagram content creator Bradley Cho from Illinois has been melting hearts after showing his followers the long process of getting his wife-to-be the engagement ring he believes she deserves. Bradley posted a video celebrating the 89th day of his long-running series titled #doordashforadiamond.
In his reel, Brad explained that he has spent nearly three months working a relentless second job to secure the ultimate symbol of his commitment. Brad says he always knew he wanted to marry his girlfriend Julia, the woman who stuck by him through it all; the good and the bad.
He also knew that the ring he was going to get had to represent something profound — not just a financial transaction, but an act of pure devotion. Still, there were monetary realities he had to deal with. He did the math and realized he would need to work 90 days to afford the $6,500 needed for the ring.
He brought his followers along with him
And that’s how the hashtag was born. Brad set a very strict rule for himself: every single dollar required to purchase the ring would come entirely from delivering food in his spare time. He also committed to documenting the journey for Instagram, so the filming and editing added even more time to his day. And so the midnight grind began.
For 89 consecutive days, Brad lived a double life. He would work his regular job during the day, and when night fell, Brad would flip his DoorDash app to “active.” And he brought all his followers along with him.
The views on every video kept growing as people realized that Brad was fully committed to his mission. Like Jacob in the Bible, who labored for 14 years for the hand of Rachel in marriage, or even the mythical journey of Odysseus, who spent over a decade lost at sea trying to get back to Penelope — one thing is for sure, people love a story of devotion from a man. And Brad showed exactly that. If 1 million likes is anything to go by, people are seemingly responding positively to it.
The comments were full of users praising him for his effort. One user wrote, “We love an INTENTIONAL man. This is soo cute, I can’t wait for the proposal!” Another added, “This is beautiful. The heart behind this…not begrudgingly but proud and with honor! some men just get it.”
One user suggested that they were just as committed to the story as Brad himself. The user wrote, “I was there since the job scare but felt like I have been here since the beginning.”
This is how true love is measured
But another saw this as an indictment of the state of the economy and wrote, “This isn’t the America we deserve as Americans 🙁 no one should be poor after buying a condo and have to work 8 months to afford a ring to start their family.”
Brad’s story is a reminder that true love isn’t measured by grand, effortless gestures, but by quiet, dedicated sacrifices made every single day that eventually just blend into routine.
Published: Aug 8, 2026 07:58 am