A woman found her fiancé on a Facebook selling page after he jokingly offered himself up for sale . Beckie Bennett , 43 , was browsing her local buy and sell Facebook group when an unusual offer caught her eye - a local man had advertised himself as 'house trained ' and up for sale . Richard Yardley , 38 , had written the post as a joke . But when Beckie commented to check out the goods on offer , he asked her on a date . Beckie Bennett and Richard Yardley met after Richard jokingly advertised himself on a buy and sell Facebook page and Beckie commented on his picture . The pair are now engaged . Following their unusual introduction , the couple are now engaged after Richard proposed , and mother-of-three Beckie says she has bagged herself the best bargain ever - the man of her dreams . She said : 'We 're going to tie the knot next August , and it 's all thanks to that Facebook page . Richard is the best thing I 've ever won on the buy , sell and swap page . ' In May 2013 , Beckie , of Harbury , near Leamington Spa , logged on to Facebook to search for furniture for her son 's new flat . Cheeky blonde Richard had jokingly posted a picture of himself on to the page with the caption : 'man for sale - free to a good home . ' Beckie said : ' I saw the picture of Richard with his glasses on and I decided to play along . ' I commented to check out Richard 's credentials . It 's the first rule of Facebook shopping - make sure what you 're buying is up to scratch . ''Do you clean , wash and drive ? ' I asked . Within seconds he 'd replied , 'all of the above . '' From the moment they met Beckie says she and Richard were inseparable , he has now proposed and they plan to get married later this year . Beckie and Richard enjoy a trip with two of her children Daniel 15 ( left ) and Phoebe , seven ( centre ) After the exchange Beckie was surprised to see that Richard had deleted the post from the Facebook page . Beckie , who is mother to Ashley , 23 , Daniel , 15 , and Phoebe , seven , said : 'At first I thought I might have offended him , I was only trying to tease him . ' Moments later her notification panel pinged and Richard had sent her her a message . The message read : 'How about this for spontaneity - lets meet for a drink . ' The pair met up at a pub the next night and immediately hit it off . Beckie said : 'When I met him I thought he seemed really sweet . It was a brilliant first date . I arrived and like a gentleman he was already waiting outside with a drink for me . 'We laughed all night long . It was a whirlwind . From that moment on we were inseparable . ' Richard proposed to Beckie with a ring which he hid in the glove compartment of his car . Beckie posted on the buy and sell wall to tell the rest of the users that she and Richard were engaged . Two months into the relationship another visitor to the site asked what had happened to the man who had advertised himself . Beckie replied , announcing : 'Sorry girls , you know the rules.. I commented first , so first dibs ! ' Richard popped the question by hiding the ring in his car and asking Beckie to fetch something out of his glove compartment . She said : 'He asked me to go fetch something from the car.. I went out thinking it would be some shopping . ' I ran back inside with the ring shouting 'yes ' over and over again . He did n't even have time to ask the question . ' The couple plan on getting married in August this year . Beckie wrote on the Facebook page recently to let everyone know that they were getting married . She said : ' I never in a million years thought I would bag a husband from a Facebook page . He is such a romantic but he 's a joker as well . The way we got together makes everyone laugh . ' This is Beckie 's profile picture from Facebook . Richard messaged her on the site to ask her out after she commented on his post .
Richard Yardley , 38 , had jokingly offered himself up to the highest bidder . Beckie Bennett , 43 , commented on his post and he had soon asked her out . The pair are now engaged and hoping to marry in August this year .