Let's get hitched!

[Miriel]

Huuuge disappointment, I dunno how your future wifey would react but I'd just refuse

And there I thought people get married because of love and such, not because someone made them a fancy proposal.

Of course people get married for love and all that good stuff. But that doesn't mean that girls don't look forward to their proposals and wonder how their guy is gonna pop the question. Same with weddings. You don't need the pretty dress or the yummy cake or any of that, but it's still really nice to have.

If it were me, I would go out of my way to make the occassion very special for my future husband. Because I love him and because I'd want him to remember the moment for his whole life.

Saying, "hey wanna marry me?" will suffice for a lot of people, sure. But I'd say it'd be about the same thing as giving someone you love cash for their birthday instead of a special gift you picked out yourself. It's nice, yeah, but eh...

[TheBrent]

I'd spray paint it on Counterstrike when we were having a one on one fight.

Hey, that's a good idea. *high fives*

[Tavrobel]

Huuuge disappointment, I dunno how your future wifey would react but I'd just refuse

And there I thought people get married because of love and such, not because someone made them a fancy proposal.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the world's next Top Comic.

[Roogle]

Huuuge disappointment, I dunno how your future wifey would react but I'd just refuse

And there I thought people get married because of love and such, not because someone made them a fancy proposal.

Of course people get married for love and all that good stuff. But that doesn't mean that girls don't look forward to their proposals and wonder how their guy is gonna pop the question. Same with weddings. You don't need the pretty dress or the yummy cake or any of that, but it's still really nice to have.

If it were me, I would go out of my way to make the occassion very special for my future husband. Because I love him and because I'd want him to remember the moment for his whole life.

Saying, "hey wanna marry me?" will suffice for a lot of people, sure. But I'd say it'd be about the same thing as giving someone you love cash for their birthday instead of a special gift you picked out yourself. It's nice, yeah, but eh...

You will end up remembering an incident like that no matter what you are doing, so it would be better if you were doing something enjoyable. I don't think the word choice would affect much.

[Loony BoB]

Huuuge disappointment, I dunno how your future wifey would react but I'd just refuse

And there I thought people get married because of love and such, not because someone made them a fancy proposal.

Ah, but if you were in love, you'd make the effort.

[Master Quan]

"Hello, dear. There is a deadly poison coursing through your veins. The ring I am about to offer you for your hand in marriage contains the antidote locked inside. If you do not accept my proposal you will not be alive within the hour."

Ah, the classics.

[Jojee]

Huuuge disappointment, I dunno how your future wifey would react but I'd just refuse

And there I thought people get married because of love and such, not because someone made them a fancy proposal.

Pff, you're asking her to be your wife and BE with you for the rest of your lives; that's a pretty huge commitment ^_^;; If you don't make that something special, then that just goes to show you much you value it all, hmm?

[Master Quan]

That's a rather pretentious way of looking at the situation.

[eestlinc]

one could make the argument that such articifice taints a love that is pure.

[Miriel]

I'm also of the opinion that a marriage proposal shouldn't come as a shock to you. I mean, you can be surprised at the timing of it, or how it was executed, but you shouldn't be blind-sighted by being proposed to. If you're completely surprised by the proposal, then maybe you haven't talked/thought enough about the future with your boyfriend/girlfriend in order to make that kind of commitment.

And sheesh, you people. Most girls aren't asking for huge diamond rings and rose petals everywhere and a saxophone player in the background. Most girls just want something significant and thoughtful. Shlup should post how BJ proposed to her cause the way he did it was simple and sweet and thoughtful but not crazy elaborate.

[Loony BoB]

No sense of romance with some people, eh Miriel?

[Yamaneko]

Women need to be grateful they are getting proposed to at all. If we had our way we would have one woman for babies and another for sex.

[Dr Unne]

Thankfully not all women require their partners to dance around like performing monkeys for their amusement. The image that comes to mind when thinking of a traditional marriage proposal is of a man groveling on the floor at the feet of a woman, who then agrees in essence to be "his" (property). It's belittling to all involved. However I have nothing against anyone who enjoys such scripted ritualistic courting ceremonies. To each his/her own.

[Jojee]

That's a rather pretentious way of looking at the situation.

one could make the argument that such articifice taints a love that is pure.

How so? It's a huge commitment, a huge step in your lives, so there should be some thought put into it. I know everyone could (and should, imo) do better that "Yo, let's get married."

Thankfully not all women require their partners to dance around like performing monkeys for their amusement.

Tehehe I would totally make my guy do that if I could *dies*

And nah, I like some of the traditional stuff <3 Not a man groveling at my feet (although that would be pretty funny too ) but a man who really wants to be together with a woman for the rest of his life and letting her know that, who then agrees to spend the rest of her life with the man. :]

I could be called a hopeless romantic I also think that divorces are totally a result of someone's own inability to work things out and mostly just rushing into things and it's pretty ...disgusting? (not realy the word but y'know :</>D), for the vast majority of them. I'll be pretty damn sure that he's the one when I get married o_O;; and I would totally refuse a proposal no matter how nice it is (although it would be so sad, so sad xD) if I felt otherwise.

And btw, I wanna hear Shlup's proposal story :</>D :</>D (God I'm so bored XD!)

[Miriel]

Unne, I don't think you get it. But that's ok.

A lot of people are fully aware of what marriage used to mean and what the ring used to symbolize, but what it used to mean and what it means today are two completely different things. So no, it's not belittling and it's not some sort of monkey dance done purely for the sake of tradition. And "will you marry me" does not mean "will you be my property?"

I personally love weddings like whoa. And I'm really thankful that I get to participate in people's weddings the way I do. I honestly can't understand why a celebration of love can be so unappealing to people.