GooseChaser Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 To the men: would you be upset if your girlfriend proposed marriage to you? Would you want to be the one to pop the question, or would you be fine either way? To the women: would you consider proposing marriage to your boyfriend if you felt that the time was right, or not? Do you think that the proposal is the duty of the man, or that either partner can ask?
AverageJoe Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 It has happend to me before. It didnt upset me, I was fine with it. She probably wasnt happy however, because I said no.
youngskywalker Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 I also had this happen once. The girl gave me her special 'grandmas wedding ring' and said whenever you're ready to ask me! We were only dating three months lol. I launched shortly after that. So no, I wouldn't want a girl to pop the question.
carhill Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 Only been down the aisle once but, TBH, at the point when the proposal happened, it was just some metal and carbon catching up with the forgone decision. IOW, it was a mutual proposal in fact, but a singular one (me) in formality. I've never been one to unwaveringly stand on tradition.
LittleTiger Posted October 23, 2010 Posted October 23, 2010 I think it should be discussed mutually before either one makes a formal proposal. If you haven't talked about marriage then asking 'out of the blue' seems a bit silly to me. I would still never propose to a man though, even if we'd agreed we want to marry. I'm quite a traditional girl at heart and I'd feel very weird getting down on one knee.
yah Posted October 23, 2010 Posted October 23, 2010 To the women: would you consider proposing marriage to your boyfriend if you felt that the time was right, or not? Do you think that the proposal is the duty of the man, or that either partner can ask? I wouldn't do the whole get-down-on-bended knees thing but I'd start the dialog on engagement/marriage.
John018 Posted October 23, 2010 Posted October 23, 2010 To the men: would you be upset if your girlfriend proposed marriage to you? Yes. It won't affect by decision whether to marry her or not - but I wouldn't want any girl to propose to me. I'd feel as though she stole my thunder. And I'd be very embarrassed to tell my friends/family that my fiancée proposed to ME. If a woman wants to get married then she should be dropping hints like when she wants anything else in life.
spice4life Posted October 23, 2010 Posted October 23, 2010 I think it should be discussed mutually before either one makes a formal proposal. If you haven't talked about marriage then asking 'out of the blue' seems a bit silly to me. I would still never propose to a man though, even if we'd agreed we want to marry. I'm quite a traditional girl at heart and I'd feel very weird getting down on one knee. I'm single but I agree with LittleTiger's post. When I get involved with someone I want to marry' I would want it to be discussed mutually. Then it would be up to him to pop the question.
TaurusTerp Posted October 23, 2010 Posted October 23, 2010 I'm all for women shaking off the traditional submissive role, but yeah....that might be a little too much for me.
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