Will your efforts at getting a marriage proposal land you at the winner's table?
It’s that time of year again, wedding season, and if you have a long term boyfriend you may be feeling that the pressure is on to get that marriage proposal. The complaint that I’m hearing most from women in this situation is “I’m sick of going to weddings and being asked when I am finally going to be a bride?” If the wedding happens to be for a couple that was dating for less time than the woman who is still waiting to be engaged, then this phrase is uttered with an even greater sense of frustration and often with a fair amount of profanity. <
A Cincinnati man proposes to his girlfriend of 4.5 years on the deal-of-the-day website
As reported on Salon.com today, the digital social media marriage proposal has just expanded to include, “Will you marry me?” via Groupon. Greg R., who put the price tag of $1 for his bride-to-be, was the first to propose on the deal-of-the-day website in the Cincinnati edition.
People continue to set the bar high with their creative marriage proposals.
A man from the island of Great Britain decided to improve the film Avatar by adding a little emotion to it. The fellow ducked away from the previews or some such and the screen rolled with a video of him singing a Lou Reed standard. When the song ended, he popped the question and the audience ended up being friends and family, rather than the only 50 English-speaking people who had not seen Avatar.
Waiting for him to propose marriage? How to deal when you're waiting to get engaged.
A modern woman shouldn't break down over a marriage proposal. But despite all the gender-role changes over the past decades, men asking women for their hand in marriage is a tradition that has remained strong. And for a woman who wants her man to get down on one knee, waiting for that one little question is stressful and nerve-wracking. But can waiting for a proposal really drive you crazy?
Kenyan offers Hillary livestock dowry for her daughter.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Africa this week, fielding marriage proposals for her daughter, Chelsea. According to the Associated Press, a Kenyan man wrote to Bill Clinton in 2000 and offered him 40 goats and 20 cows for his only daughter's hand in marriage.
Woman uses store's PA to ask for guy's hand in marriage.
A woman in England decided after dating a man for 7 weeks that he was the one. She decided to propose over the loudspeaker at the grocery store. Sure she was a cashier at that store and in her element but that takes a whole lotta guts. Though he may have not survived if he said no.
