Asking a man to marry you.

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Would you ask a man to marry you?

Obviously not just any man, I mean your boyfriend or partner, but would you?

My DH always said it's the man's job to ask and he always wanted to ask me and that if id have asked him, he would have said no.

He did ask, 9 years ago and we have been married for nearly 8 years, 2 DC since but I'm just intrigued what others think?

We didn’t do any of it traditionally, although I wore white I suppose.

No proposal. Conversation while we were away at a nice hotel for the weekend and agreed to get married.

No ‘engagement’. I don’t wear fancy rings and I was 30 and felt like ‘engagement’ sounded like something a 19 yr old would do.

No big wedding. We got married in a registry office with a handful of guests 3 months after deciding to get married. I’ve never wanted a big dress or to have a huge rigmarole around getting married and DH wasn’t fussed. Also hated the idea of spending thousands on one day.

We did have an extortionate it expensive champagne lunch (wedding breakfast) in a high end London restaurant, and a 5-star honeymoon in SE Asia…so it was decadent and romantic in its own way!

Rach to their own, but for me, the ‘romance’ was that we adored each other and wanted to build our lives together. No big gestures needed.