Anyone planning a leap year proposal?

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Curious to see if any of you are planning to propose to your other half on February 29th?

Do people still do this - was it ever really a thing?

A friend told me that her daughter had arranged a get together with some couples on the 29th, and a couple of the guys have suddenly got very busy that day when they realised the date!

It’s not really a thing now is it? And quite rightly so

Is it 1985?

I can't think of anything worse than something like that being sprung on someone it's an enormous commitment (or rather, it should be) so needs to be addressed in such a way...

If I was planning to propose, I wouldn't wait for a leap year. I'd just do it.

I know people are going to say "it's just a bit of light hearted fun" but it's really weird and somehow depressing that women still need permission to do the proposing.

I don't think a woman proposing to a man is in any way "desperate" or degrading, but for some reason doing it on Feb 29 does seem that way to me - like, "quick, this is my chance, better get in there on the one day its allowed".

I actually think that I proposed. It was more a ‘shall we then?’.

Who says romance is dead?

I can't think of anything worse than something like that being sprung on someone it's an enormous commitment (or rather, it should be) so needs to be addressed in such a way...

That applies to the whole proposal nonsense, 29 February or otherwise.

I can't think of anything worse than something like that being sprung on someone

Our societal narrative seems to insist that, on the contrary, women absolutely love being proposed to out of the blue....

If you don't like the idea of a surprise February 29th proposal, I assume you don't like the idea of surprise proposals full stop. Because if not, then that's just sexist.