Posted on 05/05/2014 6:57:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Edited on 05/05/2014 6:59:59 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Steve Paska waited two weeks for Washington's famously fickle cherry blossoms to emerge, then spent two hours searching for the perfect spot beneath the canopy of fluff. He lured his girlfriend there on the pretext of buying a painting of the blooms. Then he surprised her by dropping to one knee and proposing.
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“Because women are evil and selfish and men have to do everything and men are the victims.” - Freeper
Michelle:"I'm pregnant,Barry"
BO:"How can that be? I'm...uuuhhhmmm..."
Michelle:"Of course,but I'm still putting your name on the birth certificate"
My first wife proposed to me. Obviously I accepted. She told me twenty years later that she didn’t want to move to Birmingham with a husband. I proposed to my second wife ... obviously she accepted. Great woman.
Both your answer and the preceding thread are right. Women want to be proposed to because they want the right of refusal and in some cases for the man to come begging for their hand.
Any hesitation on the part of a man to a woman’s proposal would indeed be remembered and used as hammer for years to come.
Women, in general, don’t like to be told they’re wrong, will hold it against you forever if you show them they are wrong, want their way at all times or they will hold it against you forever, expect you to read their minds and contrary to popular belief are the ones who are reluctant to make and sometimes maintain a commitment or to try to work through problems.
Too many take on the view that their husbands are the cash cow/sperm donor and that there is always a better man out there if they are disappointed in any way with their current spouse. They are also frequently assured that they could go it alone because the ex and/or the taxpayer will fund their lifestyle and kids.
I have seen too many guys who were devoted husbands who have either lived through these nightmares or are currently dealing with it. Although some of these things have been issues for me, I have worked through them with my wife of 42 years. She is not perfect and neither am I but we have been able to work through problems and still love each other above all others. I have found out over the years that she is not necessarily the norm based on a large pool of observations.
LOL. There was a comedian, I can’t think of his name, who talked about men having an ‘empty room’ that they can go to in their heads. When you ask them what they are thinking and they say nothing, they are not lying.
Women don’t have an ‘empty room’
They’re afraid of rejection even if they were 100% certain of their mate’s response
What? Are you insinuating the President of the United States would falsify a birth certificate???!!!!
(/snark)
Men are natural hunters observing their environment. Women are socialist observing their social interaction. This is why I do not think women should be warriors, no mind set for it.
When a group of women are told to climb a mountain they discuss how they feel about it. The men go right into the technical aspects right away.
A real woman can get her proposal and have her guy convinced that it was his idea.
So true!
(Though not all men are like that, and there are certainly some empty-headed women out there too.
Sometimes it's a little more direct. I know somebody who has made no secret about having NO interest in getting married ever. His girlfriend, who has always said she is fine with that, emailed him a photo of an engagement ring. Guess she's not as fine with the arrangement as she's been saying... In my opinion, not a smart move on her part.
“IMO women are afraid to find out what men really think about their relationship”
I would state that differently, to the point of disagreement. Women really DO want to know what men think, but if there is some fragment of something that troubles them when this info is found out, they will often drive themselves (and thus you) crazy working it over in their emotional computers. And those do not have on-off switches.
Women are natural gatherers. They are keenly observant of their environment: subtle differences in pattern, color, background. They had to be to find and gather food and raw materials for making things.
Everybody has skills. That’s why we survived as a species.
In a military environment, women it turns out are better at reconnaissance, they aren’t tricked as easily by camouflage. They are also very good snipers for the same reason.
Have we had bad experiences with women in the past? Please don’t hold it against the rest of the women who are decent.
Women have also had bad experiences with men - but we also (the majority of us) know that not ALL men are cut from the same cloth.
Yep, maybe not so smart for her to send him pictures of rings.
But, her doing that is a good example of what I was getting at. She’s indirectly hinting at the subject of marriage, without coming right out and saying it.
Yes, assuming he’s really dead set against it, this will be a non-starter with him.
But then, she may think she can change his mind. oh well, people wonder about the battle of the sexes.........
"I want a beer, and I want to see sumpthin naked." - Jeff Foxworthy
Very well said!
In most circumstances, rule No. 1 for women is to always position themselves to escape blame. Proposing marriage is not only taking a risk but it is also something she could have to take the blame for if she found herself in a bad marriage (well, it was YOUR idea...).
But, in all honesty, I think part of the answer is that she wants to test the man to be sure he really wants the marriage so if he doesn’t bring it up, she has her answer.
Precisely.
I will never forget the day in 1996 when my then-fiancee, now husband, went down on one knee, asked me to marry him, and slipped a diamond on my finger. I was over the moon with joy. Wouldn't have been the same if I'd had to ask him.
You get to pick to lead a squad of recon rangers into combat, one all female the other all male. Which would you choose?
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