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Why Women Proposing Is Still Rare
NY Times ^ | February 25, 2016 | Alix Strauss

Posted on 02/29/2016 6:18:13 AM PST by C19fan

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Queen Victoria proposed to her future husband Albert. That was because she was the Queen. I remember some cartoons from the Victorian era making fun of Bloomers. They would show the women wearing Bloomers propose to their emasculated boyfriends.
1 posted on 02/29/2016 6:18:14 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan

I like the old.....She chases him until he catches her.


2 posted on 02/29/2016 6:19:52 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

and then she drops him like a hot potato and flashes her wares at other males until she finds one rich enough to support her, after the divorce, in the life style she would like to live.


3 posted on 02/29/2016 6:24:59 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: C19fan

The following is so obvious:

“Women traditionally want to be courted, and men still want to propose. Most men are not comfortable being asked.” She added: “Men can feel powerless or rushed. They think, ‘Why isn’t she waiting. I want to do it on my time.’ ”

If the woman asks, she may resent that decision years later, Ms. Velazquez said. “If she jumps the gun, five years down the line that action might backfire. She might say to her husband: ‘Why didn’t you ask me? I don’t have the great story to tell people about how you proposed.’”

What? You mean women might later blame the man? Shocking, I say, shocking!


4 posted on 02/29/2016 6:26:06 AM PST by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: PIF

Damn, you’re a cynical one.


5 posted on 02/29/2016 6:26:32 AM PST by Utmost Certainty (Our Enemy, the State)
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To: C19fan; Big Giant Head

Hmm. I proposed to my husband in February of 1992, a leap year. I didn’t even know about this tradition. I may have to choose Brigid as my patron saint.


6 posted on 02/29/2016 6:26:42 AM PST by Marie Antoinette (:)
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Boo. No it was 1993. Senility is setting in early. Lol.


7 posted on 02/29/2016 6:29:12 AM PST by Marie Antoinette (:)
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Hey, you have an extra day today, make the most of it! :D
8 posted on 02/29/2016 6:37:23 AM PST by corlorde
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To: Marie Antoinette

Silly you! It’s the man’s job to propose, and then forget the anniversary! LOL


9 posted on 02/29/2016 6:37:27 AM PST by BykrBayb (Lung cancer free since 11/9/07. Colon cancer free since 7/7/15. ~ Þ)
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To: C19fan

Cuz men can run faster.....


10 posted on 02/29/2016 6:48:05 AM PST by G Larry (ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants.)
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To: vladimir998

It’s like this - I’m a guy and have been asked and said no.

Nobody likes to get a no.


11 posted on 02/29/2016 6:52:56 AM PST by glorgau
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
Legend has it that "The Ladies' Privilege," as it was known then, originated in the fifth century, with an Irish nun later known as St. Brigid. Through her intervention it was decided that on Feb. 29, women would be given the opportunity to pop the question...
Hey, before I do the dirty, I need to see it in writing. /scriptflip

12 posted on 02/29/2016 6:57:32 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Utmost Certainty

Realist, pragmatic etc


13 posted on 02/29/2016 7:12:48 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: C19fan

My wife asked me to marry her, I thought it was great she had the guts to do it. I had already bought the ring however, though she didn’t know that, so she was extra happy when I took her back to my place and put it on her finger.

Like minds and all, hell we both knew after the third date we were meant for each other.

26 years come April and it was the smartest decision of my life hands down.


14 posted on 02/29/2016 7:26:53 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: C19fan

Did she ask lesbian couples for their opinions?


15 posted on 02/29/2016 7:40:13 AM PST by OrangeHoof (Obama - the AIDS virus for the American body politic.)
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To: OrangeHoof

Throw some trannys in the mix and that could really get confusing...


16 posted on 02/29/2016 8:21:17 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: PIF

Man! That is cynical! Although possibly true in some cases. I’m sorry for you.


17 posted on 02/29/2016 8:29:30 AM PST by chesley (Obama -- Muslim or dhimmi? And does it matter?)
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To: chesley

Not me, but many other men that is their reality.


18 posted on 02/29/2016 8:37:06 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: PIF

OK. Sorry, I made an assumption. I’m old enough to know better.

And yes, you are right, there are many women like that. I have run into at leas one sociopathic woman in my life. Fortunately she wasn’t my wife or lover, but I thought we were friends.

What a little ball of malice she was


19 posted on 02/29/2016 9:05:15 AM PST by chesley (Obama -- Muslim or dhimmi? And does it matter?)
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To: C19fan

St Brigid was known for making long lasting supplies of beer for churches and lepers out of water.


20 posted on 02/29/2016 10:16:31 AM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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