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Women Proposing to Their Boyfriends Are the Latest #MeToo Culture Shift
New York Post ^ | February 10, 2018 | Sara Dorn

Posted on 02/10/2018 3:52:32 PM PST by nickcarraway

From #Metoo to #IDo. Many modern brides living in the age of female empowerment aren’t waiting for prince charming to pop the question — they’re taking their happily-ever-afters into their own hands.

“I knew if I proposed he would have a ring and I wouldn’t be like a kept woman,” said Rebecca Reed, who proposed to her boyfriend in July on their one-year anniversary date. “I was like: I’m taking it by the balls and doing it.”

Danielle Sinay, emboldened by the women’s movement, asked her boyfriend of three years to marry her in October.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: marriage; marriageproposal; men; mensights; mensrights; metoo; women
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To: nickcarraway

“.. listen you... you’re gonna marry me or ELSE!!!”


21 posted on 02/10/2018 4:18:53 PM PST by joethedrummer
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To: nickcarraway

So if she proposes does he get a diamond?
Seems only fair.


22 posted on 02/10/2018 4:19:42 PM PST by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: colorado tanker

Is that Chelsea Clinton in that insert?


23 posted on 02/10/2018 4:20:52 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

LOL!


24 posted on 02/10/2018 4:22:34 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: nickcarraway

"..??..I've been known to get involve in torrid relationships that would last two and a half days"

25 posted on 02/10/2018 4:26:40 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: nickcarraway

My response, inspired by Nancy Reagan: #JustSayNo


26 posted on 02/10/2018 4:26:44 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Kozak
I knew if I proposed he would have a ring ....

This can be interpreted to mean that she would buy him a ring. It can also be interpreted to mean that "he would have a ring" for her. So, dunno.

27 posted on 02/10/2018 4:28:14 PM PST by Tax-chick (Harvey Weinstein was married to a beautiful model.)
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To: nickcarraway

I was like: I’m taking it by the balls and doing it.”


Wow, that’s a way to make sure he says yes, isn’t it?


28 posted on 02/10/2018 4:28:56 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: nickcarraway

RUN!!!!


29 posted on 02/10/2018 4:29:58 PM PST by TomServo
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To: nickcarraway
Ah, women proposing to men. That only happens in the movies. /s


30 posted on 02/10/2018 4:30:25 PM PST by PJBankard
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To: wastedyears

Couldn’t agree more. Freedom comes at a price. Pay it willingly.

I just turned 60 and am now in the home stretch as one of that rare breed — the lifelong straight bachelor.

And nobody has ever accused me of being a misogynist. I treat women very properly. As in, what part of “watch your language and keep your hands to yourself” don’t you understand?

We live in times of great moral confusion, with foolish, entitled people looking to their emotions for guidance, instead of the Lord’s word.

I know nothing I can do will change matters one iota. But I can at least remain detached from all the chaos that surrounds me.


31 posted on 02/10/2018 4:33:10 PM PST by Nothingburger
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To: nickcarraway

“Honey, I’m late.”


32 posted on 02/10/2018 4:35:15 PM PST by moovova
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To: Nothingburger
And nobody has ever accused me of being a misogynist

Dude, that’s amazing!

These days “misogynist” means any guy that won’t agree with a woman’s right to define anything however she likes!

33 posted on 02/10/2018 4:44:02 PM PST by papertyger (Bulverism: it's not just for liberals anymore.)
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To: Architect of Avalon; wastedyears

I’m sorry but MGOTW are mindless tool for feminists.


34 posted on 02/10/2018 4:48:07 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: joethedrummer

35 posted on 02/10/2018 4:48:33 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Architect of Avalon

Gee,that’s romantic.

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36 posted on 02/10/2018 4:51:00 PM PST by Mears
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To: nickcarraway

I did it the old fashioned way, down on a knee, I took her to Charley Browns that was a steak restaurant in Huntington Beach, California, “I want to marry you” she said yes, I slide the diamond ring on her finger, we ate dinner and retired to my bed.


37 posted on 02/10/2018 4:53:12 PM PST by Joe Miner
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To: colorado tanker

Why Lil Abner did NOT get married in one episode. The prophet said ...”Tall oaks from aching corns grow!” It required a mule to pull him across the line, so he asked the mule if it wanted to marry Abner. He said the answer was “Neigh”.


38 posted on 02/10/2018 4:54:48 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: wastedyears
Men should stay single so they keep their time, energy, family, friends, hobbies and resources.

I'm a single 34 years old man and I definitely have a lot of time for my family. That said, at this rate with all the money I have invested for retirement, I'm going to be able to move overseas where I will have a higher social status in the community I will be living in.

39 posted on 02/10/2018 4:58:13 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Architect of Avalon
Hmmmm. Shouldn't a man have some skin in the game?

If a man is married for 30 years and the woman raises his kids and takes care of him, he should be able to leave her high and dry?

40 posted on 02/10/2018 5:00:56 PM PST by nickcarraway
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