Posted on 03/27/2018 6:18:53 AM PDT by C19fan
The marriage proposal is one of the most ritualized moments in modern American life. Growing up, many girls are instilled with a specific idea of how it should go: He’ll take us somewhere romantic—we’ll have no idea what’s happening—he’ll get down on one knee—we’ll start crying—he’ll pop the question—we’ll immediately say yes. It should be magical.
But for a lot of heterosexual couples, the proposal—as movies portray it, as many millennial women have internalized it—doesn’t reflect the kind of modern, egalitarian relationships many women want today. Whom to marry is among the most important decisions most people will ever make in their lives, and yet it’s not a choice made in the course of a conversation—the normal way two grown humans make big life decisions. Instead, it has to be a show, with a prefixed grand finale: “yes.”
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I never proposed to my wife. After dating for three weeks I knew enough about her that I TOLD her I was going to marry her. That it might take some time to wear her down but she was going to be my wife.
25 years of marriage and we are still going strong.
Odds are it was staged.
It’s not just the marriage proposal that’s stupid. MARRIAGE is stupid. Especially for men.
We had a two way, extended conversation. It’s worked out very well for the last 38 years, even the differences of opinion.
Speaking of Bloom County:
I take the Steve Dallas approach:
In my dreams
You’re all I sees
Boobs, Butt and Knees
Be my main squeeze.
Poetry. Pure poetry!
MrEdd wrote: “My proposal was that my orders had come in and that I was being posted to Georgia to be followed by Aberdeen Proving Ground after nine months. If she wanted to come with me we would have to be married.”
I put a wedding ring in a Christmas Tree ornament. We’ve been married 25 years.
“Listen to me....why won’t people listen to me??!!”
It varies.
My husband and I have had 30 good years and are still learning how.
When I saw the post on which you commented, I thought it was probably by you before I saw the author’s name :)
You’d be wrong she’s actually cute
Princeton women and gender studies
Writes at Atlantic
It’s in her DNA now....PROGRESSIVISM
She’s managed her love life poorly and writes about it for a living
Following boyfriend after college without ring
Likes to boink but hates men cause she feels threatened unless orgasming
Typical
Why perforce?
Thank you. My husband is the better of us two. But he puts up with me!!
I guess I see you as being literate and sophisticated. Or something like that.
Feminism like dogs sniff then screw.
BTW, I've seen your posts over the years, my guess is there's not a whole lot to put up with. ;-)
I guess I see you as being literate and sophisticated. Or something like that.
Is the author an angry lesbian?
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