[C19fan]

Feminism ruining everything. Her core argument is she assumes a couple never talks about the future before a marriage proposal. Given how ridiculous that is her argument falls to pieces. Some of the great moments in literature are proposals that have gone well of horribly: Darcy & Lizzie from "Pride & Prejudice", the 2nd proposal of Levin to Kitty from "Anna Karenina", and Thornton's proposal to Margaret Hale from Gaskell's "North and South".

[C19fan]

I do find the over the top proposals driven by social media tasteless.

[jeffc]

I didn’t click the link (The Atlantic?), but I will assume the author has never been proposed to....

[frogjerk]

Hmmm...Someone married a metrosexual?

[OpusatFR]

She’s daft. The biggest problem is leftists don’t get out enough. Their tiny little bubble is not the whole world, and they are unable to grasp the fact.

[boycott]

Feminism ruining everything.

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A lot of these women will end up lonely, sad, and bitter. They will have no family when their sitting alone dying in a nursing home. No husband. No children. No grandchildren. No one to visit. No one to care.

[Raycpa]

My wife and I love to visit the place I proposed and reflect on our years of marriage together. It will always be special in our hearts. We even love to share the place and moment with our children.

We both knew we wanted marriage together. The proposal was to establish an enduring memory.

[PGR88]

I’ll bet you $100 the author is a fat, angry lesbian.

[MplsSteve]

Just on a side note, I proposed to my wife on a cold night in mid December while standing along some railroad tracks in Buffalo Minnesota.

She still said Yes.

[txrefugee]

If we could see a photo of the author of this sad-sack piece, perhaps we could understand why she wrote it.

[Dr. Sivana]

Don’t forget the hilarious proposal(s) of Mr. Guppy to Esther in Dickens’ Bleak House.

Then there is the non-proposal in Pickwick Papers with the widow Mrs. Bardell that leads the principled Mr. Pickwick to jail.

Have of English literature would be ruined without proposals.

[Da Coyote]

Progressives slime everything they touch.
Everything.
Best advise is to send everything they think, say and write through an inverter.

[Vermont Lt]

I proposed over the phone.

My romantic skills have improved. But I sure set the bar low. I’ve exceeded that every day since.

[Responsibility2nd]

....doesn’t reflect the kind of modern, egalitarian relationships many women want today.

Attention men: If you find a woman who wants a "modern, egalitarian relationship"; do yourself a favor and DON'T pop the question.

[Noumenon]

The author speaks for a whole generation of current and future crazy cat ladies.

[Rebelbase]

[Albion Wilde]

bump

[I want the USA back]

This is how it’s done, biytch. The man pays for dates, opens doors, protects the woman, proposes, earns money to support his family.

[small farm girl]

doesn’t reflect the kind of modern, egalitarian relationships many women want today
translation: I was not romantically proposed to, so... sour grapes!

As a woman who owns all her own power tools, wears high heels when I go out to dinner, I loved when my now husband (of 25 years) proposed to me! Oh, I also made sure he voted for Trump!

[CodeToad]

Feminist:Fat, manless, and hairy-legged.

Apologies to Bloom County.

[\/\/ayne]

We had sized the rings but she didn't know they were ready. So I secretly picked them up and arranged for dinner. I was trying to contact the mariachi band and finally got a hold of them to ask Frank if he could come over and back me up singing "You Send Me."

That song had the lyrics Now I find myself wanting to... marry you and take you home, whoa… which would be a perfect time to pull out the ring. Frank said "Sure, come on in and we'll practice."

"No," I replied, "I've run out of time. We'll be there in an hour." It was great. The band came over and asked "Would you like to sing?" They backed me up vocally, too. She was thinking "Why did they ask him to sing? And that's not a Mexican song!" Frank was a little in the way so I had to shove past him to get down on one knee, but it was all good.

Well, she said yes and it's been a great 4.5 years so far!