Had a friend who proposed after lengthy discussions over the proposal. It was all choreographed. Both knew exactly what would happen, when, how, etc. It was all done for show to impress those around. BTW, six months later, the engagement was off. Always wondered if the choreographed the breakup?
My husband asked me in private after Christmas Eve mass. No big show, just an honest declaration of love and a beautiful ring. He”s still my one and only 25 years later. She’s just upset she had to propose to him!
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.
In October we will have thirty years since the wedding.
It seemed unromantic at the time, but it worked out.