If You get a SUPER Public Marriage Proposal, the Answer No, IS it OK To Lie?

I agree....propose on you own time. It is the height of narcism to subject tens of thousands to your tripe.

By the 18th century, “it was pretty common for the man to propose directly to the woman, but often, men would still ask the father’s permission to propose,” she says. “Only in the last hundred years or so has the proposal process evolved into more of a conversation that goes back and forth between a man and a woman.”

That means that modern public proposals, which paint the question as a shock to the female party, “end up feeling so retro,” Coontz says. “These days, a proposal is rarely really a surprise. After all, it’s unlikely for a man to declare his intentions in the middle of a Seahawks game if she wasn’t going to say ‘yes.’ ” These stunt proposals are really selling an illusion, and one that relies on an outdated image of a desperate woman waiting for her man to graciously extend his approval. “I love weddings, but these proposals can make me uncomfortable because they imply that the woman has no agency in the decision. The image is of a woman who is sitting there passively, and when the man finally asks, she cries in gratitude,” Coontz says. And by publicizing that image, “the implication is that, for women, this is the equivalent of getting your Nobel Prize—it’s just that you’re getting your M-R-S prize awarded to you in front of the world.”

If You get a SUPER Public Marriage Proposal, the Answer No, IS it OK To Lie?