This is to my very romantic people, my very unromantic people like myself and my just-there people which means this is for everyone. This write up was inspired by Shola who asked a group of us sometime ago about how we think a marriage proposal or better still how we want our marriage proposal to be for those of us who are unmarried. A colleague shared with us the story of how he proposed to his wife and I’m going to share it with us. According to him, he took his wife to a restaurant (he didn’t tell us if it was a five star restaurant though) so after a very nice meal, he proposed without kneeling, just across the table and she said yes.
The story triggered a lot of argument as to whether a man should or should not kneel to propose to his woman. Some people said it’s a must that the man should kneel since that has been the traditional way of marriage proposals and it won’t take anything from him. Some people were of the opinion that the kneeling makes it special and since he won’t do it twice, he could as well just do it the way it should be done so that when the gist is being told to others, it’ll sound romantic.
Some also said that it doesn’t matter how the proposal is done as long as its done at the end of the day so he could as well just throw the ring and say “esss, catch” shey? All na proposal na and it would still lead to marriage but some men wouldn’t want to kneel because to them its not their knee that is kneeling, its their ego while some don’t really care how its done as long as its done with love and respect. Some men however wouldn’t go one one knee to propose not because they feel their pride is at stake but they just want to do something different.
I’ve heard about cases where the guy puts in on the pillow or inside his woman’s food or in her drink, you know the drill na, too much nollywood ba? But in Hollywood, the guy proposes then a band comes out of nowhere and starts singing a love song which is very "awwwwing" except if the lady says no in which case the guy would probably drink himself to death that day blah blah.
Personally, I’m not much of a romantic but I have my awwwwwwww moments so if you’re going to propose to me, whether you go on one knee or do it standing, just make it sexy and romantic because I want it to be an awwwwwwww story when I tell people or when people read about it. I like it sexy so if you won’t do it the cliché way, make sure you do it the sexy way so I can love you forever.
I know we are different people so we all have different pictures in our head regarding how to propose to our woman or how our man should propose to us, but please guys, no matter how gangster you and your partner is, don’t try the “essss! Catch” method because if you do ehn, well, don’t let me talk because we ladies are different from each other so we have a different reaction to things but my dear future husband, if you’re reading this, don’t say I’m not romantic so the better for you, please make it sexy and romantic if you want me to say yes the first time.
If you have any other proposal method in plan that hasn’t been mentioned here, please let us know, we just might learn something and other guys might learn about new proposal strategies. Don’t keep your ideas to yourself no matter how weird because conformity doesn’t apply to genuises.
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The story triggered a lot of argument as to whether a man should or should not kneel to propose to his woman. Some people said it’s a must that the man should kneel since that has been the traditional way of marriage proposals and it won’t take anything from him. Some people were of the opinion that the kneeling makes it special and since he won’t do it twice, he could as well just do it the way it should be done so that when the gist is being told to others, it’ll sound romantic.
Some also said that it doesn’t matter how the proposal is done as long as its done at the end of the day so he could as well just throw the ring and say “esss, catch” shey? All na proposal na and it would still lead to marriage but some men wouldn’t want to kneel because to them its not their knee that is kneeling, its their ego while some don’t really care how its done as long as its done with love and respect. Some men however wouldn’t go one one knee to propose not because they feel their pride is at stake but they just want to do something different.
I’ve heard about cases where the guy puts in on the pillow or inside his woman’s food or in her drink, you know the drill na, too much nollywood ba? But in Hollywood, the guy proposes then a band comes out of nowhere and starts singing a love song which is very "awwwwing" except if the lady says no in which case the guy would probably drink himself to death that day blah blah.
I know we are different people so we all have different pictures in our head regarding how to propose to our woman or how our man should propose to us, but please guys, no matter how gangster you and your partner is, don’t try the “essss! Catch” method because if you do ehn, well, don’t let me talk because we ladies are different from each other so we have a different reaction to things but my dear future husband, if you’re reading this, don’t say I’m not romantic so the better for you, please make it sexy and romantic if you want me to say yes the first time.
Facebook - Odusola Aanuoluwapo
Twitter - @odusolar
BBM - 2ACA8612
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