Proposal Ideas from a Mans Point of View
Being a person of the male persuasion, I suppose I do see the idea of a marriage proposal differently than would those of the female gender. In my eyes, the purpose of the proposal is to get the girl to marry me, while I’m pretty sure, for most women, the proposal is more than that; it’s about the asking of course, and the resultant commitment pledge, but it’s also about the level of romance involved and the deepness of the moment and emotions and tears and a lot of other things men only pretend to understand.
For me the best proposal idea is where the guy takes his girl somewhere nice, where there won’t be any interruptions, pulls the ring out of his pocket, kneels down, and simply asks the girl to marry him. This is simple, traditional and very doable.
This deal where guys hide the ring in food or a glass of champagne, or where they flash the question on the scoreboard at a basketball game is something that got started because woman began to apply pressure for the proposal to be more romantic. And men, the un-romantic knuckle-heads, interpreted this as a sign that they needed to do something bigger, which everyone knows, doesn’t mean more romantic, but it will get you a lot of points for effort and maybe for ingenuity if everything goes well.
As a man, I do get that women want things to be romantic when the man they love proposes to them. They consider it a pretty important day in their life, and want to look back on the moment with fondness and a bit of joy. So, yeah, it is up to guys to try to make the moment as special as possible even though it doesn’t feel that way to him. But I think there are better ways than hiding rings or recording cards that sing silly songs. For example, what’s the matter with taking your girl to a nice quiet garden, where no one else is around, turning off the cell phones and chatting for awhile, and then, when the moment feels right, doing the deed. This approach makes the moment more private, which more often than not means intimate, and if she says no, there’s no shame and embarrassment with other people being there as witnesses.
A man could also maybe, possibly, take his girl out to a nice meal and propose there, which is not unheard of, but it would certainly be better if there were a private room.
Other good proposal ideas might include popping the question while away on a nice vacation, or when visiting some place together. Or out in the ocean in a boat; or maybe in a place that has some special meaning to both of you, like the place where you met. Sometimes, it’s possible to have a really romantic setting at home, with candles and music, and man down on one knee, asking the girl of his dreams for his hand in marriage.
