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Which knee do you kneel on to propose? My girlfriend told me it has to be the left. Is that true?

I had surgery on my left knee so she joked around about "at least wait(ing) until i can kneel on it." So I figured I'd just ask for later.

Update:

Wow, way to jump to conclusions most of you...see "...she joked around about..." above.

I've never heard of it one way or the other so I thought I'd check to see if there is any etiquette for that type of thing. (spelling could be way off)

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    I'm sure she was joking or teasing. Kneel on whichever knee, or don't kneel at all.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Seriously!?! It doesn't matter which knee you kneel down on! Some men don't kneel at all! It's not a requirement, just nice! ;) My best friend's husband was so excited/nervous/caught up in the moment, that he completely forgot to kneel!! He just asked!! ...If it's the right person asking, it won't matter which knee you kneel on, or if you kneel at all! Don't stress about it! ;)

  • 1 decade ago

    You can do many things that involve kneeling or not kneeling. Only 60% of proposals these days begin on bended knee. It does not matter which knee is bended.

  • Ms. X
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Three possibilities:

    1. She was joking with you. I'd hate to have you follow the advice to dump her if she was only joking.

    2. She truly believes that non-sense, in which case she's very high maintenance. If so, dumping her would be a good idea.

    3. You are joking with us.

    Not only does a guy not have to kneel on a particular knee, he doesn't have to kneel *AT ALL.* My husband, who is a foot taller than me, asked me to marry him while we were both standing up.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You can kneel on either of your knees. She is just having fun with you. You don't have to kneel. You can propose any way you want too. She will be happy that you propose..

  • Jeklo
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    That sounds like she was just teasing you. Kneel on which ever knee you are comfortable with and I bet you she won't even notice or remember which one it was anyway because she won't be paying any attention to anything but your face and the ring.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Kneel on your right and see if she still says yes. As if any woman notices which knee her man kneels on.

  • 1 decade ago

    If she's is more worried about which knee you are on than the complete surprise that you are asking her to marry you and all then I wouldn't even get on a knee. Or take the breath to ask her to marry me...

    On the other hand...the answer is.....you can be on both or which ever is comfortable to you! IT DOESN'T MATTER!

  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    wow, you really wanna marry someone so controlling she's gonna tell you what knee to kneel on!? that's the height of obnoxious!

  • Propose to her! It doesn't matter which knee. We are too overwhelmed to even realize which knee you're on haha.

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