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Did I Ruin A Marriage Proposal?
Me and my boyfriend were drinking Saturday evening and he proposed to me 12 times before bed after delivering this long speech. I told him to ask me another time when he was sober because I knew he was exceptionally drunk (I said it in the sweetest way possible).
The next day he brought it up while we were drinking coffee talking on the couch and he asked me again but I wasn't 100% sure if he was really asking (though he clearly said "So Will You Marry Me?") as I just assumed he would do the ring and down on one knee thing (which I would say yes if he did). So I took it kind of as a joke
Background: In the past we have talked about marriage and agreed we would someday, and we also discussed that I really want a private, couple people, outdoor wedding as does he. So the topic has been brought up before...
So if you could answer any one of the three (or all three ideally) questions - it would be helpful!
1) Was I wrong to assume that he was joking when he asked just because he didn't give me a ring/get on one knee? Was that a real proposal?
2) He hasn't said anything even like that since. Did I screw it up? (Like would he think I was saying no to marrying him?)
3) If I didn't screw up my chances, how do I let him know that though I don't want a big wedding I still want a ring (doesn't even need diamonds) and a real down on one knee proposal?
Yes I know the down on one knee is cliche but it is somewhat important to me... because I don't want to miss out on that, it doesn't have to be fancy, but I do like some of the romanticism in the cliche elements.
To the person with the list of questions - all that has been discussed in detail in the past. All of the above were brought up minus the 'proposing' part. I never brought it up because I just assumed (*** you me) that that was normal. I didn't think anything of it.
I love him enough to bring it up, I guess I just dont know if I am supposed to take these two statements to heart, or just let it go and hope he says something again!
3 Answers
- User Of YahooLv 58 years agoFavorite Answer
You were wrong to take that as a joke. You probably hurt him and should tell him how you feel.
- ?Lv 68 years ago
You should discuss it with him. What does he understand by "matrimony"? What does it mean to you? Why is a ring important? What are your thoughts about having children? How many? When? What about both spouses working? Sharing housework?
Why did he have to get drunk to ask you to marry him? When you did not give him an affirmative answer, why didn't he leave? If you don't want to get married, what do you want from the relationship?
How do you feel about pre-nuptial agreements? Why do you want a small wedding instead of a big one? Do you want to get married in a church or city hall? Or elsewhere? Will you wear white?
What alternatives are there to marriage? Why get married now?
If you love him, and if he loves you, these and other questions are all important. Only you two can answer them. If you cannot ask these questions, you probably don't love one another very much.
- Petra ChorLv 78 years ago
1) why does it have to be a cliche ("down on one knee proposal") for you to take it seriously?
2) why don't you ask HIM if he was serious?
3) did you say yes?