Women on one knee

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So there was never a formal proposal, just a mutual understanding.

I've often wondered, though, whether that isn't the way it should be. If a woman is surprised by her boyfriend's proposal, or if he's not absolutely sure of her response, isn't there something lacking in their relationship? Perhaps they don't know each other as well as they think they do?

I think you have a point here, and that in most cases maybe it goes as you say, it is a mutual understanding. Seems resonable. Maybe the proposal custum came from times when people did not really know each other first?

I recall watching a news report about a guy who proposed in the middle of a basketball court during halftime, and the woman refused him! I wanted to cheer for that woman, for not caving in to the pressure of the moment and speaking from her heart. If he could put her into that kind of position, under pressure in front of thousands of strangers, what else might he be capable of?

Boy, I can really tear apart a romantic moment, can't I?

I agree! It seems an enormous pressure to put on someone.