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21 Aug 2020, 3:31 pm

Dear women: how have you done it, or how would you do it?

Dear men: what would you think if your gf asked you? (Assuming she bought and presented the ring and/or sword herself)

This is just a feeler.... I'm not saying I'm thinking of doing anything stupid :lol:

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21 Aug 2020, 3:40 pm

I would say "yes" and I would think gimme that sword . Too late me, already married and I proposed :wink:

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21 Aug 2020, 3:54 pm

^ Well now I know I should've done it with a sword (if he hadn't done the proposing) .

But without this insight, I probably would've stressed over it and come up with a bunch of crazy options and then been super anxious that I didn't go with the right one :lol: . I don't envy the kind of pressure put on guys to get the 'right' ring!

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21 Aug 2020, 4:08 pm

Not that I have a lot of experience in this area. I only proposed marriage to a girl once in my life. I had to use an English/Polish translations dictionary to propose. This is because we did not speak a common language. She didn't accept on the spot. She said I must first ask her parents for permission. This I did the next day. Everyone was on the floor laughing when I asked her parents. Somehow I do not think the dictionary was a good translator. After that she accepted. We then married and have been married for 46 years.

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21 Aug 2020, 4:14 pm

As far as I remember my Mum proposed to my Dad. He said yes.

Is it a particular valentine's Day or a leap year day that women traditionally propose to men? It was on one of those things.

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21 Aug 2020, 4:16 pm

^ but have you been able to ditch the translation dictionary in those 46 years? :lol:

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21 Aug 2020, 6:04 pm

AuroraBorealisGazer wrote:

^ but have you been able to ditch the translation dictionary in those 46 years? :lol:

She learned English in about 2 years. Now she is like a native.

I do not excel in foreign languages. It is one of my worst subject. But living overseas for a few weeks, I found that it was not too difficult to communicate. The girl and I developed our own language. It was composed of a few English, French, Russian, Polish words, some sounds and sign language. It was almost magical how two people when they really want to communicate will evolve a unique language.

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21 Aug 2020, 6:07 pm

that1weirdgrrrl wrote:

Do a test run and ask yourself to marry yourself? :scratch:

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21 Aug 2020, 6:13 pm

AuroraBorealisGazer wrote:

^ Well now I know I should've done it with a sword (if he hadn't done the proposing)

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But without this insight, I probably would've stressed over it and come up with a bunch of crazy options and then been super anxious that I didn't go with the right one :lol:

. I don't envy the kind of pressure put on guys to get the 'right' ring!

Not having Theory of Mind is a biatch.
Being too complicated is just asking for a coronary. :roll:

Wherever possible, I use the K.I.S.S. principle. :heart:

Autistics are so difficult but worth the effort. :mrgreen:

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21 Aug 2020, 6:16 pm

jimmy m wrote:

But was it a *good* 46 years.
People never qualify statements like that. :chin:

Being in gaol for 46 years is a great commitment, but I wouldn't recommend it.

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21 Aug 2020, 6:22 pm

Pepe wrote:

But was it a *good* 46 years.
People never qualify statements like that. :chin:

Being in gaol for 46 years is a great commitment, but I wouldn't recommend it.

I wouldn't use the word "good". I would use the word "great" to describe the 46 years. Some people use the word soul-mate. That comes very close.

By the way the KISS principle is an abbreviation for "Keep it Simple, Stupid".

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21 Aug 2020, 6:27 pm

jimmy m wrote:

Pepe wrote:

But was it a *good* 46 years.
People never qualify statements like that. :chin:

Being in gaol for 46 years is a great commitment, but I wouldn't recommend it.

I know, but that was for all the dummies out there. :mrgreen:

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21 Aug 2020, 10:24 pm

AuroraBorealisGazer wrote:

^ Well now I know I should've done it with a sword (if he hadn't done the proposing)

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But without this insight, I probably would've stressed over it and come up with a bunch of crazy options and then been super anxious that I didn't go with the right one :lol: