Top Five Things Never to Do When Proposing
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Don't count your groomsmen gifts before they've hatched.
Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups, and nothing undermines a
sweetly earnest, clumsy proposal like a pre-planned engagement party
jumping out clown-car style the second she says yes. As always, when it
comes to women, even if you know it's a sure thing, respect her dignity
and act like you don't. Once she says yes, then start shopping for
groomsmen gifts.
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Don't choose a romantic dinner for your proposal site.
Don't hide the ring in shrimp cocktail, don't have the waiter write
"will you marry me?" in the dessert frosting, and don't have your
groomsmen circle the table and sing a serenade on a bribe of good
groomsmen gifts. Food proposals are clichéd and corny, and it is very
important she has a proposal story that is different and better than
all her friends.
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Don't combine business with proposals. Work is
where you sweat and toil forty hours a week so you have the money for a
nice wedding and groomsmen gifts. It is where you got a painful paper
cut and where your boss chewed you out for not replacing the printer
paper. No matter how magical the proposal, it is impossible to get in a
romantic mindset amidst the smell of scotch tape and coffee dregs.
What's next, three ring binders as groomsmen gifts? Even if you met at
work, leave your daily grind out of the special moment with a sweet,
escapist proposal.
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Don't buy the ring in advance. Engagement rings
are a lot more complicated than your garden variety groomsmen gifts.
Cut, color, clarity-it's just too confusing for the average man to
contemplate. Make yourself and your future wife happy by proposing with
something creative and vaguely circular-a dollar folded into the shape
of a ring, a tab from her favorite soda, a family heirloom ring. A
mushy placeholder is the perfect prelude to the more permanent ring you
let her choose herself!
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Don't look to your friends for advice on how to propose.
Get advice when it comes time to buy groomsmen gifts, not when it's
time to pop the question. Instead, plan your proposal based on
something personal to you two. Propose at the place where your car
broke down on your first date, or in "your" video aisle where you first
discovered your mutual passion for Monty Python movies.
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