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A marriage proposal is a custom or ritual, common in Western cultures, in which one member of a couple asks the other for their hand in marriage. If accepted, it marks the initiation of engagement , a mutual promise of later marriage.
Traditionally, in the case of a formal engagement, it is the role of a male to actively "court" or "woo" a female, thus encouraging her to understand him and her receptiveness to a marriage proposal. Courtship as a social practice is a relatively recent phenomenon, emerging only within the last few centuries.
The custom is reported to allow women to initiate dances and propose marriage. [6] [7] [8] There are also traditions for if the proposal was refused, namely that the man would have to give recompense to the woman. This could come in different forms, though typically the man was expected to buy the woman gloves, a silk gown or, by the mid-20th ...
Cameron Brink is a bride-to-be — and still can't believe it!. The 22-year-old WNBA star's fiancé Ben Felter popped the question during a trip to Paris Fashion Week on Sept. 30, and Brink tells ...
Valorie Schaefer, author of "The Care and Keeping of You," talks about changes made to the book for its 25th anniversary — and what fans want her to do next.
‘Your wedding day is about celebrating you and your partner, not serving as a backdrop for someone else’s proposal,’ one person responds on Reddit Woman defended after she refused to let ...
She can be unreasonable at times but it's only because she desperately wants great grand children before she gets too old and can't take care of them. Yang Chieh-mei as Fang Xiu-qing (方秀琴) Lan Shi-de and Lan Shi-yun's mother. Stay at home mom who likes to take care of her whole family. Her husband died 6 years ago in an accident.
Lady Gaga is detailing the sweet way her fiancé Michael Polansky proposed to her. Gaga, 38, revealed on the Tuesday, October 1, episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live that Polansky, 46, asked her if he ...