HOW TO PROPOSE

You’ve planned a romantic meal, followed by a walk along the riverbank where you will produce a stunning diamond solitaire ring, get down on one knee, and utter the words ‘Darling, Will you Marry Me?’. 

The meal is fabulous, an aperitif to start, a bottle or two during the meal, an after dinner drink which leads to two, three, maybe more. Your walk along the riverbank starts well but the fresh air has really hit you and by the time you get to ‘the spot’ you slip on the mud, drop the ring in a puddle and can eventually be heard stumbling over the words, “ I divn’t s’pose ya fancy marrying us d’ya pet?”  She laughs and smiles, and eventually says ‘Yes’, but the next day you can’t remember a thing, and you certainly won’t have the opportunity to do it again. 

So firstly a little tip, it’s such a special occasion that you’ve put so much effort and thought in to so go that extra step and try to stay sober. Now that’s out of the way, lets get onto properly discussing how to propose!

What to say when you propose may come natural to some, whilst others will need to plan and rehearse it over and over again. You needn’t burst into a 10 minute speech, recite poetry or sing to your bride-to be, put simply you are only trying to obtain a one-word answer (hopefully of a positive nature) to the question ‘Will you marry me?’.

Assuming you have thought long and hard about it and are sure that it is the right step at the right time for you both, you need to be positive. To help you to find the right words you must be confident that your partner will accept and with this in mind you can be sure that whatever you say, she is going to say ‘Yes’.