Public proposals

Crooked Jack · 27-08-2013 01:49PM #1

I heard on the radio this morning that some clown proposed to his girlfriend on a plane by getting another plane to fly alongside them with a banner. And then last week we had the Rose of Tralee bokefest.
Is it just me or are big public proposals cringeworthy, presumptive and pretty unfair on the person being proposed to.
Would you like a big public proposal or prefer something private?
Or maybe just have your other half brand you unexpectedly one day?

biko · 27-08-2013 01:52PM

Something private for me please.
I just find those vids really awkward.

Crooked Jack · 27-08-2013 01:53PM

biko wrote: »

Something private for me please.
I just find those vids really awkward.

Yeah, it's a real private intimate moment. It's like wanting to have your first shag on Croke Park at half time.
Still, those videos where the girl says "no" or "we'll talk later" are hilarious in a that's-the-job-for-you kind of way

IM0 · 27-08-2013 01:56PM

there is a definate "all she'll never say no after I do all this big elaborate proposal for her in front of everyone" vibe off them.

27-08-2013 01:56PM

They are mortifying and just make others embarrassed for you

27-08-2013 01:57PM

Cringey
Especially if they sing
Even more especially if they think it's a romantic song but they clearly weren't listening to the lyrics properly

Peregrine · 27-08-2013 01:57PM

Whenever I see videos like that I always end up thinking "You fool! What if she said 'No'?"

Crooked Jack · 27-08-2013 02:02PM

bluewolf wrote: »

Cringey
Especially if they sing
Even more especially if they think it's a romantic song but they clearly weren't listening to the lyrics properly

Something by Steel Panther perhaps

IM0 · 27-08-2013 02:03PM

reminds me of a wanker I saw on TV a few nights ago. he has to plan a secret wedding for his mrs which she doesnt know where it is till she arrives, and decides that the best way to do this is to do it in HIS favourite football teams stadium and on the PITCH [she needed football boots..not ****ting you :pac: ] selfish prick! - and she let him know about it too

Neyite · 27-08-2013 02:04PM

In Rome we visited the Trevvi Fountain. All you could see was about 30 tourist couples either about to get engaged, down on one knee with the box held out, or all cuddled up afterwards. It was friggen hilarious the way they all probably thought it was so romantic and original.

keith16 · 27-08-2013 02:06PM

Didn't the crazy, former French football coach Raymond Domenech propose live on TV? She said no apparently. Can't find any video evidence.

I could have just read it on the side of a box of rice krispies.

smoking_kills · 27-08-2013 02:08PM

biko wrote: »

Something private for me please.
I just find those vids really awkward.

Awkward...cringeworthy i'd say. I left the room when the rose of tralee one happened.

Amirani · 27-08-2013 02:08PM

I'd never do it publicly, way too harsh on the person being asked.

Bananatop · 27-08-2013 02:19PM

Found the Rose of Tralee one very cringey, she kept saying no! Other than that I think proposals are lovely. Great to see people look so happy (I know, puke puke!), also you never know what difficulties they've gotten over to reach that point!

smoking_kills · 27-08-2013 02:25PM

Or hit him with a ukulele

http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/a5dZeMo_460sa_v1.gif

IM0 · 27-08-2013 02:29PM

I find it really seedy if that makes sense and really unfair on the other partner

vitani · 27-08-2013 02:51PM

No matter how much I loved the person proposing, I'd be tempted to say no to teach them a lesson for proposing in public. It's putting unnecessary pressure on the person being asked, and turning what should be a private, intimate moment into a spectacle.

GLaDOS · 27-08-2013 02:53PM

Should always be done in private as far as I'm concerned.

Gyalist · 27-08-2013 02:55PM

IM0 wrote: »

there is a definate "all she'll never say no after I do all this big elaborate proposal for her in front of everyone" vibe off them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esr_okP5Qmo

jester77 · 27-08-2013 03:01PM

They are sad and pathetic imo, really puts the other person on the spot. Fair play to the girl in the last video, it would have been easier to say yes and then change her mind later.

TeddyTedson · 27-08-2013 03:10PM

IM0 wrote: »

there is a definate "all she'll never say no after I do all this big elaborate proposal for her in front of everyone" vibe off them.

Really, you think so?
I'd of thought a bloke who proposes in public had figured she'd say yes in private, so I'll do it publicly.
It's is definitely a stupid idea though saying that.
What's romantic about turning a proposal into public spectacle!

MOC88 · 27-08-2013 03:17PM

keith16 wrote: »

Didn't the crazy, former French football coach Raymond Domenech propose live on TV? She said no apparently. Can't find any video evidence.

I could have just read it on the side of a box of rice krispies.

The future was cloudy on that one

SEPT 23 1989 · 27-08-2013 03:22PM

Its a private matter

Cienciano · 27-08-2013 03:25PM

Always seems to be a bit of an air of desperation from the blokes who do it.

Karl Stein · 27-08-2013 03:34PM

Only superseded by those incredibly corny scripted wedding acty-dancey things.

*puke*

MOC88 · 27-08-2013 03:42PM

vitani wrote: »

No matter how much I loved the person proposing, I'd be tempted to say no to teach them a lesson for proposing in public. It's putting unnecessary pressure on the person being asked, and turning what should be a private, intimate moment into a spectacle.

WOW you wouldn't be delighted that the person who proposed to you want sot spend the rest of their life with you. You'd want to teach them a lesson despite being madly in love with them.

Potatoeman · 27-08-2013 03:42PM

jester77 wrote: »

They are sad and pathetic imo, really puts the other person on the spot. Fair play to the girl in the last video, it would have been easier to say yes and then change her mind later.

True but she would have to tell everyone she knew after that as it was on TV.

IM0 · 27-08-2013 03:46PM

its usually the guys with money who do it too

on the other side of things, the first thing people ask is "where did they propose?" so society puts pressure on itself to make something original to satisfy the appetite of those who want to know all about this crap and the latest 'original' idea the DH came up with. cant win, damned if do damned if dont in some ways!

but there might be a few guys going "ah feck! but I was gonna....

" and changing the way they propose now..

Muise... · 27-08-2013 03:48PM

biko wrote: »

Something private for me please.
I just find those vids really awkward.

PM sent.

xoxo

vitani · 27-08-2013 03:50PM

MOC88 wrote: »

WOW you wouldn't be delighted that the person who proposed to you want sot spend the rest of their life with you. You'd want to teach them a lesson despite being madly in love with them.

I'd be tempted to, yes.

I'd also hope the person who wanted to spend the rest of his life with me would know me well enough to know that a public proposal would make me very uncomfortable.

kfallon · 27-08-2013 03:57PM

Did some bint get proposed to on The Rose of Tralee last week?

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