Are You Kidding Me?

I was talking with my sister the other day and we came upon the topic of marriage. She told me that her friend went shopping for a ring with her boyfriend. That got us thinking, is marriage a mutual thing nowadays? What happened to the man popping the question?

We’ve all seen the movies - the man uses the element of surprise and most of the time gets on his knees to pop the question. The woman - surprised but not really - rushes to hug him and yell out ‘Yes!’ through her tears.

When did it go from that to two people one day out of boredom deciding that maybe they should try marriage?

Have I been out of the loop? I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with this, but I’m hearing more stories these days about women proposing to men, or men saying ‘Hey, want to get married?’ while watching football on TV.

I guess the issue of popping the question isn’t so traditional anymore? Even when my ex proposed to me he kind of just pulled out a ring box from his pocket and asked me if I’d marry him. I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with how he did it, because I was definitely surprised. Maybe these days men are embarrassed to get on one knee and ask?

I write so many questions in this post because I just don’t know. These are questions that are coming up in my mind as to what has changed over the years. But I guess I’m kind of the same, because I would never want a traditional wedding. I want it to be just me and my soon-to-be husband, along with the person who is marrying us.

I guess every couple is different, I don’t know. Or maybe I’ve been watching one too many Lifetime movies.

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