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[virus_x]

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VIRAL NOTES: If she didn't break up with me, immediately, I

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[pogo101]

The unwritten rule, though, is that a proposal's OCCURRENCE (as opposed to its method) should never be THAT big of a surprise. You (as a couple) shop for rings, talk about plans for children and their upbringing, etc., etc., before you just whip out the ice.

I feel for the guy, and the two probably don't belong together, but I am just asking you to consider the woman's viewpoint.

[virus_x]

People get surprised all the time, by proposals. Some may suspect they're coming, just on the illogical basis that 'they've been together long enough', and some on other grounds. That is a couple that really shouldn't be together, because, obviously, she isn't really interested in him, and she's just been using him, for all this time. When you're not interested in somebody like that, you've got to be up front with that; otherwise, you're just milking the relationship for all its worth. Like I said, if she didn't break up with me after that kind of humiliation, she could consider herself broken up with. If we lived together, and it was my house, she'd have 2 hours to pack whatever she could, and get out. Anything larger, she'd have till the end of the week, or 2 days, whichever came first. If I was in her place, the parameters would be reversed. A mutual place, and I'd push for her to go.

[brendala]

I personally wouldn't want to be proposed to on the Jumbotron. Even if I WANTED to marry the guy, just being put on the spot in front of thousands of people would make me too self-conscious to form a coherent response.

As for this couple...I don't know the specifics of their relationship, so I don't feel right judging either of them. But I think she should have just said "yes" for the cameras and then hashed it out with him later. We're living in the age of YouTube; so something like this is gonna haunt BOTH of them forever.

[virus_x]

I'm definitely not one for being put on the spot, nor for putting people on the spot, unless there's a really good reason. However, my current policy is that you only get one bite at the apple, and that's a limited time offer. A "no" answer, or something humiliating, and its still over, and the above conditions still apply.