Being married to that guy could be exhausting.

This sort of thing make me sad. Four + minutes of production number to ask someone to marry you strikes me as wrong. If the question itself isn't sine qua non meaningful, all that hoopla just makes it seem more empty. If it is, why mess it all up with all that crap? I hate these sort of staged moments. I also think these kinds of things are manipulative and unfair. It's just like a bridezilla wedding, as far as I'm concerned. A big look-at-me co-opting of what should be a sincere expression of a profound sentiment.

I did once, however, see a man and a woman, walking through a park (Bughouse Square, actually), holding hands. I didn't really notice them. They got to a bench and sat down and he apparently handed her an engagement ring, with no fanfare and after she hugged and kissed him, a guy playing the saxophone came out from behind a tree, played them a song or two. Someone else handed them a bucket with champagne and took their picture. At which point the park applauded. I thought that was sweet. So what do I know?

Ah well. To each his own. I like that people in the world love each other enough to find ways to express it. Even if being the recipient of that particular gesture would suit me not at all.

So what is this an ad for? I hate how cynical the internet has made me. *shakes fist at viral marketers*

Also, I'm glad my husband proposed to me alone, at home.

Also, I'm glad my husband proposed to me alone, at home.

Yeah, he proposed to me that way too.

In my case, I was clueless enough to not notice that Mrs. Plinth wanted me to propose to her. She proposed to me. I did retrospective theatrics and wrote it up and read it on NPR.

crush-onastick, manipulative of whom? I agree that it's an overdone gesture but it seems to be done out of "look at you" by the proposer than "look at me" (of course both are interrelated.)

So yeah I'm not sure about the comparison to bridezilla weddings but the whole hoopla approach makes me kinda cynical about how long the actual marriage will last etc. I'm a bit bah-humbug on many many things like this but intend to get appropriately revved up about them when they do occur.

There was another one of these, just recently, in Washington Square. Maybe it's a series? Maybe they'll be one in Times Square next.

I couldn't watch the whole thing, but I did notice the improper use of "everyday."

Awww, aww aww.

Well, I fell for it, specifically when they strip to the white t-shirts.

Of course, this could be related to my own state in life and relationshiphood [prognosis: good] and my intense desire to avoid what happened to acquaintances last week: the bossy girl changed her Facebook status to say "Engaged" and gave her guy a stern look, and he shrugged and said, "Sure."

Wow, that's an odd one, Madamina.

I definitely don't dig ambiguous proposals.

Well, I fell for it, specifically when they strip to the white t-shirts.

For whatever reason, that was the turning point for me, too, Madamina. The single "I love you" shirt didn't get me misty-eyed, but for some obscure reason, the many many "He loves you" shirts did. Funny.

These public, performance-centered proposals are tricky. The asker had better be absolutely certain that the askee
A) doesn't mind having a turning point in their shared private history become a public event, even a spectacle. For some people, that would be weird and uncomfortable.
B) is absolutely, undoubtedly, unreservedly going to say "yes." (Imagine the anxiety of an uncertain recipient of these attentions; with all these friends or strangers circled around, not just witnessing but actually participating in the proposal, there must be tremendous pressure to accept.)

I thought it was cute and sweet as heck. Not my style, but obviously theirs. Loved the unicycle and the streamers, and the fact the guy went back for her purse for her.