Me: But I don't want to get married. You: But what if your partner proposed?!!? Me: ......................Did you not hear what I just said?
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I was the one asking him to marry me and that was already oh so shocking
so I can imagine!
societal "norms" of patriarchy. Ugh.
And some women who are the "asked" have a say in how it's done including picking out their ring. The facade that a man must ask is silly.
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Agreed. It doesn't *matter* who asks. It just matters that it has been discussed so there's a mutual understanding that both *want* to.
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Concept of romance/asking for hand in marriage came after Industrial Revolution. Companionate marriage emerged in 1950s & 1960s. It's new
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