According to a survey of 7,000 people in the UK, Christmas Eve is the most popular day for marriage proposals, which makes a lot of sense as a matter of romance and convenience. The holidays make us all romantic and dreamy, and in addition, we're already meeting up with family, so we can share the news. It's a win-win…
Remember the 300 $andwiches Lady? You know, the food blogger who says her boyfriend told her that once she made him 300 $andwiches, he'd buy her an engagement ring in what of course was not a shamelessly craven gimmick to get a book deal? Well: she's only 100 $andwiches away. And her boyfriend wants advice on how to…
The morning talk show ratings war is still on and in order to win, Good Morning America has made it their mission to win the hearts of Americans by dominating the weird proposal market. Monday's Veteran's Day-inspired entry: getting a member of the Coast Guard to propose to his girlfriend via a performance by Jason…
Remember Chirag Shah and Simone Jhingoor? Last month, he proposed to her live on Today, steamrolling over what she thought was her chance to talk about the non-profit where she is employed. Last night, the couple was on Totally Biased with Kamau Bell, where they had a chance to redo the proposal, complete with…
In this clip from his upcoming Netflix special, comedic powerhouse/Harris' cousin Aziz Ansari puts that whole matrimony thing into perspective, envisioning what a proposal would look like if marriage never existed. Sure enough, the whole idea of nuptials now seems a lot creepier than those wedding videos set to Bruno…
This morning on Today, Al Roker was about to do the weather when he took a detour and introduced a woman who works at a non-profit. Simone Jhingoor was prepared to talk about the Women's Housing and Economic Development Corporation — which sounds great and important — when suddenly, her boyfriend, Chirag Shah, showed…
A man arrived at the Home Depot in Salt Lake City thinking he was there to help his roommate get a few things for a party. When he was taken to the lumber aisle, he found his family and friends about to pop off! (In a good way.)
The days when you could just kneel down and display a rock in a box and call it a proposal have been over for a long, long time. They're so over that this story of a man who wrote and illustrated a children's book, planted it in a library, had his girlfriend "stumble across it" and read it to him and then proposed, all…
This morning we received an announcement about a proposal scheduled for this afternoon.
Charles and Ray Eames, the visionary couple behind the chair you're currently sitting in, also have a pretty fantastic love story.
It's wedding season! (For single gals like me, this means drinking season.) But if the season's general aura of sweaty love made you realize you want to ask for your partner's hand in marriage, please take these recommendations into your consideration so you do not look like an embarrassing attention-seeking engagement …
Guys, I'm gonna let you in on a little something: Being proposed to is literally (LITERALLY) the most important day in a woman's life. All of us (every single one of us) spend our whole lives (OUR ENTIRE LIVES) imagining our dream wedding proposal. Will he be on one knee? Or two? Or none? Perhaps he'll stand on his…
It's time for another episode of Horrifying Public Marriage Proposals — tagline: Why make an intimate moment intimate when the world could be watching? (sponsored by The Internet). In this very special edition, the man actually takes it inside a movie theater by splicing his loved one's image into a movie trailer.…
If you're looking to get hitched anytime soon, you might be confused about what you're supposed to do. There, there, it's OK, I know that figuring out how to share the news with your friends and family is a mind bender that's best left to technology. Thankfully, there's an app for that.
Turns out heterosexual couples crave rigid gender roles when it comes to marriage. In a study out of the super liberal UC Santa Cruz*, none (that's N-O-N-E) of the 277 heterosexual college students interviewed said they'd prefer marriage proposal in which the woman asked the man to marry her. Wow.
Earlier this month, Katie wrote a post about a Russian man who proposed to his girlfriend by faking his own death in an accident. For those of you who thought that was the worst possible thing you could do to someone who loves you, think again. An American pilot has given that crazy Russian romantic a run for his money …
Well, thank goodness that's settled: Miss Manners has ruled on whether it's OK to propose marriage via text message.
Hockey is not generally known for producing heart-warming moments, but there was a notable exception at yesterday's game between the Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs. During a break in play, Alicia was brought out on the ice where her girlfriend Christina surprised her with a proposal and impressively managed to …
Today is February 29th, a day added to the calendar every four years to confuse people who still use checks and blow elementary schoolchildrens' minds. It's also Sadie Hawkins Day, a nutty, topsy-turvy holiday when women can do crazy things like — wait for it — request that men accompany them on social calls. It's like …
Stanford journalism professor Drake Martinet has upped the proposal ante by designing and creating the cutest infographic ever as a way to ask for his girlfriend Stacy's hand in marriage. He then posted the image to Stacy's own blog and—good news— she said yes!
