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Skydude Armos Knight                    Since: 02-18-06 From: Stanford, CA Last post: 6568 days Last view: 6568 days |
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| So there's something I've always wanted to do, but have yet to have the nerve, or the right girl for it. But I can at least share it with all of you.
So any of you who have gone to a baseball game have probably seen the thing where the guy proposes to his girl, with use of the jumbotron, and they bring the camera over and watch as she accepts (with rare exception) and everyone cheers and all. Basically, my idea is on a rather early date with a girl, arrange exactly that, but as a joke. As in, when it happens, I will discreetly tell her that I'm not serious about it. Now, as I said, one concern is not the right girl. I would need to discern very early on several things. First, that she has a great sense of humor. Without it, either she wouldn't get that it was really a joke, or she wouldn't find it funny, and might be offended. Secondly, she can't be psychoclingy; imagine how much of a problem that'd be if she said yes and thought I was serious, as I explained afterwards. Thirdly, she has to not be really afraid of big things like that...though I guess that ties in with the sense of humor. The thing is, in a way, it could be a litmus test, since I think the ideal girl for me WOULD get that joke, and would think it was a wonderful, really cool, sweet, quirky, and endlessly amusing thing to do early on in a relationship. But I wonder if any girl would actually react as such, and I can't say I blame them; that's definitely a rather odd situation to be in. |
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Salmon Steak Octoballoon   Since: 02-11-06 From: Ohio University Last post: 6656 days Last view: 6656 days |
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| Ha. Excellent. I would laugh hysterically about that afterwards.
Of course, I wouldn't be crazy enough to drop the quesiton like that.... |
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Kirk Bradford Myers Shyguy  Since: 01-23-06 From: Baltimore, Maryland Last post: 6589 days Last view: 6589 days |
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| Take some good advice to heart, coming from a happily engaged man himself...
A marriage proposal is not something that is to be bestowed upon someone lightly, as the person it is bestowed upon is going to be under the immediate impression that you are being serious if they haven't been previously told it is a joke beforehand. She will undoubtedly have one of three reactions to this: One She will think that things are moving too fast for her personal comfort, and you will have to endure the humiliation of being rejected publicly in front of thousands of people, however easily she tries to let you down. All of this carries the risk of jeopardizing the relationship. Two She will be elated, overcome with happiness that you have invested as much of your feelings in her as you have up to this point, and she will happily accept. You will then have the...trust me on this..."unpleasant" task of letting her know afterwards that it was all a big joke. It may have been a cute little joke to you maybe, but to her...well, imagine that Ed McMahon from Publisher's Clearing House knocked on your door on Super Bowl Sunday and told you you'd won ten million dollars, then five minutes later he apologized to you and told you they went to the wrong address. You get the idea. All of this carries the risk of jeopardizing your life. Three She will be embarrassed beyond words, too much to do anything but bury her face in her own knees. Not good for anyone involved... Trust me, there is nothing worse then being built up for a big letdown, except for perhaps having your private parts removed against your will with a dull jigsaw. If you would like to test her to see her reactions to things, remove a big long green booger from your nose and eat it in front of her and see what she does. If your relationship can survive that, it can pretty much survive anything reasonable! :) Using a marriage proposal as a test of someone's clout, I feel, is going beyond reasonable and crossing the line into sadistic. So take a good bit of advice for a long, healthy, and happy relationship, and skip the marriage proposal thing unless you really mean it from the heart. And when you do propose and mean it from the heart, take one more simple bit of advice...do NOT do it on the scoreboard at a stadium. Or in the middle of a bowling alley. Or in the middle of a bar when you are adequately shit-faced and won't remember any of it. Or even publicly for that matter. Believe me, just the two of you together and a romantic setting all around will work wonders and make for a beautiful proposal she will never forget. I know from personal experience. :) One last bit of advice, just based on my personal preference...avoid "themed" weddings at all costs. Especially ones involving the presence of Disney characters, chainsaw-weilding maniacs, grass skirts, mosh pits, flying hockey pucks, Klingons, and roller coasters. Oh, and scoreboards. Amen to that! (edited by Kirk Bradford Myers on 02-18-06 08:19 PM) |
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asdf Link's Awakening ಠ_ಠ  Since: 11-18-05 Last post: 6296 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| Well, it depends on what kind of girl it is. If you don't feel as if she is the right girl for you (but still respect her), then you should let her down nicely as opposed to doing something like that. If she is the right girl for you, then you should wait. | |||
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Skydude Armos Knight Since: 02-18-06 From: Stanford, CA Last post: 6568 days Last view: 6568 days |
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| Well, believe me when I say that my real marriage proposal would certainly be nothing cheesy like that, and I've come up with some clever and really sweet ones (rather ahead of myself, as I don't currently have a girlfriend, though I have been in a relationship while thinking of some of them). My best idea so far, though of course THE best one is based on the specific relationship, involves me as a knight on a white horse (since I do have some riding ability).
I think in some sense the proposal should be a definer of the relationship. If it's something that's built on a close emotional bond, yes, but also just on being quirky, fun-loving people, then something of that sort should probably be part of it. I've in fact thought way too much about it. I hadn't really been serious about doing this plan, great as it has the potential to be, since as you said, Kirk, it carries with it some rather serious potential downfalls. Not too bad to ruminate over something like that, though, as a good way to look at relationship issues as a whole. |
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Trapster King Dedede Since: 11-19-05 From: Sweden Last post: 6402 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| I wouldn´t pull this off, that´s for sure but I´d laugh if sommeone I know did this.
I would take the risk of doing this because you might lose the girl. And like you said, she could become all sad and stuff because she might think that you´re serious. |
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Snow Tomato Snap Dragon  Since: 12-31-05 From: NYC Last post: 6315 days Last view: 6300 days |
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| I'm a girl. And I'd find it hysterical. In fact I'd go along with the act and start crying and putting on dramatics.
But that'd definatly freak you out if a girl did that. |
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Danielle     6730 Administratorrrr HELLO THERE   Since: 11-17-05 From: California Rate me ^_^ Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6294 days |
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| I'd be embarrassed to death if I was on that thing.
But other than that, it could possibly be funny. After I stopped blushing because the whole damn stadium would be staring at me. |
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Alastor Fearless Moderator Hero  Since: 11-17-05 From: An apartment by DigiPen, Redmond, Washington Last post: 6294 days Last view: 6294 days |
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Jeez, why don't you just punch her in the face while you're at it  |
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Thoughtless [Danielle] Thoughtless is my secret lover [Danielle] *flutters eyelashes* [Thoughtless] SECRET IS OUT I miss my two pussies :( (Part II) Since: 11-17-05 From: PR Last post: 6295 days Last view: 6294 days |
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Originally posted by Alastor the Stylish Funniest post today. win. Personally, I would never prank a girl like that. Not that I'm against it. If a friend of mine did it, I would laugh until my face broke. But I don't have the heart to do it to a girl I know. |
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