Will You Marry Me?

Before you start picking up your phones excitedly to call me, I am not getting married. *laughs*

I was watching this commercial of the brilliant rose diamond which I thought summed up what made marriage such a dreamy concept to women. The commercial went something like "There's only one thing he needs to win her heart...Forever." The lines were of course accompanied by visions of a man proposing to a woman who happily accepts the ring...BIG diamond ring may I add.

Yes women want stability and all in a marriage but if you were to strip it all down to the basics, women want the promise of forever, the promise that her man will love her forever, be with her forever and cherish her forever. Forever is a concept too romantic for most women to resist.

I also watched another program which brings me to another section of marriage. The program was called "I Propose", in which a man will show the world how he will plan and propose to his girl.

Now, a common question that will pop up after one announces one's marriage plans would be "So how did he propose?!"

Men, do not underestimate the importance of this event. It is equally as important as the ring, the wedding and the dress. Why is it so?

There's a princess in every woman who lives through her in different ways. It could be the clothes she wears, the jewellery she adores, simple mannerisms who personify the princess within. The epitome of that would naturally be that perfect wedding dress in that perfect wedding with that perfect prince or knight in shining armor and of course, the perfect proposal.

When I saw how the girl totally melted at the sight of her man getting on his knees to ask for her hand, I understood the meaning of the event.

The truth is even in this age of independence, most women have a submissive role to their men in one way or another before and after marriage. Yet it is during proposal that for once, the men do the unthinkable and get on their knees *gasp*, just for you! There is something very romantic about a man willing to put aside his pride and kneel for you while asking you to spend forever (hopefully) with him. It symbolises a man's desire to cherish her as his queen. This can only happen once in a lifetime (with the same man at least) and it is often a memory that still makes any woman blush at any age.

I recently saw a video of a friend's friend's brother who stopped traffic in orchard road, got down on his knees and proposed to his girlfriend. Crazy? Yes. But it's definitely something that she will be able to talk about for the rest of her life.

Guys, you don't have to stop traffic in Orchard Road to make it special for her. Make her feel cherished and important...I think that should do the trick :)