I Am So OVER The Viral Proposal Videos!

[MoufOfKhaos]

Plenty of people are still proposing to their sweetheart in that coffee shop they had their first kiss in, or at the park where they first held hands, or via the shotgun tip of the soon-to-be father-in-law because someone couldn't use a condom, or - get this - because they love each other.

You're not getting married by your own admission; I don't see why someones' posted 15 minutes makes you so mad. We live in a culture where EVERYONE seems to think they're the shiniest snowflake - this is one of the very rare moments where the shine should be warranted.

 

[eastofeden]

Eh...I wouldn't do if for any amount of money (well...maybe a million bucks but my ass cheeks would be clenched the whole time).... but some people seem to get off on it...doesn't affect me one way or the other.

 

[darden]

maybe it's a generational thing (not that I'm old, but at 32, I more or less grew up and came of age pre-social media), but seeing stuff like that (along with videos of people coming out and such) always makes me feel a little uncomfortable.

some moments, I think, are good to stay private and personal for the people involved.

 

[pat grimshaw]

Dear OP, I liked your earlier thread when you exposed the fact that one of these so-called spontaneous proposal films was in fact an expensive, highly-choreographed commercial for a NY wedding company which was keen to expand and get gay customers as well as het customers.

 

[maxpowr9]

I don't care for them either. I just think that in 7 years, they will be heading to divorce fighting over who gets to keep the china.

 

[palbert]

OP, totally agree!

 

[G-Lexington]

They annoy me because none of them are even anything special, yet so many folks are all passing them around like it's not a completely ordinary experience that happens every single day.

Thus they aren't special to YOU. But if people are passing them around like there's no tomorrow, apparently, THEY find them very special. I don't have any interest in BitStrips or the latest Grumpy Cat picture either, but I'm not about to tell people they shouldn't post them anymore because I don't find them interesting.

Lex

 

[SaskGuy]

 

[JPGhost]

@OP= Im with you at this one. I dont like PDA and overly displaying affection in public, well..that's same thing ^^
Hopefuly every guy I've been with- also has same thinking like me, but I dont expect him to be closeted case either. Long time ago, I hated a guy I've been with cuz he snap me with his iphone and sent my pic to his friend cliche in twitter/fb.
Dude, I just met you 3 times? -_-

Ya like that and I hope when Im getting serious, he also not too cheeky in wedding and all that craps. I always though wedding is beautiful but when its paraded with pride, it just looks tacky and I hope I never go to leeeength of arguments with my fiancee to this meaningful yet silly topic like 'wedding'

tend..to break

but if you dont like people pdaing their love- simply dont watch them ^^

 

[Midgar]

I can't watch them because I find public proposals too embarrassing. If anyone ever did that to me I would probably kill them :\

But it's nice for those who are into that, and I understand that to some people that could be one of the best moments of their life.

 

[MakeDigitalLove]

but if you dont like people pdaing their love- simply dont watch them ^^

But it is so hard to have self control. OH EM GEE!!!

 

[bankside]

I think there is something also slightly manipulative about it, almost like trying to make it awkward and impossible to say no.

I would feel responsible to make it as comfortable as possible for the guy to say "no" if that's what his heart lead him to say. I'd be very protective of my guy that he would not feel pressured to say yes or be worried about what a stadium full of people were thinking.

On the other hand, sometimes it's bloody obvious how two people feel about the idea, and in a way they have answered the question for each other before anyone even asks. In that case, it just seems like a fun party and a way to celebrate the "official" engagement from the very beginning, even if the answer is already known.

 

[Kabluey]

Yeah - it's kind of an embarrassment trap if the couple hasn't discussed it first.

Remember back in the days of Sally Jessie Raphael and Ricky Lake - started off having surprise marriage proposals where the happy couple were drowned out by screaming women in the audience. They never said no.

Soon got supplemented by the guys thinking they could trap a wife just by turning up on a talk show for a surprise proposal. Mixture of delusion about their relationship, false belief in the power of tv and trying to embarrass someone into saying yes.

 

[sixthson]

While I understand the total excitement about getting engaged, for me it's a very private thing. I feel the same way about our wedding. It is to be shared by those we love and not the world. Everyone is welcome to know we are married, but somethings are just private, I feel.