Look all over the social media networks and you’ll be hypnotised by the barrage of proposal photos and videos. Men going on their kneels to propose to the love of their lives. Ladies, with their stretched out hands, catching all the necessary feelings for that special moment — looking overly surprised for what may eventually happen later on in their relationship. Everyone around keeping appointment with amazed expressions, begging and the lady to accept and let the gentleman get off his bent knee. Kneeling to propose marriage to a lady sure has more fanfare than the excitement from spectators when a star athlete is close to the finish line.
And, because of the influence and power of social media today, having a quiet and solemn proposal now seem like the proverbial poop no one wants to get close to or touch – the smell is repulsive. I may be wrong, but, I am scared for men tomorrow, who want to do it quietly, and what they will be met with is a partner who accuses them of not loving them enough to make the necessary noise and make it social media worthy.
A tradition we all follow today mostly because other people do it and we see it all the time on our phones — or we just don’t have a clue, it’s a western/modern/progressive thing to do, let’s just do it and “satisfy all righteousness,” – prior to getting married. Yes, it is all nice and lovey-dovey when you do it because you love your partner and you’re ready to take the relationship to the next level. Anyway, do you have an idea where kneeling to propose originated from and for which purpose it was done in the past?
Do you have an idea why the ring was introduced into the whole ‘kneeling to propose’ setup? You can be sure it did not originate from one man seeing a heavenly vision and claiming that God has shown us how the man should go about proposing to a woman. I am saying that because this is one very strong tradition today.
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