Woman shares painful proposal story that felt like ‘psychological experiment’

Lots of people hope for a dream proposal , maybe over a candlelit dinner, at an incredible holiday destination or in some kind of romantic setting.

Or if you’re not too fussed about all of that – at the very least you don’t want it to be an uncomfortable experience.

But the reality is, proposals for most people aren’t like they are in the movies.

One woman has shared her hilarious story of her husbands very awkward proposal that she said was more like a "psychological experiment".

Writing on Mumsnet she said that she wasn’t the sort of person who needed a "flash proposal" but she and her partner had decided they wanted to get married at some point.

All she asked was that it wouldn’t be a "spectator sport" and that it would just be the two of them.

She wrote: "It was winter, five years ago, and he was on edge. I suspected he was waiting for a right time to present itself".

She said that the pair had been on lovely weekend breaks together at picturesque locations, but he still didn’t ask.

"Clearly the time was still not right.

"It began to feel like a strange, psychological experiment. I was carefully not mentioning it, because it meant more to him than me, and I didn’t want to ruin whatever his plan might be."

A few days before New Years’ Eve they went to visit her parents.

"I was cracking nuts in the living room, whilst my mother reheated the final batch of mildly rancid turkey-soup, and my father searched eBay for ‘rejected gift bargains’."

She said her husband came in and took her nervously by the hand, looking terrified.

"Perhaps he had a plan? I thought. He did not have a plan.

"There, in the kitchen, whilst my mother froze mid-stir, and my father was illuminated by the light of the computer screen, he got down on one knee and said, ‘Chris, I love and adore you, will you marry me?’

"Now, before I could answer, my father decided to interject with, ‘Don’t leave her if she says no!’ Which really cemented the romance of the moment."

She said yes to the proposal and they then hugged in "awkward silence" as he put the ring on her finger.

Very uncomfortable indeed.

Mumsnet users thought the story was "hilarious", and one even said that it "could be worse".

She told a story about her friend who was proposed to on a beach. As he knelt down he apparently threw up on her shoes, she then threw up on his head and the ring. It turned out they both had norovirus.

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