Kingdom of Knuffel

Hahaha, it seems it's gonna have to be you, the one proposing!

Funny you mentioned it, I recently dreamt I did propose to him XD I don't remember how it went though XD Irl I know it would hurt his male ego - his words, not mine

Ah, male egoes are such a delicate thing xD

I proposed to my husband.
No big deal really.
I think that after a few years you become a "married couple" even if you are not actually married xD

Husband proposed to me at the 2 years mark (during which we pretty much always lived together) and even before that we had a lot of people who know us both believing we had been married for years when we weren't.
And now people who know only one of us (usually me) don't believe me when I tell them I'm married.

Still, we mostly got married because it makes things easier in terms of taxes or if something happens to either of us.

jacobgrey wrote:Kuuki, it reminds me of what used to happen with my mother when I would take her to events inside my industry. I would be asking her to play it cool and relax, and instead she would be looking around taking pictures and loudly talking about how 'weird' everything was that she hadn't experienced before, like a complete tourist And if I got annoyed with her for also making me look bad professionally with these loud remarks everyone would hear, she would get angry at me, even though I warned her ahead of time not to do it.

Your wedding sounds cool though :D It sounds like what we had, although that was because of Covid regulations and not by choice exactly XD

Honestly I admire you for taking your mom along. I would NEVER.

Male egos are extra delicate

No big deal in terms of "for a woman" or "for an event"? Because proposal is a big deal anyways XD

Haha, yeah, I actually call him either husband or un-husband and myself his wife or un-wife. 'Cause we're practically married. Over 11 years is about one third of our lives.
I remember we were once playing card-board game with his friends, and in this game there are cards for husband and wife. And Ash said he's missing a wife and I joked like "what do you mean, I'm right here". Then one of his friends (then newly married) went "you're not his wife". I said "dude, we're together for 11 years, been living together for 8, you're how long with your wifey? 5 years or something? We live like husband and wife and a paper is just a paper". Then he went on about taxes and hospitals, assets and such. Fine, taxes, fuck taxes. But hospitals, assets etc. can be managed witha notary, at least here. The law allows it.
Anyways, he upset me with that ('cause he just wouldn't let go and kept arguing with me) and I obviously still hold a grudge

No big deal either way


In our case we first signed up as common-law partners. Here it is a procedure to document that you are living with a partner but you are not married.
You have some rights (such as being informed in a hospital) but you are not economically tied (therefore taxes remain the same as when you were single).

I was the one who proposed.
And I bought him a ring. A very special ring. This special ring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uboKn-Lm5cA
He still keeps it and cherishes it as an invaluable jewel

Years later, when our son was already three, we decided to get married.
Actual proposal happened at our workplace, and was something like this:

HE: I've been reading the announcement regarding the jury (of a teachers examination).
ME: Any way you can make sure you are not summoned?
HE: No, only getting married.
ME: Then we get married.
HE: I suppose.

Pure romanticism xD

Hah, I want that ring now XD

Why is that proposal somehow perfect? XD

He loves the Simpsons and had joked about those rings more than once.
So I had to buy one for him of course

Not sure about perfect. But it was unique!

Amura wrote:Years later, when our son was already three, we decided to get married.
Actual proposal happened at our workplace, and was something like this:

HE: I've been reading the announcement regarding the jury (of a teachers examination).
ME: Any way you can make sure you are not summoned?
HE: No, only getting married.
ME: Then we get married.
HE: I suppose.

Pure romanticism xD

LOL what a way to propose! xDDD

memoriam wrote:Oh, I would put my foot down and tell everybody it's my wedding, but the issue is the "groom" hasn't proposed in 11 years, so for now there's no wedding lolololololol

UUUUUUGH. I mean, I know it doesn't mean much more than taxes and a piece of paper since you've been together for 11 years, but if it's something you want it'd be nice if he actually proposed. :(

Kuuki wrote: Honestly I admire you for taking your mom along. I would NEVER.

I guess it turned out to be a bad decision, because nowadays we don't have contact with one another at all haha. I would say maybe it would have been better if we only saw each other at Christmas and on birthdays instead of spending so much time together, but tbh, she wasn't the kind of person that would allow this - she always wanted to be center of attention.

My hubby proposed after 6 years. To be honest I think he only got around to it finally because we went on holiday to Paris (at his suggestion), and he didn't propose while we were there and I got really upset, and he realised he needed to do it soon or he'd be in trouble XD