He said Yes

The Girlfriends weigh in.

Katherine: Morning folks, I have no prob with the woman proposing except she now have to give herself the ring...awkward!

Staci: So if she proposed she shouldn’t she give him a ring?

Katherine: She should but she needs a ring too not so?

Lis: I feel she proposed to herself and tell him say yes. It’s a make-for-Facebook proposal.

Mel: Nah nah nah! Tradition is tradition. No man saying no anyways. Men need to be men. That’s what’s wrong with society.

Staci: So that’s not one of the things we should do? I mean considering women can do anything a man can do...Isn’t that the premise of equality of the sexes?

Kimba: I’m not sure I know many men who would like to be proposed to…It may be something they always wanted to do ...tradition as well as personal reasons.

Mel: I think it’s a man thing, like making babies is a woman thing or like father’s giving away the bride. Why not mothers? Why doesn’t a mother walk her son down the aisle?

Elli: I agree. Leave it to the man to propose, unless he did before and you said no, lol.

Mel: Hahahaha, A rebound proposal, Oh gosh baby ah sorry, marry yuh girl nah.

Lis: Mothers do walk sons down the aisle...I walked my brother for his wedding in lieu of my mother who passed away. Personally, I would propose but I not giving myself a ring. My proposal though, would be like: I think is time we get married eh...ah tired of this shi.

Mel: I don’t even wear my ring. Smallest handcuff in the world

Rors: While there are certain rights I wish to fight for as a woman, being courted remains something I expect from a man. The fact is that no matter how much we throw around the term “equality” there are some inclinations that are naturally not the same between the two genders. However, if in your particular case you want to propose to him, I can’t fault you for that. But at the same time know that if you’re doing it because you know he never will, chances are you’re setting yourself up for heartbreak or disappointment. Don’t propose out of desperation to get married. On the other hand, sometimes the woman has been effing up and he’s started taking a backseat in the relationship. She may come to a realisation that she real in love and wants to show him, so she proposes.

Ronz: I still feel like proper proposals with ring and bent knee is the responsibility of men. If a woman wants to propose then more power to her, you hadda know your relationship and whether or not that would be well received by your boyfriend.

I’m certainly not proposing to any man and I think in the fight for equality there are still some things women don’t need to feel any pressure to start doing...Cause how does that even work? Did we discuss it first? Do I buy him an engagement ring? (If I hadda buy my own ring then why am I proposing to a man?). It all seems very unromantic and strange - which I suppose is to be expected as it’s not common for women to propose. I second Rors’ concerns about why I hadda propose in d first place. The more I think about this question the more ridiculous the idea of women proposing becomes...

Tamz: I don’t see anything wrong with proposing... I’ll get a ring and go down on one knee and everything... but I’ll be expecting ring from him soon cause I won’t be buying mine too.

Ronz: Bottom line for me and women proposing is to each their own. If that seems like the right thing for you and your man then great. All I know is men better not start feeling like they can rock back and wait for women to propose.

Rors: I’m mostly just against the idea of proposing to people we already have to do most of the work for.

Ronz: Exactly!

Rors: In fact your proposal should be so great as to make me WANT to commit to maintaining your whooooole life from a morning, from a yard cause that story is probably the best thing I gonna have to hold on to. Like I can hear the convo in my head…

“Why she does take he boring jokes?”

“Well gyoll, if you did see d ring and wedding reception!”

“Ohhhhh” …

So please don’t rob me of my one chance to feel like a princess. Even penguins go the distance to give her the right heart stone.

Lis: Lol, girl it’s 2017, I lost my penguin gene long time! I don’t even care for a diamond ring. Pay my bills with the cost of that diamond and I happy