"Well you see, he was inside of me, and after grunting my name, then God's name, then my name again, he blurted out 'marry me.'

"You could have reserved a hall, done something, but no, you were to busy jacking off with your white board for an entire goddamn year." "Yeah, well you were to busy drooling in your goddamn 'sleep'. Call it what it is, you have a drinking problem." "Fuck you, Ted." "Fuck you, Olivia."

This was my proposal: "The ring is sitting there in the bag, you might as well start wearing it" after we'd returned from the jewelry shop. Which is to say, it wasn't a proposal so much as a mutual decision that, yeah, we'd like to get married now. We'd been talking about it since about six months into our…

Or you could go my fiancé's route and do it when I'm cooking a microwave pizza late at night. I don't even know if he had pants on. However, it was much sweeter then it sounds and I was surprised.

Private? BUT IF A PROPOSAL HAPPENS IN A FOREST AND NO ONE IS THERE TO HEAR IT, DOES IT MAKE A SOUND?

I work in a restaurant and I can't tell you how many teeny but no less unfortunate 'shit-shows' I've presided over in my career. To me, proposing in public only means you're not sure she will say yes, and you need the spotlight to pressure her.

My husband, not overly sentimental, says to me on Sunday "Aww, did you see that latest proposal video? It's cute."

As a possible asexual, this whole article and the comments made me cringe.

Someone does something, we all critique, some accept it, others fight it, the person is defending/arguing, it's all really messy.

Reminds me of show and tell as a kid. Sometimes you just want to share, some like what you share, others have an…

It sort of makes it sound like illness is a totally acceptable reason to cheat. That kind of blows my mind. I have an illness right now that has left me physically unable to do a lot of what I did before. I already feel horrible guilt about how this has affected the lives of everyone in my family. The last thing I…

Just from some of the quotes from her side of the story, I can see that it's almost certainly not a normal, healthy poly relationship

I wondered he her husband feels about it, too. It sounds like his health condition is pretty serious. He might feel that if he told her he didn't want to open up the marriage, she would leave. That could be scary for someone who is at least somewhat dependent on their partner for physical care. He also might be…

"Yeah, I think the fact that when he found out they didn't just call it quits and they found a way to make it work for both of them was particularly beautiful."

I don't think it's very fair to say "most relationships would be better if they were non-monogamous to some extent." YOUR relationships might be better, and that's awesome. But that's not true for everyone. Some people are truly happy being monogamous.

I would be interested in getting her husband's perspective as well. I mean, maybe he is totally fine with it. But, there were a couple of moments here where it crossed my mind that he could be harboring some secret jealousy and resentment that he's burying because he doesn't want to lose her. It's impossible to know…

Yeah, the other thing about this as I digest it a little is, you know, we're getting a side of the story here and we're getting it from the person who initiate the change and is the one actually going out there and banging other people. They present it as something that works for them but also as something the other…

Making a cat dance for one's life partner goes beyond the physical realm of pleasure. Slightly lifting a cat to a semi standing position and wiggling it to music is the most intimate experience two humans can share.

I'm very thankful that I'm not the only one confused on that one.

how do you not have a clear as shit mental picture

Thanks for making this really important point.

Hi, I just had post this reply so you could see it in your notifications. It appears some asshole has hacked into your Kinja account and is posting stupid and unnecessary contrarian posts with unnecessary semantics arguments.