Is getting on one knee a Must for proposal?

Not a must for some people but I’ve known I always wanted my FH to get down on one knee just like I’d want him to get my fathers blessing, which he did! It was so special and romantic and I’ll never forget that moment 😍😍

We didn't do that. We've been shacked up and parents for almost 9 years....getting married on our 10 year anniversary. We had had countless discussions about marriage and always decided it wasn't necessary right then. One day I called FH and said "we should just get married on our 10 year anniversary.".....and that was it. So I guess technically I proposed to him and it was over the phone. Hahahaha. I really meant to just go down to the courthouse though. I really just want the same last name as my kids. FH is the one who insisted on doing a full wedding since I've never had one. He's been married but didn't want me to regret not doing it right.

No unless you both want to. For me personally it was nonnegotiable, no knee no yes. He was more than happy to do so as well.

I don't think it is absolutely necessary but I am sure glad he did....it just makes it more.....real! Not to mention when you are in a crowd, everyone starts to cheer for you, its a great feeling.

It's certainly not required, but mine did, and I'm so glad. It was really special!

Proposed to me at Hell's Kitchen in Las Vegas!! Excellent!

I don't think so!

My FH proposed on our 6 year anniversary. We live on about 25 acres of land and he set up a gorgeous picnic spot in the woods for us to enjoy.

Towards the end of the picnic, he proposed but we were both giggling and he was standing up. And then he was like "I guess I should get on one knee" and he did it. I was like "are you sure?!" hahaha. But the moment was so "us" and it wasn't picture perfect, but I wouldn't have wanted this any other way.

Nope. Ours was an agreement that we wanted to get married and we then went and looked for rings together. No getting down on one knee. No surprise. Just a conversation one day.

The moment for sure! My FH proposed when we were cuddled on the couch watching a movie. It was intimate and us. There was no pressure and I actually don't think he ever asked me to marry him just kind of handed me a ring and said "what do you think?" haha. We had already started planning because we knew we wanted to be married but I don't think that made things less special either.

Hi Maurice! Here's a fun fact from our Newlywed Report - in last year's engagements, someone only went down on one knee to propose 75% of the time!

If it is..I'm not engaged, ha! (My wedding is 13 days away.)

Literally we were in a cabin on our 5 year anniversary, he's all nervous and pulls out this ring and says "you wanna do this?" LOL

I gotta love my super cheesy super NOT romantic FH..he's the best!

FH did not get down on one knee. I kind of wish he had, but the way everything happened was super cute and perfect for us.

No, it's not a must. My FH proposed when we were sitting on the couch watching Netflix in our pyjamas 🙂.

I don't think it's a must, but it is really romantic! My guy did it, even though he has a bad knee from a gunshot in the 80's. He wanted to do it the "right" way in his mind. I think each couple is different. I didn't need it, but it meant so much to me that he did it, knowing the pain it had to cause him.

Nop! We had a mutual proposal, its what i call us talking about getting married and setting up a date lol

View Quoted Comment I have very similar feelings about my proposal story! My fiancé didn’t get down on one knee but I really wished he had..
Like you I’m obviously just happy that we are getting married, but I was a little disappointed with the proposal because I had always imagined it to be more special/romantic/memorable. Ours was in our hotel room on a weekend getaway to a little town he’d been wanting to take me to for awhile (which was actually the special part of the proposal on its own). He told me after that he originally planned to propose at the beach the day before. He had the ring in his backpack the whole time, but there were too many people around. So instead he asked me to close my eyes after we woke up the next morning and I heard him shuffling around in the backpack so I knew what was coming. I opened my eyes and the box was just open and on the bed. I started to cry because I realized the moment was happening but then he was just sitting there on the edge of the bed and didn’t say anything...there was silence...he didn’t ask the question...he didn’t pull the ring out of the box. I asked him “are you serious right now?” as in are you seriously not going to ask the question....he responded sarcastically (as we so often do) “no i’m not serious, I just have the ring out for no reason” or something along those lines. I stared at him more and then he said “What - do you need the actual question?” To which I responded “Yes actually I do!” which prompted the WYMM question. But I was still the one to pull the ring out of the box and put it on my own finger. Lol
He could sense that it wasn’t the proposal I imagined and he apologized with “I’m sorry I’m not very good at the romantic stuff” and he told me he felt like his original plan (beach proposal) got messed up and he was nervous.
I just told him it was a very “him” proposal...very casual and not making a big deal of it...
As much as I would have loved a grand gesture of him on one knee proposing on the beach with a speech of how much he loves me and wants to spend the rest of his life with me - I also couldn’t picture him doing that and actually feeling comfortable because that is so far out of his wheelhouse LOL

View Quoted Comment Oh my gosh yes! My fiancé put the box in front of me and I opened it but I made him put it on my finger. Follow up to this post, we’ve been engaged for a year now. I fell asleep on the couch the other day and left my ring on the arm rest. The next morning I was getting ready in the bathroom and as a joke he brought it to me in the bathroom and got down on one knee and just smiled at me. It made me feel a lot better honestly, just a small gesture but it was so cute. Then he ruined it when we went wedding band shopping...these men haha

It more about the moment my husband and I didn’t even go through the engagement stage and many people would we talk about about for a about 3 months an than we got married