A marriage is a lifetime commitment. So is engagement. Both are decisions of a lifetime. The bond of marriage is a binding one and the decision to get engaged is the first step towards getting committed for life. When a couple is in love and feels that without each other, life will never be meaningful or complete, then they seriously start discussing marriage. Engagement and marriage are but, the logical next step towards the fulfillment of love.
There are many ways of proposing marriage. Engagement and marriage proposals explore the various ways of offering one's name, life and hand to the other person.
The study of engagement and marriage proposals makes for interesting reading. Engagement was and still is quite an elaborate affair. The traditional concept of a guy falling down on his knees to propose has an element of romance and chivalry attached to it.
Though nowadays, the falling down on knees is quite rare, asking the question over a cozy candlelight dinner in a trendy restaurant is more the "in thing" now. The way of proposing depends on one's personal taste, inclination and relationship. The couple is said to be engaged or rather becomes engaged when one of the partners accept the other's proposal to get married.
Before asking one's sweetheart to be his wife, a man needs to have some serious discussion on marriage. Marriage is a huge responsibility, it makes each other responsible for each other's happiness and life. Though modern couples claim, for happiness one should be committed to only one's self, but this very selfish thought undermines the concept of sharing and caring in marriage. Only if the couple shares common ground on important issues like children, should the marriage proposal be put forward.
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