Flashmobs and Floods of Tears: Women Describe the Perfect Proposal

Ever wonder what is considered the perfect proposal? All has been revealed. A recent survey carried out by 72point for Beaverbrooks the Jewellers, found that the average woman expects her proposal to be on a romantic getaway with a ring that’s worth over £1000 (About €1190). The study was carried out amongst 2,000 unmarried women in the UK who were hoping that their other half would soon pop the question. According to the findings, women would prefer to be whisked off on surprise weekend away on a break that had been planned in advance in the previous three months. The researchers found that gone are the days when partners were expected to ask the future in-laws for the daughter’s hand in marriage with the majority of women not wanting their parents to know about their engagement before they do. However traditionalists still want their partner to get down on one and to be proposed with an engagement ring he/she selected beforehand. “Women dream of their perfect proposal for years leading up to the main event” said Anna Blackburn a spokeswoman for Beaverbrooks the Jewellers. “In fact, most girls know exactly what they want from a proposal, as they do the actual engagement ring and wedding day, long before they meet the man of their dreams. ”So if the proposal isn’t well thought through and planned with the girl in mind, it won’t be as special as their partner would like it to be. A proposal story is often retold hundreds of times after the event and the more romantic it is the more it’s remembered. “Similarly, if the ring isn’t as she had imagined, it is likely it will have to go back, and the sharing of the engagement will have to go on hold.” According to findings, if the proposal is “wrong” in anyway, either it’s not romantic enough, or is in the wrong place or on the wrong day, a quarter of women will say “no.” Women surveyed said that that proposal should be approximately made three years and four months into a relationship, after the couple have been living together for a while and have had deep and meaningful discussions about marriage - though they do want it to be a complete surprise. The survey suggested that half of women want the engagement to be so romantic they are reduced to tears, while 19% want their partner to be so moved by the event they burst into tears too. And while the majority of girls are happy for a simple “will you marry me” one in 10 would love it if their partner serenaded them with a song. With one in 20 wanting a flashmob proposal. For 69% of women polled, while they dream of getting a romantic proposal it's getting to the stage where they don’t care how it happens, as long as they finally get to walk down the aisle. 26% claim that if their partner doesn’t propose soon, they'd get down on one knee themselves. Six in 10 women would call mum is the first to share news of the engagement, while 16% would ring their best friend. What's your perfect proposal scenario?