This suggests peer pressure to say yes. [link]
I just think you're freakin' out 'cause you have to fight someone prettier than you.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Daisy Jane - Dec 17, 2010 6:32:13 am PST #11790 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Jessica - Dec 17, 2010 6:33:41 am PST #11791 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'd guess that most public proposals are happening after the couple in question has had several "we should get married someday" conversations to the point where the actual asking is a formality, in which case peer pressure doesn't apply.
If it's a surprise public proposal, HELL NO THAT IS NOT OKAY.
tommyrot - Dec 17, 2010 6:33:54 am PST #11792 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
This is either very sad or funny: Marriage Proposal Rejected at BasketBall Game
eta: Oops - video x-posty!
brenda m - Dec 17, 2010 6:34:50 am PST #11793 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
That's my theory.
Normal temps around here in December are low 30s. Instead we've been having single digits.
So no, not just perception.
§ ita § - Dec 17, 2010 6:36:00 am PST #11794 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I do.
I almost took you seriously.
I think there is peer pressure to say yes in a public proposal, but you know what? I think there's also peer pressure to say no. People just want a show. Different people want different show. Me, I'm always going to vote for a no and a glass of beverage to the face, because that's how I roll.
But I rarely think so poorly of a random proposer to think he's the kind of dick who thought he'd get a no if he did it in private, so that's why everyone's around.
Daisy Jane - Dec 17, 2010 6:37:37 am PST #11795 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I've seen reviewers and commenters saying Disney is embarrassed, but sales weren't bad for it, and they're building up a lot of demand pulling it now.
brenda m - Dec 17, 2010 6:38:48 am PST #11796 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
But I rarely think so poorly of a random proposer to think he's the kind of dick who thought he'd get a no if he did it in private, so that's why everyone's around.
I don't think it's deliberate - I have no doubt that guy in video never even questioned what the answer would be. But that doesn't mean he was right in thinking that she would leap at it, and if she's not 100% sure, or having doubts herself, the effect is still there.
Jesse - Dec 17, 2010 6:41:00 am PST #11797 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'd guess that most public proposals are happening after the couple in question has had several "we should get married someday" conversations to the point where the actual asking is a formality, in which case peer pressure doesn't apply.
If it's a surprise public proposal, HELL NO THAT IS NOT OKAY.
OK, yeah, that sounds about right.
I don't know -- I had a friend who got surprise-proposed to in a restaurant, and said no, and that was bad enough. I'm generally skeptical of Event Proposals of any kind, though. I kind of figure you should both decide that you want to get married together, and do it via conversation.
msbelle - Dec 17, 2010 6:42:08 am PST #11798 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Gah Jesse, you're just SO SENSIBLE!
Amy - Dec 17, 2010 6:42:32 am PST #11799 of 30001
Because books.
I never saw the original Tron. That means demerits, right?
Me, I'm always going to vote for a no and a glass of beverage to the face, because that's how I roll.
So much magic in her heart. Makes me all sniffly.
I can't see a guy undertaking that sort of event proposal without either a) having a pretty good sense of what the answer is going to be, or b) being totally crazy asking-on-the-second-date guy, in which case he deserves a no.