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If you were ever proposed to in a very public manner by someone you actually didn't want to get married to, what would you do?
Say no, walk off (or whatever) and totally embarass the guy, or just roll with it, say "yes", then deal w/ it later when you're in private?
"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
~Benjamin Franklin

DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
Re: s/o: public proposals
To answer my own question, i'd probably say "yes", but it would be so hard to then fake the "OH!!! I'm so happy!!!! WEEEE!!! I just got engaged".
I think once the camera's were off us, I'd be telling him it's time to leave!
~Benjamin Franklin
DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
I can't even imagine a public proposal like that! I guess I would probably say no if I didn't really want to marry the man or tell him that I needed to talk to him in private.
Good lord. I'd let the guy down easy. I find it hard to believe that a public proposal would happen without the guy KNOWING for sure she was going to say yes (it, they discussed marriage, on the same page, etc.).
If that discussion never happened...well.... .::whistle::.
Uh, yeah. If a guy is proposing to me in public and marriage has never even been discussed (or been discussed, but I said I wasn't ready), I would say no and not feel bad about it.
If it had been discussed, but I had a change of heart, I would say yes and deal with it after.