I swear this very same question was asked on here only a few weeks ago.

Um, RITE of passage. The Sugar network needs a proofreader and soon.

Very popular topic on Dear. I don't care where it is I'll say yes if he is the man I want to spend the rest of my life with. Who cares how he does it? He'll do it in his way and you should love him for it. I already know that most on here are going to say that they will refuse marriage if not proposed to properly and that many are dead set against a public proposal. Public proposals are described as tacky by most of the posters on here. I think it's tacky to put so many conditions on the occasion.

A don't. What if you want to say 'no'... Then he is there on a public place on his knees with that ring... Awkward!

This has been asked a few times recently.

But, I'd say yes regardless.

A guy has to be pretty darn sure of himself if he is going to propose in public! Mine was in private--but I would have said yes no matter what! (I love my hubby!)

it doesnt matter!

You just asked this same question not two weeks ago....

We just saw this...but whatevs. I said it didn't matter, I'd say yes either way, but I would prefer private. Just like I would prefer to elope.

Anyone read the book Baby Proof? They say that men who do public proposals have something to hide and thats why they make it public as if they have to redeem themselves. The only guy I know who did a public proposal was cheating on his gf/fiance of 7 years. But hey, everyone does it their own way!

Public or private, doesn't matter. I think somewhere like a park would be really sweet (and semi-private anyway), but a sports stadium, not so much. Of course, if the guy's planning on marrying me, he ought to know.

I voted that I don't care where a proposal happens, however, I would prefer it to be private. But really, I would say yes anywhere.

I'd say yes regardless, but, I'd prefer that it be in private.

As for this repetitive content, has DearSugar ever appeared to explain or anything? I see the other sugars commenting on blogs all the time, but never DearSugar. Maybe the real DearSugar was fired during the last round of layoffs.

i want mine to happen at the forest gump bench its just down the road from where we live and that was the first movie we watched together

Carmen, that was my exact thought!

oh no not another do over question....

right of passage -- it's rite of passage.

and I think it depends on the couple -- the guy should know if his soon to be bride would delight in a public proposal or would perfer an intimiate private one.

I prefer my privacy.

Uh not answering- we've already done this!

I think men who propose in public are unnecessarily cocky and are doing it so people will think that they are the world's greatest fiance or something. Private proposals are usually a lot more intimate. I'm glad my husband proposed in private, but I would've said yes regardless.

I would prefer the moment to be private however there are some memorable, thoughtful, public ways of asking so I voted "don't care..."

I would say yes regardless of whether I was asked in the kitchen or in the middle of a zoo.

I'm sure I've answered this before... haha, feeling of deja vu!

Basically, if I'm going to say yes, I'm going to say yes whether the proposal is public or private. I think I would quite like something public - say, in a restaurant or at a beautiful beach or whatever, but private would be nice too!

I'm a very, very open and see-through person, so he would totally know whether or not I'd be likely to say yes, so no danger of being knocked back in public.

But, I'm kind of confused, when the term 'public' is used, are we referring to just out and about, rather than in the privacy of one of our homes? or do we mean, something massive, over the top and involving public participation? like on the bigscreen at a sports event?

I don't think I'd really like something TOO over the top ie, on a tv show - I'd prefer something in a restaurant, or whatever, that wasn't intentionally in front of a huge audience

I wouldnt have wanted a proposal on a jumbo-tron at a sporting event or anything, but my husband did propose to me at a restaurant. Honestly I didnt realize anyone was even paying attention to us and was startled when people applauded after I said yes.
The week before he almost scrapped the plan and proposed to me at a waterfall up in the mountains- I would have been thrilled with either its the guy that matters

I would much prefer something more intimate but I think if you are going to say yes, you would say yes whether he did it in private or in public.

I would prefer private but anywhere is fine! JUST ASK ME! arggghhhh

Doesn't matter to me...

Not only no, but hell no.

It could just be me, but the first time I was engaged (which ended in disaster), he asked in front of my family, and it was so awful. I wish we could have talked in private and hashed things out instead of me sitting there feeling pressured to say yes for fear of making him feel like a fool. It was terrible.

Maybe it's just that we weren't meant to be, but seriously, I think it should be private.

Oh, a do.

Did anyone see the first episode of Alias, when he got down on his knees in the quad and sang (quite off-key) his proposal in front of half the school?

Best popping-of-the-question ever.

I love dramatic proposals, because I, without quite realizing what I was doing, proposed to my fiance on the spur-of-the-moment. In a bathrobe. In my college dorm. Two weeks after meeting him.

He wears a ring I bought him, which will later be his wedding ring. A man with an engagement ring. It's a good thing he's secure in his masculinity, is all I have to say.

Still, we're five years in, and still stupidly happy, so you can't say I didn't know what I wanted.

Big no no for me. I want it to be just between us. I don't want anyone else's reaction in my memory I'm going to daydream about for the rest of my life.

It depends on the couple...it can be meaningful either way!

It sounds like a lot more pressure on both parties if in public, but it really doesn't matter.

As long as he doesn't hide the ring in food I think a public proposal can be quite lovely.

I would say yes regardless...although i prefer the private one!