After Mr. Feather put down the deposit on the ring and enough time had passed that I could be certain that it had been picked up, I wrote up a little document for him. As with the pirate code from Pirates of the Caribbean, I intended for them to be more like guidelines than rules. And I was being a little tongue-in-cheek. OK, a lot tongue-in-cheek.
Here are few gems from the list of Ways Not to Propose to Miss Feather:
Nothing too time consuming or labor intensive. Do not scatter a thousand rose petals, buy/light a ton of candles, build a gazebo, write me a 100-page journal, or make a feature-length film. Obviously some candles, scrapbooking, and light construction work is permissible.
Yes, I?d seen all these things done before. In videos?on YouTube. That I usually watched during my time of the month. Still, it felt worth mentioning. No skywriting, billboards, or other large, public installations. 

Self-explanatory. Exceptions to this rule would include anything by Banksy.
No mariachi bands, boy bands, metal bands, emo bands, etc. And please don?t play that awful Bruno Mars song.
Since Mr. Feather is from Texas, I felt I needed to call out mariachi bands specifically. And since he blissfully resides under a pop culture rock, he may find the Bruno Mars song an appealing choice. Sorry, Bruno Mars lovers. It?s not my jam.
I suppose an exception to this rule would be if he could somehow hire Justin Timberlake to sing ?This I Promise You? and make my middle school fantasie...