When I was growing up, I spent a lot of time thinking about my future proposal. I probably thought about it more than I thought about actually getting married! There was something so exciting to me about that special moment, when the love of your life officially asks you to turn your two lives into one.
Every time I watched a romantic comedy, the proposal depicted on the screen became my new life goal. I watched Serendipity and wanted to unwrap one box after another in my living room until I found the box with a ring inside. I watched The Wedding Singer and wanted to be serenaded on an airplane (though hopefully not with my cheating fiancé at my side). Anyone who?s not a love-crazed preteen would realize that those two proposals are vastly different?but which one is better" Public and private marriage proposals each have their own pros and cons, and the question of ?which is better? really comes down to personal taste. But just for fun, let?s take a look at some of the pros and cons of these two ways to pop the question.
The Public Proposal
At its simplest form, a public proposal refers to asking someone to marry you when other people are present. The specifics can vary drastically, depending on what you?ve planned; a proposal at your weekly family dinner and a big, romantic gesture on the jumbotron at a Lakers game are both considered public proposals.
The fact that you can involve other people is one of the primary pros of a public proposal. If family and friends a...