How To Propose (to a Man)
How To! with Mike Pesca
Peach Fish Projects
4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Once upon a time, Ashley met a man and fell in love. Now, she's ready to get down on one knee and pop the question. But with so few women proposing to men, she's not sure how to go about it. In this episode of How To!, we bring in Caroline Kitchener, staff writer for The Washington Post's The Lily, to share her own unlikely proposal story. She tells Ashley not to worry about stealing a man's thunder. As for planning the perfect engagement, forget flash mobs and diamond rings — Kitchener says a relationship contract is the first step for a successful marriage.
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| 0:30.5 | He is the one who loves to cook most in our relationship, and he's wonderful at it. |
| 0:37.1 | And part of me is like, do I propose with a |
| 0:39.5 | kitchen aid mixer? Because, like, because he's wanted one for so long and just, hey, this is |
| 0:47.9 | really important to me. You're really important to me. Will you marry me with a kitchenate stand mixer? |
| 0:54.5 | Welcome to how to. I'm Charles Duhigg. |
| 0:58.1 | And you and I, we have been together for a while now. |
| 1:02.3 | And things have been going really well, right? They're getting serious. |
| 1:06.3 | And so I thought it's about time we talk about making this thing permanent, like for the rest of our lives. |
| 1:13.7 | So I reached out to y'all because I am partnered with this really wonderful man, and someday I think I'd like to marry him. |
| 1:22.7 | But I kind of want to be the one to ask that question, and I just have no idea how to start. |
| 1:30.8 | This is Ashley. |
| 1:32.1 | I am a wardrobe stylist and copywriter and dog mom and plant mom living in Durham, North Carolina. |
| 1:42.7 | Ashley met her boyfriend Carter two years ago, and their romances really blossom since then. |
| 1:47.7 | They share a home and a dog. |
| 1:49.8 | They've even combined their finances. |
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