Study: How to increase the chances of your partner accepting your proposal
Are you thinking of taking your relationship to the next level? This study shows how you can increase the chances of your partner agreeing to marry you.
Finding love and someone that you want to spend the rest of your life with is a blessing.
Not everyone is fortunate enough to experience love.
But we all know that being in a relationship with someone you love does not necessarily mean that your partner will say yes to your marriage proposal.
So, how do you better the chances of your partner agreeing to marry you?
Talking about marriage with your partner and making sure you're ready to take the relationship to the next level is a step in the right direction. This was revealed by a new study published in the Journal of Family Psychology.
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This means that making a surprise marriage proposal to your partner without first learning about their feelings on marriage could lead to the proposal being rejected. So, although the proposal can be a surprise, you should know how your partner feels about getting married and if he/she is ready for that type of commitment.
“The typical Western marriage proposal involves kneeling, offering a ring, and asking some variant of ‘will you marry me?’,” says Lisa Hoplock, the lead author of the study.
“The proposal is often a surprise. What my research reveals is that while certain details can be a welcome surprise, the timing of the proposal in the relationship shouldn’t be a surprise. That is, couples should be on the same page about when and if they want to get married,” she added.
The research also found that majority of couples preferred to be proposed in private instead of public, especially if it is a surprise.
It has also been shown that rings increase the likelihood of a partner saying "yes" to a marriage proposal.
Rejected proposals were frequently the outcome of bad timing, such as when they were made earlier in the relationship. Proposals being refused were also a result of unstable or abusive relationships.
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