The timing, the motivation, and the spectacle of a marriage proposal all matter. The risks of a rejected proposal are in some ways worse for women.

23."My friend turned down a marriage proposal because the guy asked her dad for permission to marry her, which, as a radical feminist, she didn't appreciate AT ALL.

It’s hard to imagine anything more heart and ego-smashing than proposing marriage to someone and being rejected. In an AskReddit thread started on Tuesday, people share their rejected marriage ...