Women: Has a stranger ever proposed to you?

And if so, how did it feel? Romantic? Or did you think he was just daft?

My experience here is this. He didn't actually propose to me, but he did say he would like to "have a relationship" with me.

It wouldn't have been so bad, but I hadn't even met him yet. This was someone on another forum, and we'd been contributing to a discussion on relationships, and saying a few things about ourselves. On the grounds that we had a few things in common, and were both looking for partners, he decided I could be the one, and said so in a PM.

Now, that might not sound too bad, but there's more. He lives about a hundred miles from me, and is over twenty years older.

I was quite taken aback by this request, and felt confused. The idea of entering into a relationship with someone I've never even met - and know almost nothing about - sounded ridiculous, but at the same time I was really touched. Well, I replied with a vague 'maybe' - I wanted to give a positive answer just to see how he'd respond. He replied the next day, saying he'd sent his message "instinctively" (people always use that word wrongly!), but began explaining that he was widowed and lonely, and missed having someone to be there last thing at night and first thing in the morning. I wrote back saying he had almost asked me to marry him, and that since we hadn't even met, I couldn't possibly take his 'proposal' seriously.

Well, he wrote back, saying he was amused that I'd interpreted his message as tantamount to a proposal, but admitted it probably did sound like that. Anyway, having brought this romantic dreamer to his senses, I've agreed to enter into personal correspondence with him. We might become the modern equivalent of pen friends, but I am highly unlikely to ever become his wife.

In the meantime, I'll carry on looking for a more likely partner.

 

there's a lot of desperate people with absolutely no social skills on the internet.

that said, will you be my wife?

 

oh i love you baby..

 

I don't think he has no social skills, I think he was just a bit over-enthusiastic about the idea of hooking up with me.

 

Haha, yes--once at a homeless shelter, and once in Africa. I just laughed it off. The first guy just asked me if I was married and when I said no he asked if he could propose...he didn't even ask my name, lol. I knew they weren't serious.

 

so basically he asked you if he could ask you a question..