This is another section that is meant for guys only. Ladies, please do not spoil your own surprise. Be nice and move on to "Registering your marriage".

To propose or not to propose?

You have known your girlfriend for a while now. Somewhere in your heart you know you want to share the rest of your life with her. You know many of your guy friends took the easy way out by saying to their girlfriend,"I think we should go apply for a HDB flat."

No, that is not the way you want to propose. Your gal deserves better. You know you are asking your girlfriend to change her lifestyle and spend the rest of her life together with you. You want the proposal to be special, but how?

Some suggestions

Well, for starters, you can be inspired by the Singtel advertisement or you can buy a page in the newspaper and proclaim your love for her to the whole of Singapore!

Or, you can propose to her in your own quiet way. Remember, location, ambience and timing are important when you propose.

Choose a place that holds special meaning to both of you. It can be a place where you first met, held her hand or kissed. Alternatively, you can propose to her at holiday resorts, like Banyan Tree or Phuket. These locations are beautiful for proposal.

There are a few days in a calendar year which are great for proposing i.e. Valentine's Day, Christmas Eve or her birthday. If you propose on one of these days, you don't even have to hide the proposal ring. You are expected to bring her a gift anyway and what a gift it is going to be!

Prepare the setting. It can be the great outdoor and under the moonlight. It can be in the privacy of your home with love songs crooning in the background. Propose to her when she is in a relax and blissful mood!

Oh yeah, one last thing, be prepared for rejection too! She may reject you not because she doesn't love you but because she doesn't feel prepared yet. Don't take it too personally and wait for her patiently.

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