UK Wedding News
15/11/2013
The average woman now expects her wedding proposal to be on a romantic break, with a ring worth over £1,000 – and in Cornwall, it has been revealed.
The study, carried out by Beaverbrooks the Jewellers, involved 2,000 unmarried women who hope their other half will soon pop the question.
Researchers found the average girl wants to be whisked off on a surprise weekend away in the UK, on a break which has been planned for the previous three months. In addition, gone are the days when men are expected to ask Dad for his daughter's hand in marriage, as a majority of women don't want their parents to know about the engagement before they do. Some traditions have remained however, with many women still wanting their partner to be down on bended knee, and to propose with a ring he selected beforehand.
They do need to be careful though, because a quarter of women admitted that if the proposal is wrong in any way, they will say no.
Anna Blackburn, spokeswoman for Beaverbrooks the Jewellers, commented: "Women dream of their perfect proposal for years leading up to the main event.
"In fact, most girls know exactly what they want from a proposal, as they do the actual engagement ring and wedding day, long before they meet the man of their dreams.
"So if the proposal isn't well thought through and planned with the girl in mind, it won't be as special as their partner would like it to be. A proposal story is often retold hundreds of times after the event and the more romantic it is the more it's remembered.
"Similarly, if the ring isn't as she had imagined, it is likely it will have to go back, and the sharing of the engagement will have to go on hold."
Breaking it down, the survey found that most women want an engagement ring worth £1,046 and that has a white gold band and an impressive diamond, while the proposal itself should be made around three years and four months into a relationship, after the couple have been living together for a while and following a few discussions about marriage.
Despite the guidelines above, the women polled also said they wanted to the proposal to be a surprise and something their other half has thought about carefully.
For example, the proposal should take place in private, and after just one alcoholic drink.
Elsewhere, half of women want the engagement to be so romantic they are reduced to tears, while 19% want their partner to cry too.
Most women claimed they would be happy with a simple "Will you marry me?", but for one in 10, they wanted their partner to serenade them. A further 7% would quite like their partner to recite a poem and one in 20 want a flash mob organised on their behalf.
(JP/CD)
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Survey Reveals The Perfect Proposal
The average woman now expects her wedding proposal to be on a romantic break, with a ring worth over £1,000 – and in Cornwall, it has been revealed.
The study, carried out by Beaverbrooks the Jewellers, involved 2,000 unmarried women who hope their other half will soon pop the question.
Researchers found the average girl wants to be whisked off on a surprise weekend away in the UK, on a break which has been planned for the previous three months. In addition, gone are the days when men are expected to ask Dad for his daughter's hand in marriage, as a majority of women don't want their parents to know about the engagement before they do. Some traditions have remained however, with many women still wanting their partner to be down on bended knee, and to propose with a ring he selected beforehand.
They do need to be careful though, because a quarter of women admitted that if the proposal is wrong in any way, they will say no.
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Anna Blackburn, spokeswoman for Beaverbrooks the Jewellers, commented: "Women dream of their perfect proposal for years leading up to the main event.
"In fact, most girls know exactly what they want from a proposal, as they do the actual engagement ring and wedding day, long before they meet the man of their dreams.
"So if the proposal isn't well thought through and planned with the girl in mind, it won't be as special as their partner would like it to be. A proposal story is often retold hundreds of times after the event and the more romantic it is the more it's remembered.
"Similarly, if the ring isn't as she had imagined, it is likely it will have to go back, and the sharing of the engagement will have to go on hold."
Breaking it down, the survey found that most women want an engagement ring worth £1,046 and that has a white gold band and an impressive diamond, while the proposal itself should be made around three years and four months into a relationship, after the couple have been living together for a while and following a few discussions about marriage.
Despite the guidelines above, the women polled also said they wanted to the proposal to be a surprise and something their other half has thought about carefully.
For example, the proposal should take place in private, and after just one alcoholic drink.
Elsewhere, half of women want the engagement to be so romantic they are reduced to tears, while 19% want their partner to cry too.
Most women claimed they would be happy with a simple "Will you marry me?", but for one in 10, they wanted their partner to serenade them. A further 7% would quite like their partner to recite a poem and one in 20 want a flash mob organised on their behalf.
(JP/CD)
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