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rob, Wed 14 Jan 2004, 13:01)
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It's a leap year.The 29th of February is traditionally the day when women can ask men to marry them: if they say no, they have to give a pair of gloves to the woman.
So, my question is this: tell us your proposal stories. There must be some good ones out there.
For my part: I found out about the "rejection equals free gloves" tradition when I was 5. Cue me running up to every single male I could find on 29th Feb that year, and proposing. Including my father, brother, teachers, postman, owner of the village shop, and an awful lot of randoms on the way to and from school. They all said no, and THEN DIDN'T GIVE ME GLOVES. Bastards.
(, Wed 13 Feb 2008, 10:28, 3 replies, latest was 17 years ago)
I could do with some new glovesAlthough having one spouse already I'm disqualified, I suppose?
(, Wed 13 Feb 2008, 14:23, Reply)
Apparently so.I think it was to lessen the hurt and indignity of being rejected.
I just wanted lots and lots of gloves. I would have settled for mittens though.
(, Wed 13 Feb 2008, 17:03, Reply)
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