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GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: I want to propose to my boyfriend!
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ the Woman Alive panel answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us a confidential email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, we help a reader who is considering proposing to her boyfriend.
Dear Woman Alive,
My friend jokingly said that because 2024 is a leap year, I can finally propose to my boyfriend! I laughed it off but ever since she said it I’ve been secretly thinking about it. We have been together for five years and both want to get married but he hasn’t proposed yet. I’ve always been more outgoing and he is really shy so sometimes I wonder whether I should make the move. We go to a really conservative church and I don’t know any women that have done this. Should I propose to him and is there anything in the Bible that says I shouldn’t?
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