Marriage proposal

A man proposing on the High Line in New York City
A woodcut depicting a proposal, Germany, 1815

A marriage proposal is a custom or ritual, common in Western cultures, in which one member of a couple asks the other for their hand in marriage. If accepted, it marks the initiation of engagement, a mutual promise of later marriage.

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