After purchasing the wedding ring, you now need to decide how you are going to propose? There are millions of different ways and it is important that you get it right. This is the moment she will remember for the rest of her life because she will hopefully only get married once in her life time! I have listed a few most popular ways to propose below:

• A sun rise or sun set proposal can be very romantic – this is cheap and simple.
• Romantic night in - Cook her, her favourite meal and light lots of flickering candles
• If she likes it – takes her camping and propose by the campfire
• Take her to the place where you very first met and have a picnic

Where ever you plan on proposing to the love of your life, just ensure you tell her why you love her and how you want to spend the rest of your life with her by your side.

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So you’ve been with your partner for long enough and you feel that you are ready to take the relationship to the next stage. You go out and buy a ring which you know she will love and then the next important task is to ask the father of the bride for his daughters hand in marriage.

Think about what you are going to say to your girlfriend’s father before you meet him.

Ask to speak with him in private and present yourself in a positive light to make a good impression, show your respect for him, and reflect on the seriousness of the issue.

Explain that his daughter is the most important person in the world to you and that you love her and want to make her happy. Then see what he says! I am positive that he is more than likely going to say yes so bite the bullet and go for it!

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Even though some wedding traditions are going out of fashion and losing their appeal, there are some wedding traditions which are increasing in appeal and people are doing them more and more often.

• Surviving tradition: More men get down on one knee to propose than did in the 1960s
• Surviving tradition: Mothers can expect a big bunch of flowers from their offspring by way of thanks.

I was a chief bridesmaid for my best friend’s wedding back in May and it was the best wedding I have ever been to. She kept the tradition of something old, new, borrowed and blue. Kirsty and her husband also gave their mothers a bunch of flowers to say thank you. They also gave the guests favours which were on the tables as everyone sat down - fantastic wedding!

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In a previous post I mentioned that men are not asking for the father of the bride’s permission for their daughters hand in marriage as much as they used to. In addition to this tradition, the following traditions are also losing their appeal and they are not as popular as they used to be in the past.

• Rattle of tin cans on the back of the car
• Throwing confetti after the couple have left the church
• Wearing something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue
• Dads are no longer expected to pay the majority of the wedding cost

Lots of people think that the above traditions are old fashioned, other people believe that the traditions are just impractical.

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I may be a bit of a traditionalist but I believe it is essential for a man to ask his girlfriend’s father for his daughters hand in marriage. This is NOT because a woman is a man’s possession – strongly disagree with this - a man should ask his partners father out of respect.

Some men believe it is a cheesy tradition to ask a father for his daughter’s hand in marriage, however it should be done, as this reinforces the relationship between the potential son in law and the woman’s father.

When my boyfriend proposes to me (ha – notice how I didn’t say ‘if’ – hope I’ve not just jinxed myself!) I would definitely expect him to ask my dad first – in the majority of cases the dad will definitely say yes. However, there would have to be something very wrong if the father said no to you!

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