It has been found that 39% of the engagements happen between November and February with December setting the record for the most popular month of the year for proposing.
But what is more striking is that even in this age of post-modern thought, men have been keeping it traditional with almost 99% of them taking the initiative in proposing while 77% of them propose on bended knees, a favourite which almost all the ladies. Also amazingly 71% of the grooms ask for the bride’s father’s permission first before proposing the bride which is quite a thing in this on-now-off-now age of relationships.