A friend of mine chose to do a very public proposal to his fiancee, and I thought it was actually quite appropriate. It was in front of about 250 people, most of them strangers. Quite a response from the audience, and honestly, as much as his girlfriend was scared and driven to tears by being put on the spot, I think she knew that it was just his style - he's a big-hearted, company sort of guy who's great at making a goof of himself in front of a lot of people. He paid more than I make in a year for the ring, too. Made a video for her and presented it all very theatrically. It'd be weird for him to go another way. So she said yes of course and they're getting married either late this year or next year
