>>81779162 (OP) >get down on one knee >beg for a woman to accept a very expensive ring you bought for her >if she accepts, you can never have sex with another woman again >she now owns half of everything you earned
its the most normalized humiliation ritual to get married as a man
>>81780180 >tfw bending the knee was always seen as a gesture of submission and humility in front of a superior >proposing while bending the knee is based on chivalric tradition where knights bended the knee for a princess (royalty so higher ranking) >The chivalric code was more akin to impressing your boss via his wife/daughters than anything else >Gentleman tards copy it without knowing what its for
Modern proposing is a cargo cult.
>>81779162 (OP)
Those two things are a big factor yeah. A lot of times women just change too much after marriage and men think "surely it won't happen to me too :)"
>>81779162 (OP)
Because women hate commitment and immediately fall out of love when you treat them as an equal and cede any amount of control. Google one up one down