More women pop question

Date: 2006-10-17

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ALMOST one in 10 married women said they asked their husband to marry them, according to a survey published yesterday.

The willingness to break with tradition is also shown by the fact that 4 per cent of those polled had bought their own engagement ring.

The survey of 10,000 UK couples for the jewellers, Boodle and Dunthorne, confirmed other social trends in the UK. More than a quarter of the couples had been together six years or more before getting engaged and 80 per cent lived together prior to taking the plunge.

In another sign that traditions are changing, 74 per cent of men did not ask for consent before popping the question, although 85 per cent said they went down on one knee when the moment came

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