Proposing in front of a crowd should be considered a hostage situation, idgaf

I'm not sure why older generations imply that not liking public proposals is some new concept. It isn't a matter or being fragile or sensitive. It's a matter of added pressure to say yes, and a loss of intimacy. I told my husband before he ever proposed to me that I did not want a public proposal- and that was just about 20 years and ten kids ago. It isn't some new concept the younger generations are coming up with because they lack romance or are too fragile. It simply adds unneeded pressure, makes the person proposed to feel like the bad guy if they say no, and makes the moment far less intimate to have a huge audience. Nothing at all wrong with disliking such a thing- I disliked it 20 years ago, my husband's Mother disliked it 45 years ago, and I'm quite sure people disliked the concept before that. There is nothing fragile or 'you kids these days' about it, in my opinion. It's very fair.