Why does a person get down on bended knee?

Marriage? Something else? What is the symbolism of doing so?

I've never been engaged or married, or asked a woman to get married, or been to a wedding, so the whole thing is a totally foreign concept and I don't see why the 'bended knee' bit is supposed to be important.

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exexec · 70-79, C

Our son proposed to his wife on bended knee in front of a group of friends. She was the last one to realize what was happening. I never proposed to my wife, but after dating for almost 8 years, she knew what the ring meant when I put it on her finger.

zonavar68 · 56-60, M

@exexec Nice. That's so far away from where I feel about the idea of marriage that I couldn't see it being something I'd do. Being single sort of rules it out by default. lol