I am a little high but what if people proposed with beautiful, intricate knives. Ladies would gather around the table and be like “guess what finally happened!!” And pull this beautiful, intricate dagger out of her purse and all the other ladies would gasp and congratulate her
Because I have a tag for pretty weaponry, some knives I’d accept as proposals follow:
I said yes!
(but, actually, hubby bought me a dive knife when we got married so this works…)
I can 100% get behind this as a new tradition.
Ok but this is amazing becuase knives are dangerous and you can use them to hurt other people but when someone proposes with one it’s symbolic like “yes I love you and trust you so much I’m asking you a very vulnerable question with something you could hurt me with but I know you won’t”
In my current WIP I’ve created a fantasy universe where knives, daggers, and other small weapons are common proposal gifts.
In the culture it’s meant to signify “I promise would never hurt you and I trust you fully and unconditionally.”
The spouse carries the dagger with them everywhere to communicate, “I’m taken, and if you try anything I will cut you because I’m faithful to my spouse.”
Also people with cuts on their faces are Not To Be Trusted because that usually means one of two things;
They pursued a married person so persistently they felt the need to defend themselves.
They broke their promise of non-violence to their spouse, and the spouse defended themself.
Both of those cases are considered highly disgraceful, and people with scars or cuts on their faces are usually shunned, sometimes even arrested on suspicion of domestic abuse.
I’ve got this really sweet scene where two characters have an impromptu proposal, so they just trade swords. ❤
