According to an informal study by one psychologist named David Rose, about 90 percent of women who are proposed to immediately feel the need to cover their mouth with their hands. Here is what the NPR article has to say on this common phenomenon of women covering their mouth with their hands after the big question is popped:
Now you not might think that’s such a profound observation. But the more YouTube proposals Rose watched, the more intrigued he became. Rose calls the reaction "shielding."
"Everyone knows the face is an emotional radiator – it’s a communication system that tells others what you’re thinking," he says.
At this moment of peak emotion, Rose thinks the emotions are just too intense, too naked to reveal completely.
"It’s as though the woman is thinking, ‘Oh, my god, this is going deep into my soul, what am I showing here?’" he says. "When I see the very few who don’t do it, I wonder, what does this mean? Are they unusually non-emotional? Does it mean they don’t care about this guy? I don’t know."
The article also included one marriage proposal captured on YouTube following one couple’s traveling adventure in Spain. The big question isn’t popped until after the 4 minute mark–and even if the man in question takes one of the woman’s hands away from her mouth, her other hand instinctively goes up to cover her face.
(I will admit that I was only half-watching the video up to the climactic moment–and when the Big Moment finally came, I IMMEDIATELY teared up.)
Thanks to YouTube, living vicariously through another couple’s moment of extreme joy is now no longer limited to sappy movies and TV dramas. You can peek into the lives of real, non-fictional people whose climactic moment of engagement happened to get captured on someone’s video recorder or flip cam.
With so much bad news in the world, sometimes we just need to take a moment to feel joy for two complete strangers madly in love with each other who are ready to begin their new life journey together. Here are a handful of YouTube marriage proposal videos that will melt away your inner cynic and reveal what an inner romantic softie we all really are.
Damn, talk about commitment to some elaborate pre-planning! One artist faked an elaborate art opening with a fake artist and a fake artist statement where a sculptural installation in a gallery spelled out the words "Will you marry me" to his very unsuspecting girlfriend.
A short and sweet video capturing a marriage proposal on the skating rink. Unbelievably touching.
Live proposal on the weather channel! Best part: the weather screen behind the couple turns into a big fat heart.
The Best Marriage Proposal Ever
This video unfortunately does not allow embedding. But it is worth checking out, if not to marvel over all the woodwork this guy goes through just to stage an elaborate contraption in the middle of the woods.
How can you possibly turn down a guy who performs an elaborate choreographed dance with his friends in public just to propose to you?
Okay, so not everyone out there is a die-hard romantic–and maybe you are currently extremely bitter about relationships. If happy sappy love is only going to make you feel like crap, then maybe this marriage proposal FAIL during a basketball game will make you laugh just a little bit…
Poor girl covers her mouth with her hands, but for entirely different reasons.
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