Who got to propose?

Marie here. Chris and I have very different decision-making styles. I have a gut instinct that is almost always right and then find evidence to support the decision. Chris is much more methodical and assembles all the evidence before making a decision. That means it took us different amounts of time to decide we wanted to marry each other.

I'm personally not very interested in strict gender roles that assume men will propose and women will make a decision on the spot. This is a huge life decision for me, too, and I felt rather powerless thinking about waiting on Chris to decide if and when we started planning a life together.

So we knew we wanted to each come to a decision in our own time and we knew we weren't tied to the typical gender roles of an engagement. We decided the less impulsive person in the relationship would get to propose. That way we both had arrived at a decision, we could delegate based on skill sets instead of gender, and we both had a say in what the rest of our lives look like.

And, of course, the less impulsive person in ourIT'S CHRIS!
Sorry, got ahead of myself.