I am 32. I was tired of waiting. I bought a ring. I got on one knee. He cried and said yes. Then he told his mother. She called me a desperate woman who has "stolen her son's masculinity." She said no woman from her village has ever proposed, and I have brought a curse on the marriage. We are still engaged. But the wedding is delayed because she refuses to bless it. Should I apologize for being proactive? Or is this the price of breaking gender norms? Ladies, would you propose? Men, would you say yes?
