New research* by ROX Diamonds & Thrils has revealed that 96% of women don’t want their proposal to happen in public, in front of family or friends.

The study looks to uncover what the nightmare proposal looks like by surveying 2,000 heterosexual men and women in the UK. The findings come to light as ‘proposal season’ (considered to run from November to February) is about to begin.

Over a quarter of women (28%) said they don’t want to be proposed to in a fancy restaurant or hotel and almost a fifth (17%) said they don’t want to get engaged in their homes.

Location, Location, Location…

Although TV and film might tell us that a public declaration of love is the most romantic way to get engaged, ROX’s survey found that the majority of women (86%) would much prefer their proposal to be in a private setting, with over half (60%) preferring it to be somewhere personal and a place that is meaningful to them as a couple.

Alongside hotels, fancy restaurants and at home, the research found all the other places where women least want to be proposed to dispelling some common clichés.