But is proposing old hat? Today is leap day, when women are encouraged to propose to men. But some say asking someone to marry you is simply old-fashioned.
Leap of love: the day women pop the question
I do? : Amy Adams proposes to Matthew Goode in the 2010 romantic comedy Leap Year. Glossary
Traditions - A way of doing something or a set of ideas that has been happening for many years.
Superstitions - Belief or practices that are not entirely based on facts or reality.
Propose - Suggest something, often marriage.
Survey - When you ask a group of people questions about what they think about a particular topic.
Civil partnership - A legal union between two people who are not related.