I was 22, she was 21, last year of undergrad. Dating for about a year. We were each making plans for after graduation. Over winter break, we were in her parent’s kitchen around midnight and she could tell I was kind of worried about something. She asked if everything was alright, and I just blurted out “you are going to marry me aren’t you?”

Pause.

“Yeah, I guess so”

31 years together so far.

My dad took my mom to the mall and when they passed a jewelery store he asked her if there was anything she wanted from there. She said no. He said, "you realize I'm trying to propose to you, right?" It did work though, because they're still married nearly 35 years later. .

My ex proposed to me with a ring, which ended up needing to be resized so when it was ready, he asked me to go pick it up and as it turns out- pay for it. I was 27 at the time and just had a pit in my stomach like ‘this ain’t it.’ There has to be more to love than this. And there was.

My ex proposed to me while I was breaking up with him.

He had apparently bought the ring and showed my dad months before, and my dad told him he was an idiot and I would say no.

My wife and I were eating our bacon egg and cheese that I had fetched on a cold winter morning. Apparently I looked thoughtful and she asked me what I was thinking. I said, “Well. I was thinking how much I’d like to marry you.” She looked surprised and said, “Well . . . you have to ask me first.” I did. She said yes.

We got married three years later.

If you are invited to a party or bbq and asked to "bring a plate" it means bring some kind of food to share.

That Australia is one of the most multicultural countries in the world. I think because of poor media representation, Australia is depicted as a overly majority white place when that’s really only the reality in small towns. Even in small towns I always seem to find at least 1 chinese family running a Chinese takeout and same for Vietnamese hahah.

We swear a lot. Like a lot a lot.
We casually drop the ‘c’ word into conversation without even thinking about it.

"yeah nah" = no

"Nah yeah" = yes.

We give everybody nicknames. Few people get called by their actual given name. If someone gives you a nickname, it probably means they like you.