What do men think on ladies asking there partners to marry them? plz give ur imput.thanx?

hey..im thinking of asking my partner to marry me,not for a few months yet though.lil bits about marriage comes up sometimes like the other day..we said about moving in and saving,so i piped up well yeah for a wedding.e laughed and said whos gettin married,actually tought about that the other day and who'd give u away... so it got me thinking.. just wanna know what ppl think really and ideas on how to do it? thanx