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Sharks only slightly more scary than proposing

British men find the prospect of asking a woman to marry them almost as scary as swimming with sharks, according to a recent survey.

Four out of five men were so petrified of proposing that they preferred to forego tradition and wait for their girlfriends to propose to them.

Of those polled, over a quarter (28%) ranked swimming with sharks as the scariest thing to do, closely followed by 23% who considered proposing marriage to be the most frightening.

Popping the question ranked more terrifying than jumping out of a plane, going for a job interview and wearing an opposition football shirt in the home stand.

Over half (56%) of women polled said they would be more than happy to propose to their boyfriend, with seven in ten women day-dreaming of getting married at least once a day.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .