Suffolk couple share story of 1994 Leap Year proposal
A tradition sees some women choose to propose to their partners on, or around, 29th February
Some women across the country will use today's Leap Day as an opportunity to propose to their partner.
It's a tradition stemming from Ireland known as 'Ladies Privilege'.
An old legend says Saint Bridget asked Saint Patrick for women to be given the right to pop the question themselves, because men took too long to propose.
A period of once every four years was agreed.
Lynn Hunter, from Rushmere St Andrew, is someone who took advantage of this tradition, proposing to her now husband, Paul, back in 1994.
Lynn worked as a medical rep back in the 1990s where she met pharmaceutical rep Paul Hunter.
They first met in a car park, and remember talking for a long time.
After that, they would see each other around the region whilst working, but Lynn admits she was "anti-men" at the time and saw Paul as a friend.
At one point, she invited Paul round for a cup of tea and a catch-up.
During this visit, he learnt her conservatory roof was leaking and decided he would climb the drain pipe to take a look at what was wrong and find the leak.
Their friendship then continued through many phone calls and working in various locations together.
Knowing Lynn had a previous bad experience, eventually Paul said: "If I promise not to propose, can I take you out for a drink?"
She said yes.
Before the couple moved in together, Paul said to Lynn, that he "would give her a year to make her decision around marriage, but after that, he would leave as he wanted the commitment."
They had a whiteboard on the fridge, where they would write their shopping lists and Paul would sneakily add a few items to it, such as: "Ring, Wedding Dress, Venue."
As the end of the year came closer, Lynn suddenly realised "she didn't want to lose him", so set a plan in motion knowing a leap year was coming.
The couple went to their friends for a New Year party where they had dinner, drinks and fireworks.
Lynn then gathered everyone together thanking the host and hostess and then "very casually" said to Paul "Will you marry me?"
He told us he was "very delighted that she had asked" and "very proud to say yes", describing it as "very romantic".
He also liked that all their friends were there: "It was the perfect time and the perfect location to do it."
They've now been happily married for 27 years.
We asked them what their secret is to a successful marriage:
Paul said: "Enjoying one another's company.
"It may sound like an old cliché but you feel like an old pair of slippers, you're just comfortable together and it seems the right thing to be, I don't think either of us thought it was the wrong thing to do, it worked from day one."
Lynn added: "I am not prepared to let his untidiness come between us because we have found something very special.
"Compromise - you come from different relationships....you have set ways, things you like to do and things you don't and differences of opinion sometimes, but you compromise."
Paul says he loves that Lynn is a "doer" and that she's "very caring" and "always helps people."
Lynn loves that Paul "is so loving, caring, considerate and has a great sense of humour."