Picture the scene: it’s your wedding day. You’ve been planning it for the best part of a year (and, OK, secretly since you were 12), spent thousands on hosting your friends and family, and then, out of nowhere, comes a romantic moment you’d never anticipated. Except, it isn’t yours: it’s your friend, seizing the moment to propose to their significant other.

Would you freak out – or would you think little of it, other than to wish them well? It’s a question of hot debate at the moment on social media. It started with a tweet from user @pretty_cellaa, who questioned ‘Why does it bother people so much for another person to get engaged at your wedding?’

The tweet, which has received 2.5 million views at time of writing, has certainly spurned some opinionated responses. Most, it seems, think it’s “rude” or “attention-seeking” to carry out such an action, although the counter-arguments make for interesting reading too.

So let’s take a look at why some might be pro – or neutral to – another couple getting engaged at their wedding. Some users said the notion was, essentially, no big deal to them: “To each their own”, “I don’t care”. There was also a suggestion that weddings are a day to celebrate love… so another proposal might just be on theme, or even “beautiful” as one person put it.