Today is the day that only comes around every four years: February 29th.
Leap years happen when one day is added to the end of February to align the calendar with the Earth's orbit.
Irish folklore says women can propose to their partners every February 29th.
Angela proposed to her husband this day four years ago. She told Lunchtime Live it was a double-celebration.
"I proposed to him in Lanzarote, it's actually his birthday as well," she said.
"It's his 13th birthday today as well so that's why I did it.
"We were going out so long and talking about it... I brought him to Lanzarote for his birthday.
"I said, 'You know what, I'll just do it'".
Angela said she decided to go for it without a bold romantic gesture.
"We were just lying on the sunbed enjoying it, and we were talking away, and he just looked at me and I said, 'Will you marry me?'
"He goes, 'Are you serious?' and I said 'Yeah' and he goes, 'Yeah OK' - and that was it".
A man putting an engagement ring onto his fianceé's finger, 7-10-17. Image: Yuri Arcurs / AlamyAngela said they proceeded to tell their family and friends back home.
"I went down to the local Chinese shop and bought a big rock, and everyone said 'Oh your ring is gorgeous'.
"But then when we came home we went into lockdown, so I didn't have a ring for about eight months.
"I was showing everyone the rock that I bought for a fiver".
'I don't think you should wait'
Angela said no one should have to wonder if they're with the right person.
"Why should a girl have to sit around and wait for a boy to propose?" she said.
"If you're with your partner long enough and you know he's the right one, he's not going to say no.
"So why would you wait around? If he says no, then you know he's not the one and why are you wasting another 10 years?"
Angela said she thinks attitudes are changing.
"I don't think you should even be waiting till the 29th of February," she said.
"If you feel your partner is the right one why not?
"Girls now go out and what they want they'll go for it - if they want the top job they're going to work hard and go for it.
"If you want to get married, why should you not go for it?"
'It was actually a text'
Caroline popped the question on this day back in 2008.
"I think I just wanted to move things along - bull by the horns and all that," she said.
"It wasn't anything major, it was very lowkey altogether: it was actually a text.
"It was the 29th of February, he was working, and I thought 'Feck it'.
"I think I just said, 'For the day that was in it would you like to get married?'
"I think he thought he was a bit of a joke, but when he came home we talked about it.
"We ended up going to New York to get the ring and everything so it worked out well."
Caroline said she she had hoped for a better official story.
"I did try to get him to go down on one knee when we got the ring," she said.
"But he didn't - and he hasn't lived it down to this day.
"That's the official version, but I wanted the 'Oh yeah, he took me to New York and proposed'", she added.
'An equal decision'
Bumble Ireland sex and relationship expert Dr Caroline West said things are changing.
"There's two people getting married so why can't both of them propose - which was news to my husband when I told him he had to propose as well," she said.
"It's great your other callers there, just fantastic to see, we don't have to wait around for someone else to do it.
"We're equal partners so it's an equal decision.
"I think it's great that people are living their lives on their own terms, rather than [thinking] 'I'm desperate if I do this'.
"It's really great to see women going, 'Let's throw all that in the bin and let's go for it' - not just on a leap year," she added.
A survey of 10,000 people in the UK found that 16% of engaged or married women in 2019 had proposed to their partners.
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