But on Valentine's Day this year Michelle stunned her partner when she asked him if they could tie the knot - after she was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Michelle said: "As I started chemo I decided I wasn't going to wait for Jason to get down on bended knee again - I would take care of proposal number 19 myself.
"On Valentine's Day when he got home from work I fetched his slippers and pretended to put them on his feet but I got down on one knee."
Rugby-mad Michelle Davies, 50, and her new husband Jason, 49, married wearing rugby jerseys. Photo / Australscope
Michelle said Jason immediately said yes and the couple got married wearing the rugby shirts of their favourite teams.
She said: "We were happy the way we were and I was worried it may change things.
"But then I found out I had a long-term illness and I decided to make an honest man of him."
The rugby-mad couple of Mountain Ash, South Wales, dressed in the kits of their favourite teams - Jason in a Cardiff Blues shirt and Michelle in Ospreys kit.
Michelle, who is currently having radiotherapy and chemotherapy for lymphatic cancer, said: "I am very happy and the children are over the moon."
