There is absolutely nothing wrong with having a love of your feet on the ground. Some of us enjoy picturing our impending doom while plummeting 15,000 feet towards the earth with nothing but a large piece of cloth to slow our descent though.
My wife completely disagrees that she made the first move as well. I have no idea why though, it was quite adorable how she made the move.
It's generally womanly instinct to disagree about the initiative of a relationship event. It's rather a shy kind of feminine instinct.