Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Things You’ll Need:
- Materials to write lists and speech
Step1
First, think about your relationship over its duration. Pick one event in each category and write it down: a good time, a time where you were both challenged, and the best moment you two shared together. Now, this is what you will build your speech around.
Step2
Now, decide how you want to open your proposal to get his/her attention. Are you planning a humorous event to lessen the nervous tension? Does the element of surprise play a theme throughout the evening and do you wish to open with one of the key times you wrote down? Think about it long and hard because, while the last thing he/she will remember will probably be the ring, you have got to get that person’s attention in the beginning.
Step3
When you have your opening, make sure you express your key events. Remember you are “selling” yourself as a life partner to this person. Show that you both were able to weather the bad times together. Relish in the fact that you both shared the happiest moment of your time together and the fact that you want to share many more moments together. Note that the good times will always outweigh the bad, and when you do have bad times, that your strength as a couple will only improve over time. Basically, get the point across that you have been through good times and bad, but as long as you two have each other, anything and everything is doable.
Step4
Finally, state your future goals as a couple. Tell him/her why/what you can offer them in the future. Can you offer the gifts of trust, unending love, faithfulness, stability, respect and other key factors in a relationship? Are you committed to being an equal player in your life-long partnership? Ask yourself all of the qualities you would look for in someone you wish to marry and make sure you can deliver and express the same sentiments to the person you are asking to marry.
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