2008 Woodie Awards
Quest for smoochies
What makes the heart grow fonder
Aaron Larson
Issue date: 1/24/07 Section: Weddings
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What do I know of marriage? I'm a smoochie connoisseur who's not even twenty, so the answer would be "next to nothing." I've never asked anyone to marry me so to write this article I'm going to break my vow of trying things first. But I assure you that if I were going to pop the question I'd do it with style.
Aim for the heart and be an individual. That means don't lie, don't put on a show, and make it personalized. Tell your special someone that she IS your special someone, and that you'd like to make that permanent. Don't take her to some fancy restaurant and get down on one knee after the main course, because that's been done. Take something she likes and work around that.
For example a friend of mine likes to scrapbook. When her boyfriend went to pop the question he made her a scrapbook with pictures of the two of them and on the last page wrote "Will You Marry Me?" Another friend was dating someone who loved to watch movies, so one night in between films her passed her a DVD case with a ring inside.
If you can't do something that incorporates her hobbies, then try to do something else romantic. Go back to the place where you first met, first held hands, first kissed. Show her that you remembered. If you don't remember any of those first times, shame on you.
Should you be unable to do any of those but are still determined to ask this special someone to spend the rest of their life with you, then bare your heart. Tell her that you love her, tell her that you care, list off all the things about her that you adore and what drives you wild. If that doesn't pull some heartstrings then I don't know what will.
Don't lie. Don't you dare lie. Almost half of all first marriages end in divorce with out you mucking up the average.
Aim for the heart and be an individual. That means don't lie, don't put on a show, and make it personalized. Tell your special someone that she IS your special someone, and that you'd like to make that permanent. Don't take her to some fancy restaurant and get down on one knee after the main course, because that's been done. Take something she likes and work around that.
For example a friend of mine likes to scrapbook. When her boyfriend went to pop the question he made her a scrapbook with pictures of the two of them and on the last page wrote "Will You Marry Me?" Another friend was dating someone who loved to watch movies, so one night in between films her passed her a DVD case with a ring inside.
If you can't do something that incorporates her hobbies, then try to do something else romantic. Go back to the place where you first met, first held hands, first kissed. Show her that you remembered. If you don't remember any of those first times, shame on you.
Should you be unable to do any of those but are still determined to ask this special someone to spend the rest of their life with you, then bare your heart. Tell her that you love her, tell her that you care, list off all the things about her that you adore and what drives you wild. If that doesn't pull some heartstrings then I don't know what will.
Don't lie. Don't you dare lie. Almost half of all first marriages end in divorce with out you mucking up the average.
