7574 words? Yep, this post is that important! My promise to you, pal: Talk with your wife like this, and follow through on the promises made inherent in these 52 "I love you" alternative phrases-- and you’ll melt her heart, flirt like a king showing your queen you find her as desirable and as sexy as you ever did, confirm her trust that she’s safe with telling you anything under any circumstances, decrease her stress, up her confidence, make her feel listened to and understood, increase the dopamine hit of feeling appreciated, renew her attraction for you, and re-affirm why she married you in the first place. Oh yeah, and blowjobs too. -- Mr. Cubic Zirconia

When love is fresh and/or marriage is new, it’s easy for a couple to believe their little two-person exception to the rule has everything figured out -- to be sure that nothing will cause them to argue, her to to raise her voice, or him to be angry (certainly nothing as dumb as dirty laundry left on the floor).  Romance novels reinforce the expectation that every perfect line of a perfect couple's perfect dialogue will live forever in their memories (promising an incredible connection, lust, trust, compatibility and amazing sex-- with little stress and few disagreements). SPOILER ALERT: A happy marriage isn’t easy: 7 things your romance novel doesn’t tell you about marriage success.

Funny, public, private, complicated, or perfectly simple—when you both look back on the moment you proposed, if you smile and feel the warmth of your love, you will know that your proposal was exactly right for the two of you. Here are ten engagement proposal ideas to create a memorable proposal story for you both-- a “how he asked” answer you'll each enjoy telling for years and decades to come.

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Imagine if you had a crystal ball and could fast forward your life to 6 months from now and take a peek at what awaits.  What would your relationship with your significant other look like? Would you finally be engaged? Would you have transitioned from engaged to having had a wedding? Would your marriage be out of the rut it’s kinda gotten in recently? Would the two of you be healthier, wealthier and happier? Would you be enjoying more quality time as a couple? Would you live a life of more sex, less stress, more fun, less arguing?This future version of yourselves is possible.Here’s a “smart” way to make it happen, together.