100+ Relationship Goals Quotes That Will Melt Your Heart

What are you looking for in a relationship?

Honesty? Trust? Fun? Accountability? Pure Romance?

Whatever your thing is,

Here's our treasury of fascinating, romantic, thought-provoking relationship goals quotes for anyone who wants to express their love feelings in a healthy way.

These relationship goals quotes are also powerful reminders of how to build and maintain a meaningful, balanced and successful relationship.

We've got quotes for everyone in any type of romantic relationship.  Just check out our Table of Contents.

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. - Dr. Seuss

If I had my life do over I would find you sooner so I could love you longer.

You have no idea how good it feels to wake up every morning knowing that you are mine and I am yours. I love you!

When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable. - Jess C. Scott

Mornings would be better if I woke up next to you.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride. - Pablo Neruda

Can you come over and just like lay your head on my chest?

It’s all about the one who calms the storm. It’s your dancing partner, drinking buddy, lover, adventure buddy, stare at the stars and talk about life, and best friend in one.

Loving you is like breathing; how can I stop?

I want to make you the kind of happy, that when you lay in bed at night, you’re just like: "wow, who even knew this was possible".

I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me. -Steve Maraboli

When love is not madness it is not love. - Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Only once in your life, I truly believe, you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you’ve never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. - Bob Marley

Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. - Neil Gaiman

You only need one man to love you. But him to love you free like a wildfire, crazy like the moon, always like tomorrow, sudden like an inhale and overcoming like the tides. Only one man and all of this. - C. JoyBell C

Ultimate relationship goals are going camping together to watch the stars wrapped up in a bunch of blankets and just enjoy this earth together.

You are my heart, my life, my one and only thought." – Arthur Conan Doyle

Be with someone that requires you to grow, makes you forget your problems, holds your hand, likes to kiss, appreciates art, and adores you.

I hope you know that every time I tell you to get home safe, stay warm have a good day or sleep well; what I am really saying is "I Love You". I really love you so much that it is starting to steal other words meanings.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too. - Ernest Hemingway

I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is life after that, I'll love you then. - Cassandra Clare

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. - Robert A. Heinlein

Be with someone who will take care of you. Not materialistically, but take care of your soul, your well being, your heart.

Every couple needs to argue now and then. Just to prove that the relationship is strong enough to survive. Long-term relationships, the ones that matter, are all about weathering the peaks and the valleys. - Nicholas Sparks

Affection is when you see someone’s strengths; love is when you accept someone’s flaws.

You meet thousands of people and none of them really touch you. And then you meet one person and your life is changed forever.

If I get married, I want to be very married. - Audrey Hepburn

You can measure the happiness of a marriage by the number of scars that each partner carries on their tongues, earned from years of biting back angry words. - Elizabeth Gilbert

It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Ye are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone, I give ye my Body, that we Two might be One. I give ye my Spirit, 'til our Life shall be Done. - Diana Gabaldon

So it's not gonna be easy. It's going to be really hard; we're gonna have to work at this everyday, but I want to do that because I want you. I want all of you, forever, everyday. You and me... everyday. - Nicholas Sparks

Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere. - Groucho Marx

Two Keys to a lasting marriage “Respect and Communication”

A perfect marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other.

I don't want to be married just to be married. I can't think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with someone I can't talk to, or worse, someone I can't be silent with. - Mary Ann Shaffer

My love does not come with a validity date and it surely will not expire when you hit the old age. But it will continue to be showered on you as long as I am there in this world.

When two people are under the influence of the most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, they are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal, and exhausting condition continuously until death do them part. - George Bernard Shaw

Longed for him. Got him. Shit. - Margaret Atwood

When in a relationship, a real man doesn't make his woman jealous of others, he makes others jealous of his woman. Steve Maraboli

You have no idea how good it feels to wake up every morning knowing that you are mine and I am yours. I love you!

Come sleep with me: We won't make Love, Love will make us. - Julio Cortázar

Those sweet lips. My, oh my, I could kiss those lips all night long. - Jess C. Scott

I hunger for your sleek laugh and your hands the color of a furious harvest. I want to eat the sunbeams flaring in your beauty. -
Pablo Neruda

The spaces between your fingers are meant to be filled with mine.

Each night I lie and dream about the one who kissed me and awakened my desire. I spent a single hour with him alone and since that hour, my days are layed with fire. - L.J. Smith

I want to be your teardrop. Born in your eyes, live on your cheeks, and die on your lips.

If your heart was a prison, I would like to be sentenced for life.

He's like a drug for you, Bella. - Stephenie Meyer

I can’t taste my lips, could you do it for me?

Say 'provoking' again. Your mouth looks provocative when you do. - Becca Fitzpatrick

You here to finish me off, Sweetheart? - Suzanne Collins

I hope you know mouth to mouth breathing, because you take my breath away!

Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet but nothing compared to you.

If I could rearrange the alphabet I’d put you and I together.

The shortest word for me is I. The sweetest word for me is LOVE. The only one for me is YOU.

What's wrong with your phone? I’ve been calling so many times! It just keeps saying: "The subscriber you are trying to reach is in your heart, check again!

If you bite my lips or kiss my neck, I promise to rip your fucking clothes off.

Every night I go home crying because I'll have to wait until tomorrow to see you again.

If you were a tear , I would never cry in fear of losing you.

I want to taste me on your fingers.

Your lips are like wine and I want to get drunk.

There is greatness in doing something you hate for the sake of someone you love. - Shmuley Boteach

She wanted something else, something different, something more. Passion and romance, perhaps, or maybe quiet conversations in candlelit rooms, or perhaps something as simple as not being second. - Nicholas Sparks

The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If in loving them we do not love what they are, but only their potential likeness to ourselves, then we do not love them: we only love the reflection of ourselves we find in them. - Thomas Merton

To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved. - George MacDonald

Two Keys to a lasting marriage “Respect and Communication”

Relationships are mysterious. We doubt the positive qualities in others, seldom the negative. You will say to your partner: do you really love me? Are you sure you love me? You will ask this a dozen times and drive the person nuts. But you never ask: are you really mad at me? Are you sure you’re angry? When someone is angry, you don’t doubt it for a moment. Yet the reverse should be true. We should doubt the negative in life, and have faith in the positive. - Christopher Pike

“I trust you” is a better compliment than “I love you” because you may not always trust the person you love but you can always love the person you trust.

I will not love you for the rest of your life, but for the rest of my life.

Hey last time I looked at my keyboard, I noticed that “u” and “i” are always together.

I will love you always. When this red hair is white, I will still love you. When the smooth softness of youth is replaced by the delicate softness of age, I will still want to touch your skin. When your face is full of the lines of every smile you have ever smiled, of every surprise I have seen flash through your eyes, when every tear you have ever cried has left its mark upon your face,I will treasure you all the more, because I was there to see it all. I will share your life with you, Meredith, and I will love you until the last breath leaves your body or mine. - Laurell K. Hamilton

As we grow old together, As we continue to change with age, There is one thing that will never change: I will always keep falling in love with you.

I want to hold your hand when we are 80 and say we made it.

No matter how old we grow. I promise to be by your side and be the best companion to get us through.

With my last breath, I'll exhale my love for you. I hope it's a cold day, so you can see what you meant to me.

I will keep falling in love with you even when wrinkles will fill your face and fine lines crop up because my love for is eternal. No matter how old you grow, it will always be there for you.

After all this time you are still amazing to me.

True love isn't Romeo and Juliet who died together. It's Grandma and Grandpa who grew old together.

I can’t sleep; everything I ever knew is a lie without you. I can’t breathe when my heart is broke in two, there’s no beat without you. You are not gone, but you are not here. At least that’s the way it seems. Missing you isn’t the hardest part. Knowing that I once had you is. I miss you a little, I guess you could say, a little too much, a little too often, and a little more each day.

In the end, we won't remember the most beautiful face and body. We'll remember the most beautiful heart and soul.

When we get to the end of our lives together, the house we had, the cars we drove, the things we posessed won't matter. What will matter is that I had you and you had me.

My love does not come with a validity date and it surely will not expire when you hit the old age. But it will continue to be showered on you as long as I am there in this world.

I’m waiting for the day when you’ll tell me that you’re thinking about me all the time.

You ought to marry someone who’s willing to go anywhere for God. If they’re not, they’re out. - John Piper

A man who will lead you to God and not to sin is worth waiting for.

A relationship that lasts is one with God in center.

It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another. Lovers who have nothing else to do but love each other soon find there is nothing else. Without a central loyalty life is unfinished. - Fulton J. Sheen

If God is the center of your relationship nothing can break it.

It's about trusting in one another and trusting in God's plan, that He will build your relationship into one that will last a lifetime.

The closer we move toward God, the closer we move toward each other.

God is writing your love story. Let Him read it to you.

Always pray for your partner to be in love with God more than yourself. A God-centered relationship is always honorable and more likely to be a blessing.

Imagine a man/woman so focused on God that the only reason she/he looked up to see you is because she/he heard God say: "There she/he is".

A relationship where you can pray, worship and passionately pursue God together is always worth having.

God, Him and Her! A cord of three strands is not easily broken.

The right relationship won't distract you from God. It will bring you closer to Him.

A God-centered Home is a home where God is on the throne. It's a home that thanks God for the High and Lows. Where God is called on to give purpose, comfort and direction.

How do you make God the center of your relationship? The most simple answer would be to make sure that you’re both pursuing God more than you’re pursuing each other.

My prayer is that people see God in us and our relationship.

A happy marriage is not the goal. It is the inevitable fruit of a God-centered relationship.

Nowadays relationships last 'till whenever, but when God is involved they last forever.

Purity is attractive. Not only does it show self-worth and self-respect, but it also shows reverence and obedience to God.

In order for a relationship to to truly last forever, both people need to put God first before anything in their lives.

A real man doesn't put his woman first. A real man puts God first, because he knows that he has to follow God in order to lead his lady.

Godly relationships don't just happen. They take two people who are committed to putting God first and the willingness to face anything together.

Date someone who will chase God with you.

Be with someone who makes you fall more in love with God everyday.

10 Relationship Goals To Nurture And Protect Your Bond

Ask anyone who is married or in a committed relationship what their number one priority is, and the majority of people will say, “My relationship.”

According to social psychologists Roy Baumeister and Mark Leary in a groundbreaking report, humans have an inherent motivation to belong with others in close and intimate relationships.

They theorize that we are “naturally driven toward establishing and sustaining belongingness.”

Belongingness is more than a superficial connection or casual sexual relationship. It is a need for deep and meaningful bonding with another person. Baumeister and Leary argue that this bonding is essential for our well-being, and without it, we can suffer mental and physical illness.
But as important as our love relationships are to our health and happiness, it is curious how little time we spend taking care of them.

We'll spend hours at our jobs, pursuing our hobbies, shuffling children to various activities, and hanging out on social media. But how much time do we spend nurturing and improving our love relationships?

If you are married or in a committed relationship, stop for a moment and consider the amount of time you spend actively working to strengthen it. If it's not much, you certainly aren't alone.

When we enter a romantic relationship, it feels like the intoxicating fuel of infatuation will power the relationship forever. But over time, that fuel runs low, and the relationship begins to hobble along on vapors.

This is the time when miscommunication, conflicts, frustrations, and boredom can sabotage the relationship and undermine the intimacy and joy of both partners.

Many couples aren't sure what to do at this point, so they don't do much of anything to revive their connection.

How can couples immunize their relationship from the inevitable stresses and strains of life? How can they enjoy the profound satisfaction that is possible in a committed, long-term relationship?

The answer is by sharing and setting mutual goals for the relationship and committing to daily actions to reach those goals.

Just as you have personal or professional goals, you and your partner can mindfully consider what you want for your relationship and how you're going to achieve it.

Here are 10 relationship goals that will nurture and protect your bond:

1. Prioritize your relationship.
Let's be honest — most of us talk a big game about the importance of our marriage or love relationship, but when the rubber meets the road, we aren't really putting the relationship first.

Over time, you begin to take one another for granted. You get busy and distracted with your own stuff and neglect to tune in to the needs and desires of your partner. You view the relationship as a given, something that's just a byproduct of your connection to this other person.

But the relationship is an entity on its own. There's you. There's your partner. And there's the relationship.

Of these three, the relationship should be in first place. In fact, it should be in first place over everything else in your life, including your children, work, hobbies, or extended family

So the goal here must be a mutual one. You both must embrace the relationship as the centerpiece of your life. How do you do that? It's a commitment you have to reinforce every single day in all of your decisions and actions.

It requires constant recalibration based on the needs of each partner and what is going on in your lives. Take a moment every day to ask yourself and each other, “Are we putting our relationship first today? What do we need to do today to nurture it?”

2. Create a couple bubble.
In a previous post, guest writer and relationship therapist Harriet Pappenheim, LCSW, wrote about the importance of creating a “couple bubble.”

A couple bubble reinforces the goal of prioritizing your relationship by thinking in terms of “we” rather than “me.” This is hard for most couples because it requires viewing yourself as part of a team first, above your independent needs and habits.

But rather than this inter-dependence weakening you, it strengthens you because each person feels safe and cherished. You know you have each other's backs, and you create a space of reassurance and protection that keeps the relationship healthy and strong.

Creating a couple bubble is a goal that requires some time and dedication, but the payoff is enormous, as you are building a protective sphere around your relationship.

Read Related: How to Fix a Relationship with a “Couple Bubble

The first step  toward reaching this goal is making a series of agreements together that reinforce your care and protection of the relationship. An example of this might be stating, “I will never intentionally frighten you or leave you,” or “I will treat your vulnerabilities with dignity and care.”

A couple bubble also involves becoming experts on each other's needs, desires, and fears; repairing damage to the relationship quickly; building up a reservoir of happy memories to counter any difficulties; and being each other's rock during difficult times.

3. Have daily connection time.
An important daily goal for your relationship is spending one-on-one time together to reconnect.

If one or both of you works outside of the home, it's especially important to carve out this time without distractions or interruptions (from children or otherwise). Try to do this both in the morning before the work day begins and in the evening before you are pulled away to chores and responsibilities.

The most important element of this connection time is that you are fully present for each other. This means you aren't looking at your phone, doing a task, or watching television. You are fully focused on each other.

Read Related: 10 Signs of a Good Relationship

This is not the time to work through conflict or discuss the relationship. It is a time for talking, sharing, embracing, and simply enjoying each other's company. Look in each other's eyes. Hold hands. Listen attentively as the other is talking.

In the morning, you might share some time talking in bed before you get up or over a cup of coffee. In the evening, you might take a walk together or send the kids outside to play while you sit and catch up on your day.

This connection time doesn't need to be hours long. Even fifteen or twenty minutes is enough to reinforce how much you care about each other and the health of the relationship.

4. Communicate with kindness.
Have you ever noticed how couples can speak to each other with such cruelty and unkindness? They say things to each other that they'd never dream of saying to a casual acquaintance or even someone they don't like.

When we feel hurt, angry, or frustrated, it's so easy to lash out and say hurtful things. Sometimes we employ passive-aggressive words and behaviors, using subtle digs, manipulation, or stonewalling to express how we feel.

Both overt and covert words and behaviors like these are deeply wounding, and over time they accumulate enough to cause serious problems in a relationship. You lose trust, mutual respect, and eventually love.

Read Related: 20 Ways to Find Your Soulmate

Make it a goal in your relationship to be kind in all of your communication. Being kind doesn't mean you have to agree with each other or even feel loving during a challenging moment.

It does mean you agree to avoid attacking, insulting, or intentionally wounding each other. It means you speak forthrightly without using passive or manipulative behaviors.

It means you step away or count to ten when you feel like lashing out, knowing that you don't want to say or do something you'll later regret.

We are all human, and of course there will be times you fall short of your kindness goal. But make it a goal to apologize quickly, offer forgiveness quickly, and reset your kindness goal as soon as possible.

5. Embrace vulnerability.
Each partner enters a relationship with past baggage, insecurities, feelings of shame or guilt, and tenuous hopes and dreams. We have vulnerabilities that we want to hide from others so they don't think less of us.

As trust and intimacy grows within a relationship, you share some of your vulnerabilities and inner pain with your partner. You expose your soft underbelly in hopes of finding a place of safety and security where you can be yourself completely.

Nothing is more wounding to a relationship than having your vulnerabilities disparaged, disregarded, or worse, thrown back in your face in order to make you feel bad about yourself.

Read Related: How to Confidently Tell Someone You Like Them

The ability to safely be vulnerable with one another can strengthen the bond between you and foster a deeper love and intimacy than you thought possible.

When your partner embraces your vulnerabilities and treats them with dignity, it can heal wounds from the past and make you feel more confident in who you are.

Make it a goal to be completely open, vulnerable, and real with each other. But more importantly, make it a goal to always treat one another's vulnerabilities with tender loving care.

6. Plan for fun together.
Life is already serious and stressful. Your days are spent working, caring for children, running errands, dealing with problems, and worrying about future problems.

Your relationship should be a place of peace and respite from the tribulations of daily life. In fact, your relationship should provide an outlet for enjoying life to the fullest.

Think back to the time when you first met your spouse or love partner and how much fun you had together. In that early stage of your love, you didn't have to work to hard to have fun. Everything was fun, and you delighted in finding fun things to do together.

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As your relationship has matured, you may need to work a bit harder to create fun times together, but it is still possible.

Playing and having fun together as a couple increases bonding, communication, conflict resolution, and relationship satisfaction according to several relationship studies.

Make it a goal to schedule time for fun and play every week. Sit down with your spouse to discuss what you both consider fun activities. Be open to trying new things that might differ from your initial ideas of fun.

Allow yourselves to be silly and act like kids again. Even small, spontaneous moments of fun can enhance your relationship and bring you closer.

7. Learn and support your love languages.
In his book, The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts, author Gary Chapman outlines five ways that people express and experience love. They include:

gift giving
quality time
words of affirmation
actions of service
physical touch
Chapman asserts that each of us has a primary and secondary love language that is expressed in the way we show love to others. But by showing our own love language to our partner, we are revealing our deepest needs within the relationship.

For example, if you are especially affectionate with your partner, it shows that you crave physical affection from him or her.

You and your partner may not have the same love language, and that's why it's so important that you both learn and support each other's love language.

You can do that by observing how your partner shows love to you and by analyzing what he or she complains about within the relationship. Another way to learn about your love languages is by taking Gary Chapman's quiz and sharing the results with each other.

Once you and your partner are aware of each other's love language, you goal is to offer your partner more of what he or she needs in the relationship.

8. Maintain a satisfying sex life.
No matter how great your sex life was in the beginning of your relationship, it is inevitable that it will grow boring or even burdensome from time to time.

If you are fifteen or twenty years into a marriage, maintaining that romantic spark can take real effort and commitment. But a healthy sex life is vital to a healthy relationship.

Maintaining a satisfying sexual relationship involves understanding your partner and their needs related to sex, as well as acknowledging your own needs.

Women need to feel secure and comfortable with their partner in order to be willing to try new things and be sexually adventurous. Men need more visual stimulation and variety than women do.

For women, sex can become a stressor if they see it as yet another chore they have to accomplish. Men see sex as a stress reliever and need this physical connection to feel closeness.

The key to bridging these differences in sexual needs is regular communication. Talking about your sex life may feel uncomfortable at first, but communicating your needs and concerns will protect your relationship from potential problems that can further damage your intimacy.

Make it a goal to discuss your sex life on a weekly basis. Be honest with your spouse or partner about what you desire, what isn't working well, and what you fantasize about.

Work toward both partners feeling safe, comfortable, and connected, and try to negotiate compromise in areas of differing needs.

9. Support one another's goals.
As important as it is to create a couple bubble in your relationship, you are two individuals who have goals and dreams of your own.

Having your own goals and dreams doesn't undermine your connection as a couple. On the contrary, it should enhance your relationship as each partner has something unique and interesting to bring to the relationship.

Both of you need to feel that the most important person in your life — your spouse or partner — supports and admires your goals and wants to celebrate your achievements.

Supporting one another's goals is more than just offering praise or verbal encouragement. It might mean making sacrifices of time, money, or commitments in order to show you are fully on board.

Make it a goal to discuss your individual goals and dreams and how you can make those goals happen within the context of your relationship. Ask each other the question, “What can I do to support your goals?”

10. Have a yearly review.
If you and your spouse take the time to set relationship goals and work toward achieving them, then it's important to measure the success of your efforts.

At the end of the year, sit down together to discuss each of the goals you have defined for your relationship.

What have you done in the past year to actualize those goals?

How successful have you been?

What do you need to keep working on?

Use this time to set new goals for the coming year that build on what you have achieved and what you've learned about one another in the previous year.

Your marriage or committed relationship will continue to grow and evolve over time. You and your partner will change and have different needs as the years go by.

Setting relationship goals encourages both of you to set the bar high for your relationship, rather than allowing your connection to wither and erode.

Having goals for your relationship should be a life-long endeavor — one that brings you closer and strengthens your love year after year.

HOW TO PROPOSE TO A GIRL || Best 20 way to express your love

So you’ve finally found the woman of your dreams – Lucky you! And now you’ve got to figure out how to ask her to be your wife. Planning is everything and when you know what you’re going to say and how you’re going to say it, the nerves will subside somewhat.

And never forget to first ask her parents for her hand in marriage before you buy the ring. It’s just the right thing to do when it’s an option.

Proposing to a girl is a big deal. When you are entering your next phase in life, you want to do it right, you want to do something special for your love to remember forever.

Nerves are surely in full swing. Understand that’s normal and you just need to push past them.

FACT – Pretty much every girls dream is getting proposed to perfectly. That’s a lot of pressure, I know.

This scenario is going to stress out the guys that either don’t have creativity or perhaps just lag in the romance department.

So there’s a little pressure here because most girls don’t want an ordinary ho-hum proposal. And please don’t copy what you see in the movies.

Down on one knee with the roses in one hand and the ring in the other. That gets old fast! You’re going to have to be a little more clever than that if you want to do it right.

HOW TO PROPOSE TO A GIRL

#1 – THE OBVIOUS – JUST BE YOU!

When you are looking to propose to your girl, one of the best things you can do is just be yourself. If you are a calm and rational guy that’s usually quite composed and reserved, don’t overdo it with your proposal.

Keep it simple and you’ll be just fine!

Just try and be sweet and simple. You’ve got to follow what your gut is saying and tap into her heart too. Try to be somewhat creative, but also make sure you don’t do any acting. Just be yourself. You need to always speak from your heart, even if it’s a little clumsy.

Find your special way to say and show her she is the best thing that ever happened to you.

#2 – REV UP THE ROMANCE BY CANDLELIGHT

This one is quite popular but there are so many different things you can do in order to make it your own, to make it special. By dimming the lights and lighting up the candles, you are setting the stage for something truly special.

Candles and romance go hand in hand.

Maybe you want to prepare an extra special dinner for her with some soft romantic music in the background? How can she not feel special if you ask her for her hand in marriage in such a romantic moment?

An excellent option if you plan on proposing to your girlfriend.

#3 – PICK A SPECIAL DAY

You know how your girlfriend thinks about the holidays; Valentine’s Day, Christmas Day, etc. Find a day that have special meaning to both of you and use it to pop the question.

What you are trying to do is establish meaning and when you find a special day that you share, then you will nail it when the day finally arrives for you to propose.

Remember, this marriage proposal signifies a solid commitment of love and trust between two people who love each other passionately and truly.

#4 – ASK THE QUESTION DURING A RIGGED MOVIE BREAK

This route is seriously quite clever. It’s a romantic route to propose to her that’s also unique.

Try editing a short movie flick that asks her the big question during the break. Talk about a fun time anticipating her reaction and actually watching her read those life changing words.

#5 – USE A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED T-SHIRT!

This is another clever but sweet route to ask the girl of your dreams to marry you. Either use an old favorite T-shirt or buy a new one and get the words “Will You Marry Me?” printed on it.

Wear your jacket and take her to the park or someplace special. There you can get down on one knee and show her your shirt. That’s just super sweet romantic. It’ll make her melt.

#6 – PICNIC GETAWAY

Sometimes less is more and when it comes to proposing, you are better to not overdo it. Take her to a quiet park to have a romantic picnic, just the two of you.

Have some wine chilling and perhaps a few chocolate covered strawberries. You could even use the strawberries to hide her engagement ring. If you have any creativity you could write her a poem or even sing her a song.

The sky’s the limit so tap into your imagination.

#7 – USE THE RADIO WAVES

No doubt every girls dream is to fall in love with a strong brave man. Show her this by shouting out to the world via radio that you love her and want her for the rest of your life.

Wow…Talk about putting it out there.

This one takes a little bit of planning but will be well worth it when all is said and done.

Figure out when she listens to the radio regularly and what station of course. Dedicate a special song to her and propose to her either before or after the song is done. And to top it all off, have her call into the radio station to give her answer live on the air.

This one will give you a YES for sure!

#8 – SILLINESS IN A BOX

This one will take a little help and planning to execute properly. You’re going to hide in a box that’s wrapped and wait for her to unwrap you. Inside of course you will be down on one knee with the ring.

Talk about a huge surprise!

Of course, you will need to have someone with her that’s going to convince her to open this big box. To make it a little easier you could personalize it on the outside and ask her to “Open Me Please!”

That’s just magical.

#9 – BANNER INSIDE OR OUT

If you have anxiety or battle with your nerves more often than not, you might want to try the banner method when proposing. Just make sure you know she’s going to say yes before you try it!

You can hang the banner outside her workplace or hang it up in the room for when she gets home. Have it made up to ask her if she will marry you.

Another exciting and alive route is to have an airplane pull the banner across the sky. Again, this one will take a little bit of planning because you will have to make sure you get her to the spot where the plane is flying over!

#10 – BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN SHE IS THE WOMAN FOR YOU

I don’t want to scare you with the stats on divorce today, but it’s just not pretty. Take your time here to write down what you love about her and why you want to marry her.

This is going to help you when you are looking for the words to propose to her. As well, this will remind you about why you love her so much. Don’t let external factors get in the way. Make sure you truly feel you want to be with your girlfriend for the rest of your life before you pop the big question.

*Many people will tell you that, “You’ll just know” when you are ready to marry your sweetheart. That really doesn’t matter because you need to be genuine to yourself and make certain this is what you really want to do.

Not because the family is pressuring you or because she keeps hinting she wants to get married. Those reasons will not stand the test of time and everyone will get hurt. Be careful please.

*Think about moving in together if you haven’t already before you get married. It’s a heck of a lot easier to love someone from afar then it is when they are in your face 24/7.

In other words, there is a difference between full-time and part-time.

Sometime when couples move in together and start sharing the bed, bills, groceries and household chores, the opinions of each other change drastically. You’re much better finding this out sooner not later.

*Confide in someone about your feelings. It’s not wrong to second guess yourself before you ask a girl for her hand in marriage.

In fact, it’s smart to have second thoughts and to discuss these thoughts with someone you trust. A sounding board is a good thing and it can only help. You could be making the best decision in your life or the worst mistake of your life.

Talk it out to know if it’s the right decision for you.

#11 – DO WHAT YOU CAN TO MAKE SURE SHE SAYS YES

Of course you want her to say yes and some men guess wrong. But you should have a pretty strong idea that she will say yes when you ask for her for her hand in marriage. It’s much easier if she’s already dropped hints to you that she wants to get married.

If she acts weird around the topics of your future, marriage, kids, etc., you might want to hold off until you are a little more sure.

*If you’ve only been with each other a short while, it’s important you ensure she really wants to be with you long-term. Yes, there are many couples that get married right off the hop and it works out forever.

Others have been together happily for years and after they get married, they decide to call it quits. You just never know.

Just be cautious here because nobody wants their heart broken.

*Sure, you are likely going to be a little nervous about her feelings but putting in the time to make sure she wants you forever will help you safe face during the proposal. The last thing you want to do is gather the courage to get down on one knee only to have her push you over.

#12 – ASK HER PARENTS PERMISSION IF YOU’RE BOTH TRADITIONAL

This is an art that seems to be losing steam as our world progresses full speed ahead into technology and broken communication.

You know your girlfriend and hopefully you know her parents if they are still alive and involved in her life.

Ask yourself if they would be flattered if you ask them first for their daughter’s hand in marriage. If you think this would please them, it’s important you go ahead and ask them.

This is a thoughtful, kind and considerate gesture that goes a long way in showing your girlfriend she really is the one.

*Always make sure she is first. If this would be something that’s important to the family, you need to do it. If not, don’t worry about it.

*Don’t be afraid of the modern twist. You don’t have to ask for permission before you actually ask her. The modern route to do this is to ask after you’ve got her okay. This just makes sure everyone is on board just in case she did say no.

*Ask someone! If you can’t ask her father for permission to marry then ask the mother. If not the mother, then maybe the brother or sister or another close relative. This is just a nice gesture any way you look at it.

#13 – FIGURE OUT THE PERFECT TIME TO POP THE QUESTION

Timing is VIP when you are looking to propose with meaning to your girlfriend. And this is something only you can figure out. Now there isn’t really a “perfect” time to propose but there are better times for you.

You want to be calm and relaxed and not rushed when you ask for her hand in marriage.

Do your planning first and the timing will work itself out. That said, here are a few pointers to think about long and hard:

*Take into consideration how busy your lives are for one. If you both work long hours throughout the week, it makes sense to ask her when you both have a day off.

*It’s got to make practical sense too. If you live in different cities, this will dwindle your times available to propose. Maybe you have a date night each week and can work it around that.

*Think about what she wants. Perhaps she’s always wanted a winter wedding and it makes sense to ask her about a year before the date considering all the planning involved. Just something to think about.

*If you propose on a special day like Christmas, this can be good and bad. The good part is you both love the spirit of the season and that makes it special for you. However, it may not be the best of the best because you are so busy and perhaps too many family members are around, if that makes sense?

It could very well be a little too hustle and bustle and not “special” because it’s already a celebrated day for so many people.

*No matter when you do it, there needs to be some alone time right after. So if you are proposing on a family holiday, make sure you can sneak off for a long walk or something afterward. That’s very important because it really is a moment you both want to remember forever.

#14 – FIGURE OUT THE EXACT LOCATION

Be careful because it’s the atmosphere that’s going to be important and it’s you that will be creating it. Depending on which location you choose. It’s you that’s setting the stage, no pressure!

You can pop the question anywhere you like but when you put a little creative thought into it, you increases the chances of impressing her with something very meaningful.

Women appreciate a man that remembers special moments. And if you propose to your girlfriend in a special place for the two of you, that speaks wonders.

*Maybe you want to ask her the big question in the place where you first met? It doesn’t get much more perfect than that. Reminding her how special it is to have her in your life.

*What favorite places do you both share? Does she like it on the rooftop of tall buildings or making sitting on the rocks at the beach? How about going to a private screening for the main event? This is a crucial decision in the whole process.

*What’s practical for the both of you. If you try too hard to make it magical, you are going to make it tougher on yourself. There will be more doors open and more things that can go seriously wrong.

Often, it’s just easier to go with what you know and leave it at that.

*Think romance and you’re on the right track. What place would your girlfriend think of as romantic and go from there. Maybe you want to take her to a fancy restaurant you’ve never been to before? Perhaps she thinks romantic is at the zoo because she’s an animal lover?

*Be safe when you pick the spot. I’m sure you’ve heard the stories where a guy has proposed in a dangerous place, like on a cliff, and it’s backfired big time.

Safety first and the rest will fall into place.

#15 – TAKE THE TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW

It’s critical that you break it all down step by step to figure out how you’re going to propose. The more information in your brain, the better here. Think about the few things you can’t forget. The ring for one!

Think about how you are going to do this because if you are successful, the story of how you proposed will be told over and over again.

#16 – SENSUOUS MASSAGE

Try giving the love of your life a super sexy massage and make sure you save the left hand for that.

Get her nice and relaxed like jelly and slip the ring on her finger. Of course you need to be set to pop the question.

#17 – TEST OUT THE SURPRISE MESSAGE

This is where you need to spell out the marriage proposal in a place she isn’t expecting it. The key is to catch her off guard.

Maybe you want to write it with her favourite lipstick on the bathroom mirror?

What about using fridge magnets?

Glow in the dark stickers are awesome on the ceiling.

Use your imagination and have fun. Make the moment one she will remember always.

#18 – GIFT TRAIL

They don’t have to be expensive. In fact, thoughtful and funny is even better. Make a trail of 5 or 6 gifts that will lead her to the box that has the ring. And get set to drop down on one knee and pop the question.

If she loves egg whites and reading, throw a carton of egg whites in the mix and a good book. You get what I’m saying.

Be creative and unique and she will appreciate every thoughtful moment you spent thinking through this proposal.

FINAL WORDS

When you are looking to figure out the best way to propose to your girlfriend, there are a heck of a lot of aspects to think about. Be creative and thoughtful but try not to make it too complicated. Think of what your girlfriend likes and make sure it winds up somewhere in your proposal plans.

Take your time and make sure you follow your heart. You will do great!

Best of luck!