You are lucky, and if you don’t realize that by now, you absolutely do not deserve her. She has the biggest heart and the most contagious laugh. I hope you take all the right steps: ask for her dad's blessing, get her friends involved in the proposal, and do something she would love. Because if you are the one, this is only happening once.

But when it comes to your life-long relationship together, GOOD LUCK! She’s annoying, picky, and sometimes greasier than a pig. If you take her on a date, she will almost always out-eat you, and at night she might drink too much wine. But it’s worth it because she has the warmest heart, and she’ll care about your needs over her own. She might suck at cooking but she’ll laugh about it because nothing makes her mad. And when you have to share a bed, she’ll take all the covers and won’t wake up on the first alarm.

The day you marry her--me and you? We’re officially co-best friends, and when you screw up, she’ll come to me. And when I do something annoying, you’ll hear all about it. So when you marry her, I come with her.

But before the big day here is your disclosure:

She’s been through a lot. She’s had her fair share of complicated relationship which sometimes left her in a ‘slump’ she didn’t think she could get out of. But she did, and she found you. All her faith and fairytale dreams are in your hands now, and if I approved of you, I know you will treat her better than what she thinks she deserves.

I know I’m going to have to hand off more "best friend responsibilities" than I’m ready for. So know that this baton is hard to hand off, but I know that if she said yes to you, you make her happy. Love her with your entire heart and then some. Make sure you never miss a chance to sing in the car with her, she’ll make fun of you for messing up the words, but you’ll see her laugh until she cries. If you suck at dancing, she’ll laugh at you for that too. She doesn’t like sharing her food, but if you do it right, she’ll hand you a fry when no one's looking. She likes dogs and cats more than she likes people, just keep that in mind. When she’s having a stressful day, take her to the rooftop with a bottle of wine and a blanket and watch the stars. She’s not as difficult as you might think.

I could give you all my secrets, but what’s the fun in that? Take care of her, because my standards for her are higher than her standards for herself. She deserves the most genuine love.