#proposals

[madeofbees]

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[mindless-polls]

Do you think you’d be more likely to propose or be proposed to?

To propose

To be proposed to

Unsure

Results

Voting ended onJun 3

(I know, I know, “I’m most likely to never get married at all!”

This is a hypothetical.)

[xiao-qian]

𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐄𝐋 𝐊𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐄𝐑 - 𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐇𝐈𝐌 𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃 𝐌𝐄? (𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭)

in which: michael kaiser proposes to you after winning the world cup

a/n: THE WORLD CUP IS IN A MONTH LETS FREAKING GO IM SUPPORTING FRANCE FOR MY GLORIOUS KING OLISE

tw: might genuinely be horribly ooc im sorry in advance, use of reader but not y/n, childhood best friend! reader

word count: 486

────── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──────

michael kaiser hardly smiles. sure there’s the occasional smirk when he gets a goal, the little upturn of his lips when he wins an award, but most people would assume he’s just a cocky arrogant bastard.

he’s different with you though. being childhood friends, you and michael never had much to smile about. it was always never at the front of both your minds when you were just trying to survive.

so why, is he currently smiling at you like you just hung the stars for him, you may ask? michael kaiser, as in *the* michael kaiser just asked you to marry him. right on the pitch after his team lifted the world cup trophy. it was an absolutely astounding game, with japan up 2-0 in the first quarter and michael miraculously scoring a hattrick in the second, making the official score at stoppage time jap 2-3 germany, getting his team the title.

the ring was absolutely beautiful. it’s a platinum ring with an elongated oval diamond surrounded by tiny icy pavé diamonds, elegant yet still eye catching. the stadium hushed. not completely, but enough.

the roar dipped into a breathless hum as thousands of eyes turned to the center of the field, where michael kaiser: the cold-blooded prodigy, the genius striker who had just won the world cup single-handedly, now down on one knee in front of a girl with trembling hands and wide eyes.

his voice wasn't loud. his didn't need to shout, he just needed you to hear him.

"[reader],”he said, his voice rough, raw like he'd torn it from his chest.

"you’ve been my first memory... and my last thought every day since."

"i used to think love was weakness," he continued, "thought needing someone meant you weren't strong enough." michael looked up at you, eyes burning with fire and truth.* "but you made me realize that strength isn't being untouchable."

"It's letting someone see every broken part and still stay. and still choose me. so..."

he took a slow breath, a rare moment where michael actually looked afraid.

"marry me?"

not for glory, not for fame, but because he couldn't breathe right unless you said yes.

“of course i’ll marry you mihya” the words came out of your mouth so quickly you didn’t even get a chance to think twice. he puts the ring on your finger, still smiling like an idiot while he kisses you “i love you” “i love you too” the words were exchanged.

“and there you have it folks, michael kaiser has brought germany glory once again in the 2022 world cup at just 23 years old, just 8 years after their previous title in 2014. not only that, but he will walk out of this stadium a champion and engaged man to his fiance, [reader’s stage name]. absolutely beautiful.” the announcements were heard around the stadium, but you wouldn’t hear them over all the crowd’s cheers.

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© 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐱𝐢𝐚𝐨𝐪𝐢𝐚𝐧 ✦ 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 — no reposting or copying.

[babyybitch]

HE PROPOSED!!!!🤭

I am someone's girlfriend now!!!!😝😝 He finally got the hints and the way he proposed was my favourite😙

So let me tell u the full story!! It started last evening when i was really mad at him and tbh it wasn't a big deal either but i just wanted some attention. He was trying to talk to me when he told me he kept losing tic tac toe to a bot and i was still kind of "gussa" so i just gave him a stupid back talk answer. After that he sent me a QR code to scan and just as i saw the QR i knew where this was going. When i scanned the QR i saw a game of tic tac toe which i had to win in order to get the reward. Played 5 times in a row and won neither match.😭 After winning the game and opening the reward i saw a sweet poem and a will you be my girlfriend page. I WENT INSANE!!! I put my phone aside and screamed into my pillow then clicked on yes AND NOW I AM HIS GIRLFRIEND!!!!!!🤭🤭

hihiihiiii that's all.😋😋

[alfredp-venture]

How to write a freelance proposal that actually gets read

Most freelance proposals are ignored because they are written about the freelancer. The client does not care about your years of experience upfront. They care whether you understood their problem. The structure that works: Open with their problem. Two or three sentences that show you read the brief and understood what they need. Explain your approach to this specific project. Not your process in general. Close with a specific next step. Not 'let me know if you have questions' but 'I can do a call Tuesday or Thursday - which works for you?' Remove any sentence starting with 'I am' or 'I have been'. What remains should be almost entirely about them.

[alfredp-venture]

Why scope creep is almost always your fault (not the clients)

Scope creep does not happen because clients are bad. It happens because the original scope was not clear enough. If your proposal says social media management and the client thinks that includes strategy, content creation, scheduling, and reporting, and you thought it meant posting three times a week, that is not scope creep. That is a scope gap. The fix is a proposal that defines what is included and, just as importantly, what is not. Once you have that habit, scope creep conversations become easy. You are not defending your position. You are pointing to something you both agreed to. Most freelancers skip detailed scope documents to save time at the start of a project. Then they spend three times that time managing misaligned expectations.

[adamsadamsandmoreadams1776]

welcome back, john! welcome back, john! for god's sake, john, welcome back!

I appreciate the rare show of support! I plan to make headway in getting independancy back on the table once Congress officially reconvenes..

John Adams