這個男人花了整整一年的時間籌劃向他的女友求婚

We all love a romantic proposal - and this one, from Chicago couple Josh Schmitz and Danielle Roesch, just might take the cake.

我們都喜歡浪漫的求婚——而來自芝加哥的Josh Schmitz對他女友Danielle Roesch的求婚可謂是最佳求婚了。

Schmitz met Roesch on Tinder in October 2014, and by August of the following year, he already knew that he wanted to marry her, NBC Chicago reports. He didn't want to propose to her with just an old drop to one knee, however - he wanted to do something truly special, so he set out planning an epic year-long proposal.

美國全國廣播公司報道：2014年10月，Schmitz和Roesch都在使用Tinder（國外的一種手機交友軟件），兩人相遇，15年8月，他就知道他想娶她了。然而，他並不想用單膝跪地的傳統方法求婚¬——他想來一個十分特殊的求婚，所以他就開始了籌劃史詩般長達一年的求婚計劃。

Every day for an entire year, Schmitz scribbled out a note to his future fiancée on a whiteboard or a scrap of paper. Some flat-out asked her to marry him; others professed how much she meant to him. Each day, he would film a quick clip of himself holding the note up for the camera, whether he was at work, at home or on vacation.

整整一年，Schmitz每天都在白板或一張紙上爲他未來的未婚妻寫下一段話。有些是十分坦白的讓她嫁給他的句子；而有些則是承認她對他的重要性的句子。每天，不管他是在工作、在家還是在度假，他都用攝像機快速的錄一段手拿小紙條的短片。

After a year of filming these short clips, Schmitz hired someone to make a 21-minute video compilation of them all. He then had a friend of Roesch's invite her to a fake corporate event at Chicago's Adler Planetarium - but when Roesch arrived, her friends, her family and a giant video screen awaited her instead.

錄製這些短片一年後，Schmitz僱了個人將這些短片彙編成一個21分鐘的視頻。然後他請Roesch的閨蜜邀請她去芝加哥阿德勒天文館參加一個編造的公司活動——但當Roesch抵達天文館時，等待她的卻是她的朋友、家人以及一個碩大的屏幕。

The last frame of Schmitz's mini-film instructed Roesch to walk down to Lake Michigan, where Schmitz was waiting for her with rose petals and his small white board, on which he had written, "Will you be my wife?" Two check boxes offered the options "yes" and "no." Of course, Roesch checked yes.

Schmitz小電影的最後一個鏡頭就是引導Roesch沿着密歇根湖往下走，而Schmitz就在那裏鋪好了玫瑰花瓣，手拿小白板等待着她。小白板上寫着“你願意成爲我的妻子嗎？”下面還有兩個選項：“是的，我願意”和“不，我不願意”。當然，Roesch 選擇了我願意。

Schmitz says he was inspired to write secret notes to his now-fiancée because note-writing is part of their daily routine. The couple doesn't see each other much during the week (Schmitz is a heavy equipment manager, and he leaves for work at 4:45 a.m. every day), so the two started leaving notes for each other every morning: Roesch sees hers when she wakes up to get ready for work every day, and Schmitz sees his every day when he gets home.

Schmitz說因爲寫紙條是他們日常生活中的一部分，所以他受到了啓發，給他現在的未婚妻寫紙條。這對情侶每週見面的時間不多（Schmitz是位重型設備經理，每天早晨4:45就得離家出去工作），所以他們每天早晨就開始爲對方留紙條：Roesch每天醒來準備好去工作時，就會看到留給她的便籤，而Schmitz每天回家時也會看到女友留的紙條。

In the end, Schmitz says his epic proposal was well worth the wait. "To see the look on her face of surprise, you could just tell - she's known how much I love her," he said. "It's the first and hopefully the last time I'd want to see my girlfriend cry at something."

最後，Schmitz說道：他史詩般的求婚是值得等待的。“看到她臉上驚喜的表情，你就能知道她知道我深愛着她，”他說道。“我希望這是女友第一次也是最後一次哭泣。”