Daily Dialogue — April 19, 2012

Ben: Look, Alison, I’m sure this isn’t how you pictured it being, exactly, and it’s not how I wanted it to be, but that is why I’m presenting you this empty box. It’s a promise, Allison. It’s a promise that one day I will… I will fill this box with a ring that you deserve, a beautiful ring. And I can’t afford it yet. I’ve picked it out already, though, and it’s at De Beers, and it’s really nice. So basically I’m asking you, will you marry me? Because I’m in love with you.

Alison: I love you, too.

Ben: Really? Oh, man, that’s so nice to hear. That’s the first time a girl’s ever said that to me, so…

Alison: But here’s the thing.

Ben: There’s a thing?

Alison: I don’t really know yet what that love means, you know. Just ’cause it’s so new, and it’s so exciting that it’s great. I don’t know. We’ve only known each other 17 weeks, so it’s…

Ben: Okay. Honestly, I mean, I thought… I thought you felt weird that we’re having a baby and we’re not engaged or anything. I’m gonna get off my knee.

Alison: Yeah.

Ben: It’s hurting a little bit.

Alison: No, I’m okay with that.

— Ben (Seth Rogen), Alison (Katherine Heigl), Knocked Up (2007), written by Judd Apatow

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The Daily Dialogue theme for the week is marriage proposals, suggested by Teddy Pasternak. Today’s suggestion by Phillip Gruneich

Trivia:

Dialogue On Dialogue: Great use of a physical object — an empty ring box. It’s funny, touching, and fits with Ben’s personality.