So, it finally happened.
They finally popped the question.
Now all there is left is for you to decide - is this really the person I want to spend the absolute rest of my life with? Until death do us part? After all, with marriages failing at a rate that surpasses the fifty percent mark, you need to be sure that your decision is the right one.
It's probably one of the most critical choices you will ever make.
So, how do you make that choice? How do you make a life determination so important that it will color every moment of the rest of your life? Well, there are two schools of thought when it comes to making big life path choices.
One is the concept of using logic to arrive at the choice - making a list of pros and cons, weighing the benefits and the risks, and then coming to decision that makes the most practical sense.
The other way of thinking about choosing which path to go down at life's forks in the road, is that you need to follow your heart.
This philosophy says that our gut instincts will always lead us down the path that our subconscious knows is right for us.
With coming to as momentous a conclusion as whether or not you are marrying the right person, however, there is really only one factor to take into consideration.
Can you picture the rest of your life without that person? When you think about losing them, does it impair your very ability to breathe correctly? If the thought of not spending the rest of your life entwined with your betrothed is not as foreign to you as the thought of spending the rest of your life without one of your limbs or vital organs, then it's probably a good idea to revisit the idea of marrying that person.