I claim to be a somewhat romantic person.
Of course that is open to discussion by those that suffer the consequences of my romanticism (or lack of it) so I won’t diddle about it much more then that. But asides from that small matter… one has tickled me for quite some time and I’ve been holding this thought in my mind for quite a bit.
In Second Life people can get partnered with another avatar.
Meaning something from being a casual couple, boyfriends, a couple, a married couple, fuck partner, soul mates, master/slave… heck, who knows what else? For me, it means that the other person is not just a friend anymore, it has grown way past that, and the two of us have become romantically involved… which in time can lead to share more and more things, living together and just let your imagination flow…
Anyway, my rant is about the process of asking for a Partnership in SL !
Sure, you can plan an all grand display of affection in-world for the big moment and ask your to-be partner the big question, or go for a intimate and felt display of emotion… either way, to make it official you need to inform (and pay a small amount) to Linden Labs so they can add the new information to both your profiles stating to the Metaverse that the two of you are now partners, for good or for worst !! 
So… what goes wrong?
No, its not the amount you have to pay, its actually a quite symbolic payment you have to pay (10L$ each)… What goes wrong, and displays an apparent lack of romance flair from LL, is:
The amount of characters you can put in your partnership proposal !!
Yep. That’s true. You’re limited in space (and quite so I must add) to what you can say to your beloved one to ask her/him/it if they would like to partner with yourself. Having used that lovely form myself, that you need to fill in to become partners in Second Life, I’ve ended up battling with my own words and inspiration to find a way to say all that I wanted in such a crumpled little space.
I ended up just proposing with a teaser, and sending her a notecard with the full version later on.
It’s annoying to be cramped up in space when you wanna express your feelings. Feelings are hard to squeeze in to just a few words since they surpass simple words so easyly… maybe its just my verbosity, I dunno. I just can’t understand what’s the technical impairment of adding larger limits to a form that it is just used to send that very same text to the other persons’ email. C’mon…. it’s an e-mail, its not like you’re going to pay extra money for crossing the 1000 words per email… *mumbles a bit*
If not enough… you can’t access your proposal after sending it!!
GAH!!! Ok, maybe its just a pet peeve of mine, but I like to keep records of my things, things I wrote, things I’ve read and enjoyed, things with sentimental value… yeah, so I like to keep records of that, call me crazy. But noooo… you can’t access your proposal after hitting the send button. You DO get a lovely reply back (if your proposal is accepted, otherwise it might not be so lovely) from your loved one. And yes, that one I can safely keep in my email… but frankly: couldn’t they just add a tiny feature for you to recall it out too?
All I ask is:
- Increase the text space in the Partnership Proposal Form (we’re trying to propose for crying out loud!!)
and
- Don’t throw it to the trash (let us keep it for memory lane ! Please?)
Sincerely, one passionate SL Avatar
Ahem… my five cents! From this other side, all you get is an-email informing you follow a certain link to see the proposal you were sent. You go there… and once you hit that yes/no buttons – you as well lost that lovely message FOR EVER !! *cries*
Lucky me you were sensible enough to send me a notecard with the full text of it – it’s the only way I can go through it over and over… and over, and over and over (slaps herself *enough, now!*). <3 you, babe !!
Bless you (^_^)
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Petros, I totally agree with you on this!
Aggio’s proposal to me was inworld, floating on a raft, after a lengthy conversation (which I saved) he had to tell me where to go look for the actual Linden proposal, and I was so stunned that I didn’t have a clue what he wrote there, I just hit yes before he changed his mind
It would have been nice to have a copy of what he sent to keep, but LL don’t seem to think that all the hard work, worry, and thought about how to actually propose to your special one is worth keeping? Typical!
You proposed with the online form??!?!
No No No No.
You do it in person, and then you send the request after she has accepted.
how cheesy..
I was talking to her when I sent the partnership proposal and asked her to look at her mail so she could see the mail arrive… meanwhile… I gave her the full proposal text along with a small gift… we ended up logging off quite later then usual that night.
This all happen in a meaningful date too, mind you. So, no… I didn’t wrote a random note in the online form and sent it alone, waiting for her to see it someday, sometime… I planned it and made it all go smoothly at the same time.
I Just wanted to express that LL’s form is rather lame and cold, thus they could improve it a little more for people to save their sent proposals for instances… people, that unlike me, don’t keep records of them
Other then that, I’m not going to get in details of how and when I did it. It was personal and heartfelt… if Summer wishes so though, she might share the details
And in my opinion it shows lack of guts to send the proposal only *after* you get a positive reply. You have to be bold and ask *before* you know she’ll say yes… you have to take your chances anyway
I do remember that evening as if it was today. We were celebrating our first monthversary together and were doing along so GREAT already! In the mid of the conversation (which is also saved, thanks for logs hehehe) you asked me to open my mail… and I didn’t got it! I thought you were sending me something and replied I would have a look at it later, for the conversation was soo appealing, hehehe. You had to be a bit more clearer about that and I have to admit, I was really taken by surprise. It was the sweetest of moments and will live forever in my memories, along with so many others we have built during this period… almost one year ?
I still agree with your post, though. The moment it gets official should be better dealt with, from the technical point of view. But then again, whenever feelings speak louder – who cares about techs ? *winks and drags you home*