That question...

There are a few things I want you to think about before you ask me that question.  Oh, I already have an idea of what you want to talk to me about.  See...I want you to think about it very carefully.  I don't want you to have regrets later on. 

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Number 1.  I hope you know that I'm not a perfect person.  I have my short comings, and I don't know if I can offer you things that will be of worth to you.  Just know that when you're asking me the question, it explicitly means that you would still go through with it, given that I might be less of what you thought I was.

Number 2.  I hope you know that I need something from you.  This will be a give and take relationship in the cases that we go forward with this situation.  I have my shortcomings, and I am willing to make up for it.  I also want you to do the same.  Fair is fair, right?

Number 3.  I hope you know that this might be a reason for us to fight a lot.  There are no perfect relationships, are there?  I'll do my best to always reconcile on the event of a fight, but I hope you don't leave me when I seem to run your patience dry.

Number 4.  I hope you know that when you have me, there's no going back.  The only option left for you in case you want to leave is to walk this earth alone.  When you ask me, you are choosing me.  You have the option to choose differently.  Tie me down with you, and you're stuck with me.  Either that, or you go solo.

Number 5.  I hope you know that I may be weak at times.  There will be times that I'll lose hope over things.  I might mope.  I might cry.  I might vent.  As irritating as that would be, I hope that you can bear with me at those moments of weakness.  Rest assured, that if you do the same, I'll try and be as understanding.

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.....I hope you've thought this through.  Oh, you have?  Wow...I...I don't know what to say...
Well...okay.  

I'd love to be your thesis partner.