First of all I would like to thank everyone for the overwhelming positive response we have received regarding my new business, Proposals by David. I must apologize that with the number of inquiries we’ve been getting our system has not been able to respond to all of you. Call it birth pains. We are working on fixing this concern as we know many of you are so eager, or as one of our Filipino customers put it in Tagalog “atat na atat” to get married. I’m really grateful for all of you. Without lonely people like you there would be no Proposals by David.

Expansion is definitely in my mind. And I have a few ideas:

Proposal Music by David – I’m not too bad a piano player. Sure, I need to follow the metronome better, but when hearts are beating as fast as they do during proposals no one will notice. Of course, for those with deeper pockets, they can opt to go for my violin package which includes famous tracks such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and variations, Lightly Row, Scales on the E, A, D, and G strings, and the Disney favourite, A Whole New World.

Pinoy Proposals International by David – Jorge had a great suggestion to go international. I’m thinking I can target overseas Filipinos who want a home-cooked proposal. I mean why have steak when you can have beef-steak? Or pulled pork when you can have lechon? Or Dory when you can have dog? Of course we’ll have to charge in dollars which runs an exchange rate risk but we’ll hedge one way or another.

Ready To Wed (RTW) Spouse by David – In line with our vision to be the ultimate one-stop-shop of proposals, I encourage our staff to ask ourselves, “What else can we offer the would-be lover?” And then it hit us, “Why not offer the lover himself / herself?” I mean, the demand is surely there. And so is the supply. We’re meeting a need. I’m thinking we can have spouse customers fill up a form asking them important questions such as what their favorite color is, or how many toes they have, or whether they like Edamame. From this comprehensive questionnaire we can come up with a perfect match from our warehouse. This is going to be a winner

I really hate putting my name on everything, but our brand consultants have insisted we ride on my sterling reputation of being a stable, committed, and long-term romantic partner.

So many exciting developments. I don’t know if I have the time. I guess I’ll probably start with something simpler but still completely original, like something to help would-be proposers get ready. I think I’ll put up a salon. I think I’ll call it David’s.