How do I pray for a life partner without losing my dignity?

Ask for it straight, without bargaining and without pretending you do not want it. Wanting to be loved is not a flaw and needs no apology. Do not turn the prayer into a performance of worthiness, as if enough virtue unlocks a person. And do not pray for one specific someone to be made to want you. Ask for the meeting, ask for a good and honest heart, and keep living a life worth being met.

The old word is zivug — the match: in the tradition, a pairing spoken of in heaven, which is why it is asked for, not seized.

From the sources “Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.” — Psalm 37