The actor, who has been dating Witherspoon since they worked together on the film Rendition last year, desperately wants to marry the 32-year-old actress. Witherspoon is already the mother of two children from her marriage to actor Ryan Phillippe, and Gyllenhaal wants to have his own family with Reese, reports FemaleFirst.
A source revealed, "Jake knows he might be jumping the gun thinking of kids, but he knows that Reese is the one. He laughs and says he needs to propose and do this the right way. It really is first comes love, then comes marriage. As cheesy as that sounds, it’s the way he thinks!"
Gyllenhaal treats Witherspoon’s children, Ava, 8, and Deacon, 4, as if they were his own, and he wants to prove that he has what it takes to be a good father.