Hiring a Marriage Proposal Planner: Reasonable or Ridiculous?
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2012/01/09 02:46:17
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Will you marry me?
While the words themselves may be simple, the process of planning the perfect proposal can be incredibly anxiety provoking. As such, in recent years, a new service has cropped up in the wedding industry: marriage proposal planners. For a fee, these consultants advise men, and sometimes women, on how to create the ideal scenario to pop the big question.
Sarah Pease, the owner of Brilliant Event Planning in New York, got the idea to offer proposal-planning services after one of her friends proposed with an engagement ring at the bottom of a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken.
“I figured there must be a better way,” she said. (Though she added that the couple in question is now happily married.)
Michele Velazquez decided to open Heart Bandits in Los Angeles after her boyfriend (now husband and business partner) executed a somewhat uninspired proposal. Lacking a timeline, Marvin Velazquez proposed at the end of a sunset cruise as the ship was docking. Then, he had no plan for how to celebrate, so they just went home.
Pease charges $500 to devise a plan while Velazquez charges $99 to give an idea. Fees increase if the planners are called upon to assist with execution, and that’s in addition to the costs charged by the venders themselves.
And yet, no matter how much money is spent, marriage proposal planners have no control over the most important thing of all: whether or not your boyfriend or girlfriend will say “yes.”
What do you think about hiring a marriage proposal planner? Reasonable or ridiculous?
While the words themselves may be simple, the process of planning the perfect proposal can be incredibly anxiety provoking. As such, in recent years, a new service has cropped up in the wedding industry: marriage proposal planners. For a fee, these consultants advise men, and sometimes women, on how to create the ideal scenario to pop the big question.
Sarah Pease, the owner of Brilliant Event Planning in New York, got the idea to offer proposal-planning services after one of her friends proposed with an engagement ring at the bottom of a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken.
“I figured there must be a better way,” she said. (Though she added that the couple in question is now happily married.)
Michele Velazquez decided to open Heart Bandits in Los Angeles after her boyfriend (now husband and business partner) executed a somewhat uninspired proposal. Lacking a timeline, Marvin Velazquez proposed at the end of a sunset cruise as the ship was docking. Then, he had no plan for how to celebrate, so they just went home.
Pease charges $500 to devise a plan while Velazquez charges $99 to give an idea. Fees increase if the planners are called upon to assist with execution, and that’s in addition to the costs charged by the venders themselves.
And yet, no matter how much money is spent, marriage proposal planners have no control over the most important thing of all: whether or not your boyfriend or girlfriend will say “yes.”
What do you think about hiring a marriage proposal planner? Reasonable or ridiculous?
Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/fashion/weddings...
Top Opinion
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jesika.woody 2012/01/09 04:54:47
getting someone else involved just makes it awkward!
If you want to propose by putting a ring at the bottom of a KFC bucket, more power to you. At least your spouse won't be fooled into thinking you are something you aren't.