Life changed for Re’Shae Green in a minute in New York.
The Maryland-based millennial traveled to NYC as the girlfriend of longtime boyfriend Corey Fields over Labor Day weekend.
But after an encounter with a very special cabbie, she left the Big Apple bride.
“I was just crossing the street when I saw this taxi that had a ‘Will you marry me’ sign on its trunk,” Green, 29, a children’s book author, told The Post with a laugh.
“Before I could ask if it was for me, Corey was smiling and digging in his pocket for the ring.”
“Then he got down on one knee – and I was shocked.”
The tricked-out cab, a retro-style ride decked out in silk blooms and a glowing ‘Marry Me’ display, is quickly becoming the hottest proposal backdrop in New York City.
As lovebirds flock to the altar amid a reported post-pandemic wedding boom, extravagant engagements are on the rise, according to the CDC.
Whether it’s a flashy “I do” in Times Square, a “be mine” on the beach, or a distant romantic request made from prison, romantic hopes are now going above and beyond the stale “hide the ring in a slice of cake” . bit – hoping to create incomparable memories.
In fact, wedding insiders at The Knot found that 58% of people who bend the knee feel “a lot” of pressure to plan a very unique proposal, according to a February survey.
Experts also found that 25% of recently engaged couples enlisted wedding professionals, such as photographers and event planners, to make sure they “want to get hitched?” ask, no problem.
Fields, 29, who teaches coding to kids near Washington, D.C., called on cameraman Elena Komarova, as well as Qusai Smirat and Chandler Fowles of Enchanting Engagements on the Upper East Side, to curate his pop-up proposal.
After seeing Komarova’s social media photos of the chichi cab — a 1978 vehicle that Smirat and Fowles are offering for $1,000 asking price — Fields decided to get Green’s hand in high gear.