I don't love it when kids spray paint stupid stuff just for the cheap thrill of vandalizing —Here's lookin' at you, Biebs—but I very much appreciate graffiti as art, especially when it involves a marriage proposal. The person behind the profreshionalism Instagram account, which documents NYC graffiti—posted this snap on Monday:
And Gothamist got the back story from Amber, the newly engaged girl:
"So, the story basically is this: being that I come from a Yemeni American Muslim family, getting engaged is rarely a surprise as the potential fiance has to seek permission from my father to get engaged to me, and we then have a ceremony with close family where the ring is then placed on my finger and the celebrated.
"Bart's philosophy is there aren't enough good surprises in the world and given so much of our engagement was planned out, this came as a shock—mere hours after we officially got engaged at my home with our families! It was the very next morning.
"Bart insisted we go to the High Line early for a walk and coffee. As we approached a familiar spot he gave me a piece of paper and I caught the colors on the wall out of the corner of my eye and realized the sketch proposal on paper was twenty something feet long. I cried and said yes. It was such a mind blowing surreal moment!"
Click here to see the original post—and to see the sketch.
Thoughts on this spray-painted proposal story?
I think it's sweet—especially because the guy went out of his way to surprise her even though they were technically already engaged.