WHO GIVES A SHIT: Would You Want a Designer Proposal, Like These Folks?

Since so many of you singles admitted that all you want is wedding bells in your future, here's something to think about while you're busy finding the bride/groom: designer proposals. The New York Times recently ran a snippet on proposal planners, people to whom men fork over many monies for choreographed, "dream" proposals, since that simple on-bended-knee thing is so 2011. 

Why does this concern you, you ask? 'Cuz one of these gems happened right here on Fifth Avenue at Belleville in your fair neighborhood. But, uh, for some people from Pittsburgh:

One of those who sought [Ms. Pease, the proposal planner] out was Matthew Fowkes of Pittsburgh, who wanted to propose to Melissa Barnickel in New York, a city neither had ever visited.

Mr. Fowkes, 35, who runs an Internet site, hired Ms. Pease to devise a plan for a Dec. 2 proposal that would elicit a “yes” from Ms. Barnickel, 25, , a health-insurance business analyst who loves vintage chandeliers, flowers, music and all things French.

Ms. Pease recommended Belleville, a Brooklyn bistro where Mr. Fowkes made his pitch — successfully — in a room decorated with a chandelier and a wrought-iron arch, as four singers did a rendition of “Marry Me,” by Train.

In addition to Ms. Pease’s $2,000 fee, Mr. Fowkes paid $5,000 for the vendors, including the rental of an elegant 1932 Hupmobile.

So, there's that.

What's your take on this shit? Is it soooo Un-Slope, or was it only a matter of time before this landed? And what, Train doesn't equal eternal love to you?