Public libraries are every community's meeting place, so a marriage proposal is the ultimate success. All great things start at the public library!
Chicago ad exec Jason Methner wrote a marriage proposal
into a children’s book — and tricked his girlfriend into finding it.
Photography by Aparna
A hidden camera in catches Jason Methner kissing Molly
Lipsitz in a Chicago library after proposing to her. He worked the proposal into
a children's book wrote and placed in the library where Molly could find it.
A 31-year-old Chicago advertising executive has written a marriage proposal
that is one for the books, portraying himself as a tortoise and his girlfriend
as the hare (or, in this case, bunny).
Jason Methner is the creative mind behind the illustrated account of his
relationship with his girlfriend, Molly Lipsitz.
He had the book, titled A
Hare-y Tale, illustrated by friend Yoni Limor and placed the bound volume among the “new
arrivals” in a Chicago library for his 27-year-old girlfriend to find.
The book refers to some of the activities they have done as a couple in their
4½-year relationship.
In it, Methner is portrayed as the tortoise and Lipsitz as “Bunny” — because
she has slept with a stuffed rabbit named Bunny since childhood.
However, they have plenty in common, including a love of adventure, food and
jogging.
They also enjoy good books and libraries. So it was only natural that the
marriage proposal should take place in a library.
For this special moment, Methner chose the Harold Washington Library Centre,
the main branch of the Chicago public library system.
On March 23, he used “a lie” to trick Lipsitz into finding the 20-page book
on a shelf in the branch’s Thomas Hughes Children’s Library.
As Lipsitz began flipping through it, she came to an abrupt stop on page 3:
the narrative mentioned Sandy Springs, her home town near Atlanta. Lipsitz grew
suspicious. Methner encouraged her to read on.
On the next to last page, the story read: “Although we don’t often run at
same pace, do you want to slow down and spend the rest of your life with
me?”
And on the last page: “And Bunny said …” This was followed by an empty space
for her to say “yes.”
At that point, Methner got down on one knee, popped the question and pulled
out a diamond engagement ring.
As in all good fairytales, this book had a happy ending.
She exclaimed, “Yes,” and a professional photographer concealed behind the
book shelves emerged to snap the delightful moment.
“I didn’t cry. That’s not really my style,” Lipsitz told the Star from
Chicago. “I was just totally surprised and shocked in a good way. It was an
amazingly thoughtful and creative proposal and in an unexpected
place.”
The Chicago Public Library posted the photos on Facebook, which
helped turn their proposal into a viral event.
Portrait and wedding
photographer Aparna Paul
Jain also posted photos on her website.
“I have known Molly for a few years now, and when Jason thought about this
idea he asked me if I could photograph it. There was no way I was going to miss
it,” she told the Star in an email. “I think it played out really
well.”
Library staff helped her rearrange books so that she could have a clear view
of Methner’s picture book.
“This is the first time I photographed a surprise proposal,” she
said.
Lipsitz appreciated that Methner had arranged for her to go with a friend to
have a manicure that morning, not knowing it was so she would look good in
photos showing the ring on her finger.
No wedding date has been announced.
Methner made five more copies of the book so relatives would have the book as
a memento.
“Most women have been very flattering to me with compliments about my
creativity,” he said. “But a lot of men, especially in my friends’ group, have
given me the eye roll … like, thanks for setting the bar so high.”
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