British media said that an alternative extreme wave of marriage proposals began to be popular in Russia.
According to the BBC website on September 20, Anna & middot; TAsia, a Russian woman, once flew back to her hometown St. Petersburg airport after she went out. Naturally, she expected her boyfriend Sergei to pick her up at the airport.
But in Anna & middot; When tAsia's plane landed, she received a text message from her boyfriend Sergei that she could not pick her up at the airport due to temporary overtime, but he would ask one of his friends to pick her up at the airport.
All this sounds very normal.
Sergei's friend picked Anna up and drove her home. Just as they were approaching Anna's apartment, suddenly a small van sped up and blocked their way.
Immediately, several masked men jumped out of the car. They took Anna's driver friend away and ordered Anna to sit in the back of the car. At this time, they began to check Anna's belongings in the trunk of the car. They found a small bag of white powder.
The men wore black uniforms of the special police force, including a woman in plain clothes who said to Anna, 'we suspect you are hiding prohibited items'.
Anna's face suddenly changed color. She quickly explained that they must have made a mistake. This thing was not hers at all. Anna said with a nervous smile.
At this time, a man rushed forward and asked Anna, 'it's not yours. Whose is it? Stop playing tricks. "
The men continued to question Anna, and then the man opened the bag containing the suspicious items, revealing a small pink box inside.
He asked Anna, 'what's this?' Anna, whose voice trembled with fear, replied, 'I really don't know!'
Suddenly, things changed dramatically. The man knelt on one leg, pulled off the mask on his head with one hand and shouted to Anna, 'marry me!'
Until then, Anna suddenly realized that this man was Anna's boyfriend Sergey. All this is Sergei's carefully arranged proposal, which seems a little extreme.
Others are special forces disguised as personnel of the 'extreme proposal service' company hired by Sergei.
Quietly popular
In recent years, this wave of extreme marriage proposals is sweeping Russia. People who use this service can enjoy the 'extraordinary proposal' service provided by the company by paying prices ranging from 700 rubles (about 77 yuan) to 60000 rubles (about 6600 yuan).
Anna's boyfriend Sergei spent 30000 rubles (about 3300 yuan) on the proposal.
Sergei himself is actually a law enforcement officer. Originally, he wanted his colleagues in the Russian Federal Security Agency to help, but he was refused.
Russian extreme proposal show founder rodkin said that as early as 2010, he provided similar services for some friends free of charge.
'gradually, the cause is getting bigger and bigger. So he began to charge for money. " He said.
By 2015, they have also established several chain companies all over Russia. At the same time, competitors began to run the same business, and even physical stores.
Mischief and reality
Polina middot, a Russian psychologist; Sodatova said that Russians use humor to reflect social reality. She said that the Russians use this extreme form of marriage proposal to express that they have to accept the real life that the security forces may deal with you at any time.
Anna mentioned earlier said that although she was frightened, she soon forgave her boyfriend Sergey.
However, not everyone can appreciate this Russian humor.
Alexander from Penza, Russia, said that when he proposed to his fiancee by such extreme means, he scared his fiancee to tears. Afterwards, Alexander's fiancee accused him of almost making her have a heart attack.
Of course, there are also failure cases. Rodkin said that during his five-year career in Moscow, only one person refused his partner's extreme proposal.