Love & Romance at a Bus Stop

Here at METRO, we've had a wedding on the rail and a romance blossom into marriage when two strangers met each other at a bus stop. Click here to read that story.

Romance and love can happen anywhere - and recently, an attorney who rides the bus in Chicago read a life-changing document at a bus stop.

It was an ad at a bus shelter that said in big, bold letters: "Rachel! I love you! Let's be a team forever! Will you marry me? XOXO, Eric."

Rachel Clark arrived at the bus stop last Wednesday and didn't notice it until her soon-to-be fiancé, engineer Eric Anderson, who was standing behind the sign, urged Clark to read it.

"I started giggling and laughing going, ‘Yes, yes!'" Clark recalled.

Anderson had wanted to propose in an unusual way and when he saw the available ad space, called the company that manages Chicago's bus shelters. He couldn't afford the $3,000 monthly fee, but company officials gave him a break for love, offering a discounted rate for one week. Read more here.

Sometimes bus shelter ads can alter your life forever.