--- title: Friends Super Fans Get Engaged In Monica And Chandler's Apartment description: Two 'Friends' super fans re-enacted the one where Monica and Chandler got engaged with a proposal in the show's apartment set. canonical: https://time.com/4476290/friends-fest-engagement-monica-chandler/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-01T17:51:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:08.751Z og:title: These Friends Fans Got Engaged at Monica and Chandler's og:description: The one with the proposal og:url: https://time.com/4476290/friends-fest-engagement-monica-chandler/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5f6e9b46f542f82/6988a48fbc6cfc1bad3de70d/friends-monica-chandler-engagement-friends-fest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Friends og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Friends Fans Got Engaged at Monica and Chandler's twitter:description: The one with the proposal twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5f6e9b46f542f82/6988a48fbc6cfc1bad3de70d/friends-monica-chandler-engagement-friends-fest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch This Heartwarming _Friends_ Superfan Proposal at Monica and Chandler's Apartment > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 1, 2016 5:51 PM UTC  "The One With The Proposal Part II" -- Episode 25 -- Aired 05/18/2000 -- Pictured: (l-r) Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller -- Photo by: NBCU Photo Bank "The One With The Proposal Part II" -- Episode 25 -- Aired 05/18/2000 -- Pictured: (l-r) Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller -- Photo by: NBCU Photo Bank NBC—NBC via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 1, 2016 5:51 PM UTC Two [_Friends_ superfans](http://time.com/4012752/friends-alternate-ending-phoebe-fan/) took things to the next level when they [adorably got engaged](http://time.com/4261192/adele-concert-proposal-on-stage/) at Monica and Chandler’s apartment during FriendsFest. Krunal Desai proposed to his girlfriend Radha Patel during FriendsFest in London, where the pair had made a trek to [the apartment set of the beloved sitcom](http://time.com/4179320/friends-reunion-happening-nbc/) that was recreated as a part of Comedy Central’s six-week tour for FriendsFest. Patel is an avid _Friends_ viewer who watches the show every night before she goes to bed, so Desai re-enacting Monica and Chandler’s proposal for their own engagement was the perfect idea. Desai told the UK’s [_Metro_](http://metro.co.uk/2016/08/30/the-one-where-a-friends-obsessed-couple-got-engaged-in-monica-and-chandlers-apartment-at-friendsfest-6099408/) that he got in touch with Comedy Central ahead of time so he could propose in the apartment. However, the proposal wasn’t the only thing that drew a similarity between this couple and the show. Apparently Desai and Patel’s journey to getting engaged also mirrors another couple on the show: Ross and Rachel. “We even had a short break in our relationship, leading people to call us the real life Ross and Rachel,” Desai said. “When I saw FriendsFest was returning I knew this would be the perfect setting to ask her to marry me.” Patel, for her part, couldn’t be happier. “Nothing could top this proposal, it was awesome,” she said. “As Phoebe would say, he’s my lobster!” Watch the entire engagement take place below. > [](https://twitter.com/ComedyCentralUK/status/770655785152118784) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4476290/friends-fest-engagement-monica-chandler/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4476290/friends-fest-engagement-monica-chandler/"},"headline":"Watch This Heartwarming Friends Superfan Proposal at Monica and Chandler's Apartment","datePublished":"2016-09-01T17:51:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:08.751Z","description":"The one with the proposal","url":"https://time.com/4476290/friends-fest-engagement-monica-chandler/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Internet"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5f6e9b46f542f82/6988a48fbc6cfc1bad3de70d/friends-monica-chandler-engagement-friends-fest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5f6e9b46f542f82/6988a48fbc6cfc1bad3de70d/friends-monica-chandler-engagement-friends-fest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Friends","caption":"Friends","creditText":"NBC—NBC via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4476290/friends-fest-engagement-monica-chandler/","name":"Watch This Heartwarming Friends Superfan Proposal at Monica and Chandler's Apartment"}}]}] ```