And While We’re At It, We’ll Make An Honest Woman Out Of Your Baby Momma, Too

Ladies, there’s still time to convince your man that the free gown is worth it:

You live together, you have kids together, but married you’re not. Author Maryann Reid wants to change your status.

Reid is looking for 10 couples with kids in the New York City area who would like to tie the knot next fall on the second Marry Your Baby Daddy Day. The first one, back in 2005, was a huge success, she said.

“All ten couples are still married. Many went on to buy houses, to change jobs, and one wife told me communication is much better,” said Reid, who lives in Brooklyn. “We want to keep replicating this.”

The author of the novel “Marry Your Baby Daddy,” Reid, 31, is single, but passionate about preserving marriage and strengthening two-parent homes.

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Marry Your Baby Daddy Day promises free designer gowns, wedding cakes, limos and other perks to the couples selected for the Sept. 27 event.

Hundreds applied to be the 10 selected in 2005, Reid said. Some went on to wed even though they weren’t chosen for the event.

Interviews are conducted to select the participants.

“These aren’t surprise weddings,” Reid said. “I have some women who call and say, ‘I don’t want to tell my boyfriend because I don’t know if I’m going to be selected.’ I say, ‘You’d better tell him tonight because we need to meet you and him.”