Today, at my sister's wedding, she and I had a plan that she would purposely throw the bouquet to my girlfriend, then I would propose in front of everyone. When the bouquet landed in my girlfriend's lap, she screamed, "Ew, no way" and threw it to someone else. FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, my girlfriend caught the bouquet at her sister's wedding. I took it as a sign so after we got home, I proposed. She laughed and said no way. I'm done. FML
Today, at my sister's wedding, I went to the very back of the crowd of women waiting to catch the bouquet. Not only did I end up catching it, I was accosted by a crazy chick who ripped it out of my hands, screaming at me in Italian. I later found out she was already engaged. FML
Today, my wife tried to catch the bouquet at my sister's wedding. Afterward I informed her that only single women were supposed to do that, and she replied "I know". My wife told me that she was divorcing me at my sister's wedding. FML
Today, my sister and her new husband invited our family and my fiancé over to look at their wedding pictures. Turns out, I caught the bouquet and flashed the world in the process. FML
Today, we went to the wedding of one of my friends. As she was about to throw her bouquet, my boyfriend muttered that if I tried to catch it, we'd be through. FML
Today, my girlfriend caught the bouquet at her friend's wedding, then shook them in my face like an accusation. I joined in the laughing with everyone else, but it put her in a mood, and she now hasn’t spoken to me in two days. FML
Today, I was at a wedding and caught the bouquet. My boyfriend of five years panicked and proposed on the spot, thinking I was hinting at something. I just wanted to catch some flowers, but I had to tell him to get a grip without hurting his feelings. FML
Today, I was at a wedding reception. Everyone got offended when I threw my hands up and backed off to avoid catching the garter and let the two guys on either side fight for it. Nothing but laughs for the cousin who grabbed the bouquet out of someone else's hand and punched her, though. FML
Today, I congratulated a bride standing in front of a church in a white dress. Turns out she'd been stood up at the altar. She thrashed me with her bouquet. FML
Today, I attended my best friend's wedding. Instead of throwing her bouquet, she turned around and handed it to me. I was the only single lady out of 150 guests. FML
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lexcpooh 11
Aww, at least now you won't embarrass yourself in front of everyone. But still, FYL
ClashParody 21
Ouch... but it sounds like you may have gotten lucky. At least you found out how she feels before proposing.
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mccrightp 29
At least you can lick your wounds in private! Marriage Proposals should be approached the way an attorney aproches (sp?) a witness on the stand- never ask a question you don't know the answer to! Not very hot and romantic but much less embarrassing.
chaseafterwind82 29
Bro, lucky escape!
Jakk100 20
It is sweet and all that the bride of the wedding was willing to share her special day with her brother and potentially produce another marriage out of it but I've gotta say you got really lucky it didn't go the way you had planned it. Otherwise the reminiscing of the wedding in years to come would have been "remember *blank*'s wedding?" "Oh the one where OP proposed to his girlfriend?" So at least you didn't steal the spotlight, but still dodged a bullet too, two birds with one stone! Bail while you still can!
Steephx0 23
Maybe she was trying to be funny? A lot of people have over the top and/or awkward reactions when it comes to this stuff. Without having more info it's hard to say. Best case, op's girlfriend is very shy and freaked when the attention turned to her. Worst case, she truly isn't ready for marriage to op. It was a really cute idea and really sweet of op's sister to be in on it (considering most brides are against sharing the spotlight on their special day) but I would just drop the idea for now, see how the relationship goes for the next few weeks and re-propose in a more private setting. Maybe reference it and say "I guess that old superstition is true" or something.
fumanshu 9
Why would she be in the crowd to catch it anyways lol
Kikiers21042 18
Talk to her later about her disgust with marriage or proposals see if she ever wanted to marry and see if you can continue and wait for her to catch up or if it's time to let go and move on to someone who wants marriage
Brandi_Faith 34
I wouldn't even rely on the subtle probing. She may say ya I want to get married, but be talking about sometime in the future like 3 years away. It's best to talk about it and kind of plan it. Talk about how you love them and want to get married one day, when they reciprocate, ask roughly when, in the next year, or 5 years? Better to know for sure. There's still so much of a surprise with how you do it, the timing, and the ring. All the girl really cares about is how the guy does the proposal, doesn't matter if she knew it was coming.
ProSwimmerFL 16
#toughlove
Sheah_95 11
That sucks OP, but when it comes to public proposals I always felt it was unfair to the person being proposed to since public opinion and pressure might force an unwanted decision out of them. Something like proposals is probably better off private in my honest opinion.
jessicawrangell 3
I like to watch proposals on YouTube #sorryNotSorry