Today, I was going to break up with my boyfriend after we went out for dinner. To my surprise, our families were also in the restaurant, to witness him propose to me. FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, my boyfriend took me out to a fancy dinner. Halfway through, he said he wanted to break up. I started crying, but the whole restaurant thought he'd proposed, and started clapping. FML
Today, my boyfriend invited me over to his house. I was planning on breaking up with him while at his house. Turns out, it was a proposal party. I'm now engaged because it would've been rude to say no in front of his family that had flown in. FML
Today, I went to my boyfriend's house, intending to break up with him. Instead, I was greeted by his whole family throwing me a surprise party. I had to sit and listen to his whole family talk about what a great couple we are and how we're going to last forever. FML
Today, wanting to break up with my boyfriend, I invited him to dinner with my parents. I was sure they'd hate him, which would give me the excuse I needed. They ended up loving him, and now they won't stop mentioning marriage. FML
Today, I went to go meet my boyfriend at a restaurant to tell him it just wasn't working out. Before I could do so, he proposed. I had to tell him no, so he started to cry and ran out. Everyone looked at me like some kind of monster. FML
Today, I went over to my boyfriend's house to break up with him. When I got there, I got sent on a scavenger hunt that ended with him proposing to me. FML
Today, my boyfriend proposed. I was about to call my parents and tell them we're getting married, but they called me first to announce they're getting a divorce. FML
Today, my boyfriend proposed to me. Everything was going perfectly, right up until he brought me back to his house to tell his family the good news. When I excused myself to the restroom, I overheard his mom say, "I thought you were going to break up with that stupid slut?" Welcome to the family. FML
Today, at a restaurant, I happily watched as my boyfriend of three years got down on his knees and proposed to me. Before I could say yes and hug him, a girl flung herself at him, kissed him and shouted, "Yes!" With us still highly confused, she then ran away. FML
Today, I'd been getting ready to hear my boyfriend's proposal, as his friends had told me he'd talked to them about planning it. He showed up at my house out of the blue… to tell me he's breaking up with me, only to find out he proposed to his ex hours later. FML
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JessTrek 0
Aw. I feel bad for him. I really don't know how two people in a relationship can be on such different pages. Couldn't you at least have hinted about breaking up?
rayrayy_fml 0
That's awkward. :/ Did you reject him? & #3, maybe they were on the same page. Maybe they both felt it was time for a change. She felt the solution was something new, and he felt it was taking the relationship to the next level, who knows.
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UncleverName_FYL 0
GIRLS here's a hint, if you walk into a restaurant and you notice your family and his family happens to be in the same place at the same time, and no one has said a word to you about going out besides your bf, then it means he's about to propose. "IT'S A TRAP!" - admiral ackbar
xoxo_girl 0
LOL! ur awesome (:
wowfmlife 0
Say yes so the families don't have to suffer and then be engaged for a while, keep instigating fights, eventually break off the engagement, then break up
Snommelp 0
Or, a healthier approach: say "no" and deal with the fact that the families just saw the rejection. This is why I hate public proposals so much - the woman feels like she has to say "yes" for the sake of the people watching, regardless of how she actually feels.
verstecktergeist 11
That's really embarrassing. Thats another reason why I hate public proposals. People think they're nice.. but they can really put pressure on you to say things you never wanted to say.. like yes. I'd just smile and say.. OMG give me some time to think on it, i'm so happy.. teeeheee.. then go home and draft up a speech that it's not working out for you. It's better to split it now before something more serious happens..
emovampire 0
I sorry but I feel wayyyyyyy worse for the guy than for the OP
maddog_fml 0
Don't say yes if you where thinking breaking up with him. You will regret it later.
Puolukka 4
100% agreed. I'm almost sure she somehow acted her way into it. I don't have a sister but I sure do have a mother and I don't even talk about my relationships to her, yet she always noticed when they weren't going so great and she was never surprised whenever she found out that I had broken up with a boyfriend just as she wasn't surprised when I came home one day and told her that my husband had proposed...and there's no way he could have told her beforehand, he doesn't speak German and she doesn't speak English. So if the OP's family had NO CLUE and seriously saw the relationship ending in marriage then yea, they must have seemed like a very happy couple even from her side.
snoopy24_fml 0
that's kinda mean... =(
midwestjerk 0
You cold bitch, at least have the decency to break up BEFORE the date. Otherwise all you're dong is getting a free meal out of the poor guy and then dumping his ass. You're definitely someone who deserves to be clipped by a drunk driver. The world doesn't need people like you.
vanaathiel 13
No one deserves to be clipped by a drunk driver you ass
midwestjerk 0
Sure they do. People like this stupid bitch, KKK members, and A-Rod could all use a good "SUV to the torso" to cure their uselessness.
DennisHenige 0
i disagree, on a short list......Brock Lestner, Rapist Priests, and the guy who played Screech all deserve to get rocked, maybe even Christian Bale, that douche
Pabst 0
If I had $1 for every FML I have read that followed the "omg I was gonna break up with my boyfriend/girlfriend but then they proposed" scenario, I'd have quite a few dollars :) :/
redblueviolet 0
@32 - Oh, yeah, it's all her fault because she doesn't love him. Shame on her. Just because he thought it was going well doesn't mean that she did. But seriously, you shouldn't have waited until after dinner. You should have taken him on a walk or something that doesn't cost money and isn't in public. Regardless of whether he was paying.