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
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
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
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
Today, I finally worked up the courage to tell my boyfriend that I wanted to go separate ways. Before I could say anything, he proposed. FML
Today, my boyfriend proposed to me during a funeral. FML
Today, I heard my boyfriend talking with my father in the backyard. I thought he was asking for my hand in marriage. He was actually telling him about his plans to break up with me. FML
Today, my boyfriend of 3 years proposed without a ring. He told me he would get it once his divorce papers are final. I didn't know he was married. FML
Today, my boyfriend's proposal speech somehow ended with him breaking up with me. FML
Today, my ex-boyfriend announced he was engaged. We broke up last night. FML
Today, my parents told me, after 30 years of marriage, that they are getting a divorce. I went to my boyfriend's apartment because I needed some comfort. While sobbing to him, he decided to dump me on the spot because my reaction to the news was "immature" and he wants an "adult" relationship. 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
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Top comments
TheJawsman 18
Best advice is to lay low with the engagement for awhile, then give them the good news. Better to figure out how this will impact your wedding though, since you'd probably want both of them to be there. I was going to say something witty, but nothing really comes to mind :P Hard to sugarcoat how much this sucks for every party involved :P
Malsain_fml 10
What a perfectly balanced family! Congrats anyway!
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Comments (31)
jkjorn 18
Now *that's* ironic, Alanis.
thenaff 4
Its the circle of...marriage?
StarkWolf_fml 23
talk about bad timing or is it Isaac Newton's theory of relativity 1. for every proposal, there's a divorce
Imagino1234 12
Goodness, the irony! I'm sorry to hear about your parents, and I wish the best for you and your fiancé.
vikky538 29
In life there both additions and subtractions
rjone007 5
well life suck
tounces7 28
I guess you "Wiener" some, you lose some.
J352SAURUS 30
You tried.
freddygasman 18
on the wrong fml, but you did try.
MikuandKaito 24
...law of equivalent exchange?
DoomedGemini 38
Don't let it damper your thoughts in marriage. Some people work out, others don't. There will be hard times people have to work through, some can't do that or the people just find it just didn't work. It doesn't mean anything for your marriage, that's all on you and your partner. Its sad and unfortunate, especially with the timing, but all you can do is move forward. Congratulations, and sorry your parents marriage didn't work out.
dansco 25
Congrats on getting engaged. This divorce will only stop your getting married until finalised not been engaged.