Today, my girlfriend of 2 years broke up with me because I hadn't popped the question to her yet. For the last six months, I have been respectfully trying to convince her over protective father to give me his blessing. FML
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Today, my girlfriend of 3 years broke up with me, a month after I'd proposed and she'd said yes. When asked why all of the sudden, she said her family disapproved of me, and I wasn't worth fighting for and potentially losing her father's love. FML
Today, my girlfriend of two years broke up with me because her father, who abandoned her before she was born and just reentered her life, doesn't approve. FML
Today, my sister broke up with her boyfriend of 4 years because he hadn't "popped" the question. I've just spent the last 2 months helping him plan the perfect proposal. FML
Today, after my girlfriend telling me for years that she would marry me in a heartbeat, I finally proposed. She said no. FML
Today, my girlfriend broke up with me. She told me that her father didn't approve of me and forced her out of the relationship. Her father died 2 years ago. FML
Today, my girlfriend dumped me for someone else. An hour earlier I had just gotten permission from her dad to propose. FML
Today, my girlfriend of two years finally agreed to marry me. As I went on with the proposal, her Grandma tried rejecting me by saying, "These guys have gangster friends." FML
Today, I proposed to my girlfriend of 6 years. She said no. Why? She's already married. FML
Today, I asked my girlfriend to prom. Instead of saying yes, she broke up with me. FML
Today, I proposed to my girlfriend at a dinner with our two families. Not only did she flatly reject me, my dad said, "Good call. He's not ready." FML
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imrealldum 2
make sure you tell her about her dad's refusal. Pour on the guilt! mwahahahaha
lenasaur 0
So when she broke up wiht you, you should have told her that. What the **** is wrong with you people, you let everybody ******* step on you and control your life. YOU DONT NEED HER FATHERS ******* BLESSING ANYWAY this is a free country and women do not need their fathers blessing, permission, or approval to do ANYTHING ESPECIALLY choose a man
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ayashe 2
You're in the United States. Unless she wouldn't say yes without her father's permission, why are you asking him for it?
pyroanarchist23 0
god your a ******* idiot no ones saying that she "NEEDS" the thumbs up from her dad just that is respectful and courteous to ask the father before hand. sweet jesus i never thought people could be so dumb #2 please dont ever procreate
amazingkate 0
a lot of fmls, especially ones that have to do with relationships, seem to deal with a significant other who dumped or freaked out at an OP for something that the OP could have dealt with by a simple explanation. maybe if more people stopped treating their relationships like games and started taking responsibility we wouldn't have so many lame fmls. deal with your shit! also, maybe the OP didn't really want to marry her, because trying to butter up a dude you know doesn't like you for half a year has fail all over. he was just buying time until she dumped him is my guess, even if he didn't admit it to himself.
TakeItEasyPeople 0
It's not about the father making the decision, it's about not putting strain on the family
Daddys_Defect 0
you are asking her, not her father. you shouldnt give a shit what he thinks. you should have asked her first and dealt with him later, together.
bigcrazymike 6
The OP did the right thing by trying to get her father's blessing. For anyone over 30 in the United States, it's still considered the respectful thing to do. But it was very wrong of his intended fiance to dump him without discussing it with him first. If she had talked to the OP, she would know why he hadn't popped the question yet, even tho he had wanted to for 6 months. With that in mind, the girl doesn't sound like "wife material". And her family doesn't approve of him either. I think the OP really dodged a bullet here. No FYL or YDI. Congratulations (Also, for the "screw tradition" arguement: she should have asked him to marry her if it was really so important.)
sbarre1 0
Well, you weren't dating that long anyway. No big loss. Seriously.
Ixita 0
Although I believe that the OP's intention to propose was not as sincere as he would like to represent or he has put far too much value in the father's blessing than is appropriate in this situation. I also think that it is incredibly disrespectful to the girlfriend to ask her father for a blessing before he proposes. Even if you contend that the man is not asking the father's permission to wed the girlfriend, he is implying that the father has some sort of constructive control over whether the girlfriend will marry the OP. The counter-arguments don't work: tradition is not a good enough reason to hold off your proposal for six months; if the blending of the families that was his goal, then why not ask the mother, too? Or the girlfriend's siblings? The entire scenario doesn't make sense, and if my husband had done this before his proposal to me, I would have felt very uncomfortable. Declaring your intentions to her family is one thing, waiting for a blessing before proceeding with a planned proposal is shameful, in my opinion.
Kai_Babe 0
Sometimes I wonder if these boyfriends ever go back and explain to their girlfriends what they tell FML readers. Like, if he told his ex that he'd been trying to get her dad's blessing maybe she'd reconsider.
Subjectzero 0
ydi because you are ASKING THE WRONG PERSON. she's a big girl. if her dad doesn't approve, **** him.