Proposal, Engagement ring and Love: The Hulk

The Hulk

By dino0123 - This FML is from back in 2012 but it's good stuff - United States - Herndon

Today, my very cheap boyfriend of four years proposed. I was overwhelmed with emotion, since he bought such a huge, seemingly-diamond ring. I was later overwhelmed with emotion when my finger turned green. FML

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You deserved it 4 598

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By Anonymous - 07/09/2009 22:08 - United States

Today, my boyfriend of 4 years proposed to me. I said yes and he gave me an engagement ring. He immediately went to call his mom to tell her the happy news. After the phone call, he asked if he could return the ring because his mom needed money. FML

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You deserved it 3 878

By Username - 20/07/2011 23:07 - United States

Today, my boyfriend proposed to me by tossing the ring at me and saying "Here, wear this." FML

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You deserved it 8 533

By mahanaaa_23 - 19/12/2012 20:47 - United States - Honolulu

Today, my boyfriend of 6 years proposed to me. Less than 3 hours later, he panicked and made me give the ring back. FML

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You deserved it 4 402

So romantic

By Anonymous - 30/12/2012 23:58 - United States - Denver

Today, my boyfriend proposed to me with the prettiest, most simple ring I have ever seen. I called my sister to tell her the good news, and her response was, "I know. He had me steal the ring from Claire's." FML

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You deserved it 4 066

By undanya__four - 10/04/2015 20:19 - United Kingdom - Bristol

Today, my boyfriend told me he's prepared to commit to marriage, but only if I buy my own ring and tell everyone he surprised me with it. FML

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You deserved it 3 700

By rhythmbandit - 09/10/2009 04:22 - United States

Today, my boyfriend bought me a beautiful pair of very expensive diamond earrings, along with a card that read, "To my beautiful brown eyed Princess." My ears aren't pierced, and my eyes are green. FML

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You deserved it 4 108

By anonymous - 02/09/2014 18:58 - United States - Wolcott

Today, I proposed to my girlfriend. She just grabbed the ring and said in a raspy voice, "My precious..." FML

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You deserved it 9 665

By badluck - 21/07/2014 19:31 - Canada - Medicine Hat

Today, I was out with my boyfriend, when he started browsing wedding rings. He found a ring, proposed to me right there in front of a crowd, and then was promptly denied a payment plan. We left without a ring. FML

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You deserved it 5 763

By arthise - 09/10/2013 07:03 - United States - Evansville

Today, my boyfriend won a diamond engagement ring through a citywide competition. Instead of proposing to me, he's selling it. FML

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You deserved it 17 211

Thanks De Beers

By Anonymous - 31/08/2021 19:01

Today, my boyfriend proposed with the biggest, tackiest, most Geordie Shore-style ring I’ve ever seen. I said yes because I love him, but this thing is twice as wide as my finger and just looks horrible compared to the solitaire ring I told him I really liked. I’m embarrassed to be seen wearing it. FML

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You deserved it 518

kleider1 9

Wednesday 12 December 2012 22:29

he might have actually saved up for it and gotten ripped off.

cablemirc 2

Wednesday 12 December 2012 22:32

your cheap boyfriend is just that, cheap. and you know it, so take it or leave it, he is who he is. did you really expect extravagance?

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simoncat 11

Thursday 13 December 2012 1:35

Trade up. Dump the cheapskate.

TacoBelle 8

Thursday 13 December 2012 3:30

This is what you can probably expect for the rest of your life with him. Decide if you can be on board with his "frugal" ways or if it'll only make you feel unappreciated and cheap.

Ameel_fml 19

Thursday 13 December 2012 5:39

I'm surprised so many people are saying the OP should just be grateful she even got a ring or that she should be happy that her boyfriend lied to her. Sure, you don't have to spend a lot of money on an engagement ring, but buying a cheap piece of junk jewelery shows what sort of value he has on the relationship imo. An engagement ring symbolizes a want to be with someone forever. You want to be with this person for the rest of your life, they mean more to you than any other person. Why WOULDN'T you want to splurge a bit to by something that isn't a worthless piece of junk? Why would you want your fiance/wife to be embarrassed when someone inevitably points out her ring is a cheap piece of crap? And hell, engagement rings don't always have to be extravagant and ridiculously priced. You can buy pretty rings from the jeweler for $100-200. Tiffany and Co. is currently selling a gorgeous engraved "I love you" ring for only $170.

fleur_de_fevrier_fml 22

Thursday 13 December 2012 12:06

I agree with you. The thing is OP knows he’s cheap but she still managed to stay with him 4 years so this cannot have bothered her so badly. Knowing him, how could she really expect an expensive ring? I’m a girl and I don’t get this obsession with expensive engagement ring either. That’s not how you value love. When my fiancé and I went ring shopping, I said that I didn’t want to spend more than 50 € (around 60 $) on the ring, for the simple reason that I’d rather put money towards the wedding / honeymoon. Plus, if I ever lose it, I will only be sad over the emotional attachment, not also because I just lost 500 eur.

charm4eva 8

Thursday 13 December 2012 7:32

I agree that it's upsetting that he wasn't upfront about the ring not being real. We don't really know the guy's intention when he got the ring. He could have just gotten it from a thrift store and didn't realize it was not real. Maybe OP mentioned something in the past that indicated that she didn't want anything less than a certain size (I have friends who claimed they wouldn't marry their guys if the diamond was less than 2 carats). Without knowing the whole story, I don't feel right to judge either one of them. But to me, my love for my boyfriend matters more. I was just telling him the other day that if we both want to spend our lives together, I'd marry him even if he could only afford a silver ring. And I'd much rather have the money spent more wisely (like the down payment of a house) than him getting me a huge diamond.

Dixbfloppin 11

Thursday 13 December 2012 7:41

Times are tough. No, but seriously, he could have at least told the truth.

panda_lou 11

Thursday 13 December 2012 7:53

Everybody knows you buy a real band of at least white gold and buy a fake rock. No green finger and a happy wife.

panda_lou 11

Thursday 13 December 2012 8:08

I just realized they never said that the rock was a fake, just that the band was copper based. Maybe he sprung for a real diamond but figured the band wouldn't matter?

weatherxveins 29

Thursday 13 December 2012 19:06

Do they even put real diamonds on bands that cheap?

catatonicsleep 17

Thursday 13 December 2012 22:15

not usually... they only use real ones on silver, gold, white gold or platinum. Most places don't advertise engagement rings in silver only the golds or platinum but you can design your own or find a ring to use as an engagement ring that isn't from the engagement section of the store.