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
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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, 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, 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, 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, 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 broke up with my boyfriend because I was tired of waiting for him to propose. It turns out he was going to propose and had the ring and everything, but I fucked it all up. 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, my boyfriend's proposal speech somehow ended with him breaking up with 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 during a funeral. FML
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Top comments
domolovesyoshi 33
Oh gosh take him aside in private explain why you think it's a bad idea and that you really resent the way you feel forced to say yes, do not stick around for the sake of politeness it's not healthy
Migole 36
Although I can see why you gave in to the social pressure, you should've immediately asked for a private minute and told him about your feelings. This was not ok on his part! You should never ever propose in public if you haven't talked about marriage beforehand and are absolutely 100% sure of your partners intentions. It's absolutely assholeish to pressure your SO into saying yes by inviting all of your family.
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Comments (54)
Mysterybounty 6
It is his fault. Either that or you gave him no signs it wasn't going well and have been faking your happiness instead of talking about your issues, then its your fault.
Casual_Cthulhu 12
Congratulations on making your future breakup that much more awkward.
hardik4991 9
Thanks for the tip. From now on, whenever things are shaky between me and my gf, I'll throw a house party and invite my family. She won't be able to reject if family is involved
amayraniescobar 15
That's awful you are going to make him suffer, tell him as soon as possible that you don't want to marry him...
ACCOUNTKILLER 18
You didn't have to say yes just because other people were there. You could have taken him aside and been honest- now the breakup is going to be even worse. You should also tell him that the next time he proposes, it would be better if it's in private so the other person doesn't feel as though they're obligated to say yes.
Mathalamus 25
i would not want to make a public proposal anyway. too much risk of backfiring badly. as the "boyfriend" will soon experience.
Soulsucker 10
Ya what a conundrum I probably would have said yes too.. Indeed your life sucks.
dcharold 11
You need to tell him immediately. It's nice you didn't embarrass him in front of everyone but you need to tie this off before it gets worse.
jstone89 13
Well now is the part where you tell him you told him "yes" to avoid embarrassing you both in front of his family.. and get out of the engagement lol
vikky538 29
Deal with it.