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
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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 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, my parents met my boyfriend for the first time. They spent the entire meal trying to convince him to dump me, all while I was sitting right next to him. FML
Today, I was invited by my boyfriend's parents for dinner at their house. The dinner went well I thought, until I was getting ready to leave. Before I could make it out the front door, I could hear them discussing their disappointment that their son would ever consider someone like me. 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 dinner at my parents' house. I was going to surprise them by introducing them to my new boyfriend. They decided to surprise me too, by inviting my ex to the dinner. Everyone was surprised tonight. FML
Today, I went out for dinner with my parents where they asked me if I was still dating my boyfriend so I answered no. They quickly responded by saying, "Oh so you finally got rid of that douchebag? It's not like he was getting anywhere in life anyways." I answered no because he's my fiancé now. 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, I finally worked up the courage to break up with my boyfriend. His parents weren't able to pick him up for 5 hours. I ended up taking him to a movie to kill time and end on a positive note, but now he thinks we're cool and back on track. FML
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
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Top comments
ninety 25
If you wanted to break up wouldn't you already have a reason without having to create one?
emmingle 24
Way to lead him on...
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Comments (107)
Solipsist 12
So, if your night had gone as planned, he would (possibly) be all nervous and excited to take the step of "meeting the parents", then, you dump him, that's nice.
ahh_rats 15
Bitch move
chosha_fml 27
Things often backfire when you try to take the coward's way out.
cathrope 10
This made me laugh.
zinnath 9
Her real reason for wanting a legit excuse to dump him is probably because she found a man with a bigger **** and is to ashamed to tell the truth.
Epikouros 32
A bigger afro? A bigger bike? Cane? Door? Edge? Face? Goat? Head? Iron? Jeep? Kiln? Lawn? Maze? Neck? Odor? Pill? Quad? Rake? Sail? Tarp? Ulex? Veil? Wadi? Xyst? Yard? Zobo? Please don't speak in riddles!
SuperStormCindy 8
YDI for being shady as hell like that. If you're too much of a pansy to dump him then you houldn't even be in the relationship. People like you annoy me.
JayMorps 7
Shouldn't be immature if you don't think it's going anywhere that's the reason to do it
Flashman9000 9
you are a massive ****
Pilos_in_manu_fml 7
For your inventiveness, FYL. For your manipulation, YDI.
DanielleinDC 34
Why didn't you just break up with him without going through all this drama, OP? You could have given him a lame excuse, done it kindly, and be done with it. By having your parents help you do your dirty work, it backfired. YDI a thousand times.