Today, a few months after my co-worker had stopped wearing her engagement ring, I decided to put on the moves and start flirting with her. I soon found out that her fiancé had died, and that she's nowhere near over him, despite her brave face. I feel like a total asshole. 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, my fiancée handed me her engagement ring back and told me she felt like she's pressuring me into marriage, so to make me feel better about it we’re no longer engaged. On top of this, I found out she’s started talking to her ex again. FML
Today, my fiancée broke up with me over text message while I was away for work. She later posted photos of her and her new boyfriend on Facebook, while still wearing my engagement ring. FML
Today, I got home and my girlfriend was wearing the ring I bought last week. Apparently she found it and thought to herself, "Fuck it, we’re engaged now so I’ll just start wearing it", completely bypassing the actual proposal part of getting engaged. I’m actually really mad at her right now. FML
Today, I found out my fiancée has been sleeping with the salesman I bought her engagement ring from. He knew. FML
Today, I found out that my engagement ring was actually my husband's ex-fiancée's. FML
Today, I found out that my ex-girlfriend got engaged to a coworker. I got her the job. FML
Today, my former fiancée, who I stopped seeing 5 months ago, married another guy. She wore the dress that I'd purchased for our would-be wedding. FML
Today, I got home early from work at 2am to find my girlfriend of 5 years missing. Upon further inspection, I caught the "other man" dropping her off out front. So much for the engagement ring I bought for her. FML
Today, my girlfriend found the engagement ring I'd bought. She looked at it and said, "This is pathetic. You shouldn't even bother." FML
Today, I found out that my fiancée wishes she'd never said yes when I proposed, as she is in love with another man, and has been hiding their relationship for years. FML
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TorisaurusRexxx 10
Well then offer her comfort. Who knows? You may make her happy and things could build to a relationship. Just let her heal.
JamieLT 22
Now your next step should be just to comfort her. She needs it whether it looks like she does or not.
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Comments (102)
Cysioland 8
You aren't asshole, you just tried to make her not lonely.
looney_mc 4
Bro get in there, she will need some c**k soon
Matticus5000 5
If it is something as serious as an engagement, then they obviously had a strong bond. You never want to be too hasty with things like that. Apologize to her and ask her out, innocently, for something like coffee/tea. Try and be a friend to her. If it leads to a relationship, cool. If it doesn't, you each at least have each others friendships. :)
Lomus 24
You really should have asked why she wasn't wearing the ring, not just instantly started flirting with her. YDI.
MissB_1990 4
Come on, it's not like you knew! You aren't an asshole.
Sir_Swaggington 6
Dude, since she was engaged, you were friend-zoned a LONG time ago. Whether her fiance was alive or dead, you'd have no chance.
pedinhuh 23
Now you should try to confort her, or atleast try make it look like you're not a total asshole...BTW, you got FRIENDZONED, so no, you have no chances with her.
ScenicSubterfuge 39
I would say you deserved it, but I still feel bad for you:/ that sucks, but you could have asked or found out some way before that>.
Ugi 27
I don't see how you could have known this, although hopefully you were planning on getting to know her a little before hitting on her in a major way! It takes different people very different times to get over the loss of a partner but she could definitely use a friend so just try to be one and maybe things will develop when she is ready.
henrylikestreats 22
You shouldn't feel like an asshole. To be fair, the majority of people I have known only take off the ring after they are over whatever happened and ready to move on. You had no way of knowing what was going on.