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By anonymous - 26/06/2016 03:50 - United States - Knoxville

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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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

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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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Birdmad 12

It's even worse that you pretend to say yes. You could've just talked to him in private and told him. Then quietly leave.

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moocowmilk0 19

you done screwed up

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TheBiggerBoot 7

You deserve it one hundred percent. You should have said no, nothing about being rude.

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19foxy81 8

U would have been better off being seen as a bitch now rather than calling off the wedding later on or worse, leaving him after going thru with a marriage u never wanted

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heatherrr17 19

Its crazy how u two are totally on diff pages

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1known_fml 8

Always remember: being engaged doesn't mean getting married! It is a time to think about marriage, but it can also end in a break up. You don't have to get married because you said yes and you would ruin your marriage if you don't want it in the first place.

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marcranger 28

Listen, having turned down a public proposal myself, I would not recommend following my path. I had to deal with a lot of garbage in the immediate aftermath...literally, other people's garbage that they threw at me for being an ice-cold bitch or something. Now, OP, I do think you have a responsibility to both yourself and your hopefully ex-to-be to rectify this situation as quickly as possible, but I sympathize with you. You did the only thing you probably could in the moment, and I think if any blame is due, it's strictly for your ex for dropping the proposal bomb without so much as a heads-up.

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Rabite 28

They threw garbage at you? Wtf is wrong with people? I hope everybody who thinks that she should just have said "no" reads this and reconsiders quickly.

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marcranger 28

It was Christmas! We were at the town ice rink! There was a gentle snow falling! Sure, we'd only been together a few months, and I'd made it clear from the get-go that marriage was not an option for me, but surely the romantic setting would change my mind! X(

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Catdragon 40

You should have said no. You're just leading him on

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shinymaster3000 23

I really hope you follow and explain why you wanted to break up and how you plan to deal with this

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marcranger 28

Are you going to give her detention if her explanation isn't up to your standards?

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imkittycow 10

you should never propose with an audience, but i hope that op's boyfriend had no idea of op's intentions with the relationship and just got overzealous

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