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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
I agree, your life sucks 13 728
You deserved it 7 424

Same thing different taste

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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

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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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.

Congratulations on making your future breakup that much more awkward.

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

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 24

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.

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.

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