Break-ups and Love: Crossed purposes

Crossed purposes

By knee2tak - 14/03/2009 09:46 - United States

Today, I told my boyfriend, "We need to talk." He said, "I know". So we met after school, and he said he was OK with me breaking up with him, that he wasn't that into me either. He said all that before I could tell him that my parents wanted to meet him. FML

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By ihateguys - 26/09/2014 19:13 - United States - San Francisco

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

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By helplesslover - 04/10/2009 06:13 - United States

Today, my boyfriend called and said he was stopping by to talk. I didn't understand why he would stop by, so I asked if he was going to break up with me, he said no. Half an hour later, he knocked on my door to break up with me. FML

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By justmylife - 21/08/2010 04:05 - United States

Today, my boyfriend of 3 years called my house even though I was with him at the time. He needed to talk to my mom. He asked her to break up with me for him. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/05/2013 15:16 - United States

Today, my ex-boyfriend called my parents to let them know I broke up with him. He was sobbing. FML

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By me - 12/07/2011 04:20 - United States

Today, I broke up with my boyfriend. I had only been dating him for about a month. Thinking he wouldn't take it very hard, I invited him over so I could tell him in person. Little did I know he was going to start crying on my couch and not leave for 5 hours. FML

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Is this Brexit?

By Anonymous - 05/09/2019 05:03 - Canada - Toronto

Today, in the same sentence, my boyfriend told me that he wanted to "spend the rest of his life with me," and "I want to break up with you because I can't face your family." FML

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Nice victim blaming, dude

By Awkward - 26/11/2021 16:58 - Netherlands

Today, I had to tell my boyfriend his dad was sending me inappropriate texts that made me feel uncomfortable. I tried to make him stop, but he kept going until I felt like I needed to tell my boyfriend. Who's now broken up with me because of it. FML

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You deserved it 123

Bad timing

By Anonymous - This FML is from back in 2016 but it's good stuff - United States - Cedar Rapids

Today, I finally worked up the courage to tell my boyfriend that I wanted to go separate ways. Before I could say anything, he proposed. FML

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You deserved it 3 755

By Anonymous - 07/02/2014 23:16 - United Kingdom

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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You deserved it 53 083

Feelings

By Anon - 19/10/2020 07:57 - United States

Today, my parents told me, after 30 years of marriage, that they are getting a divorce. I went to my boyfriend's apartment because I needed some comfort. While sobbing to him, he decided to dump me on the spot because my reaction to the news was "immature" and he wants an "adult" relationship. FML

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plethora 3

Saturday 14 March 2009 16:15

I'm pretty sure "we need to talk" is a universally recognised code for "I'm about to break up with you".

urie 0

Saturday 14 March 2009 16:14

lol who says "we need to talk" before telling your bf that you want him to meet their parents? seriously.

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alex_vik 0

Sunday 15 March 2009 1:35

"We need to talk" always means "We're breaking up".

abcdefgh_fml 0

Sunday 15 March 2009 4:43

he was just nervous and covering up the fact that he was really upset I betcha!! if i were you i would tell him what you were really gonna say!

whatsarahsaid 0

Sunday 15 March 2009 7:41

I hope you clarified it. It's possible he said all that because the four words out of your mouth upset him but he wanted to give you the impression that he was fine.

arms_akimbo 0

Sunday 15 March 2009 14:49

This is an important thing to learn: "We need to talk" is never good.

pewp 5

Sunday 15 March 2009 20:18

thats why you dont start out by saying, "we need to talk"

fneff379 0

Monday 16 March 2009 2:35

yeah, we need to talk is usually followed by either "we need to break up," or "I'm pregnat." And that second one usually leads to that first one.

labelleza329 0

Monday 16 March 2009 4:04

we need to talk usually does not lead to a good conversation, silly

Ryelle 0

Monday 16 March 2009 5:48

Man, he probably had no intention of breaking up with you until you said "we need to talk." It probably made him think you were about to break up with him, and he did it first to not feel rejected. Don't EVER use that line.

nuga 0

Monday 16 March 2009 8:00

I agree with #49, the fact that he said it so fast means he probably didn't want to break up with you but assumed you were about to break up with him and then said that so he wouldn't feel like a loser when you dumped him. If you're both in high school, multiply the probability of this theory being true by 5.