By rissa5214 - 26/07/2015 18:20 - United States - Stoughton

Today, I told my boyfriend of three years that I wanted to get married and have a child within the next five years. He responded by packing up my things and showing me the door. FML
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xxmollyxx 25

Lucky that you found out now and don't have to waste five more years on someone who doesn't want the same things in life as you.

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PANDORUM89 21

I'm sorry that happened to you. Did y'all previously talk about your future? maybe he didn't want kids or he panicked when he was given a time limit. Again sorry to hear this as that was an extreme reaction.

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MDoremis 38

What a horrible person. Better that you're no longer wasting your time with him!

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Lalala579121 27

How does that make him horrible? He just didn't want the same things as her and didn't know how else to react.

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Dr_Lily_fml 17

"I don't know how to react so I'm gonna kick her out without a word."

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Shade1982 20

I think they were both a bit off, since it didn't sound like op was giving him much of a choice.

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toaster87 19

You can't say he handled it wrong, you don't know the whole situation. My last relationship, of 1.5yrs, I told my girlfriend right from the start I never wanted kids, and around the 1.5yr mark she told me the samething, that in 5yrs she wants to be married and have a kid. She went into it, knowing the situation, and expecting me to change, so ya.. That ended there.

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MDoremis 38

#54, Kicking them out without at least giving them time to find another place to live is absolutely the wrong way to handle it whether children had previously been discussed or not.

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Lalala579121 27

82 - Sure that could have been handled better, but I'm sure OP has friends or family living in the area that her bf would have probably known about. I don't think anyone would want to live with someone they just broke up with or vice versa, especially in this situation. It would just be too awkward.

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Cads1 24

Wat to chase him away. Nice move :)

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jozhe 21

Next time you should have this talk sooner.

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betweenwinds 18

Given the context, that could be an awful lot to drop on someone. How old they are, how long they've been together, what they were talking about before this came up, etc all play a role in how he reacted. It sounds like he has very different life goals and that's OK. Honestly, it's for the best that he cut things off rather than letting things messily string along, though it doesn't sound like he handled things all that sensitively. This way both you and he have the chance to take the course that will make you happiest in the long run. c:

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Britt125 16

While he handled it like a jerk, it's just the way life goes sometimes. Not everybody wants to get married and have kids, you're better off knowing you're not on the same page about that so you can find somebody else who is. But he should have handled it nicer than he did.

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jasongallagher 2

I agree that this is disheartening, but quite a lot of the comments here focus on how horrible the guy is, without knowing the guy's perspective on things. Again, I don't profess to know the context of these events, but it'd probably be a bit terrifying if the person you're with seemingly demanded you get married to them and have a child with them within 5 years. It's kind of a big deal, and some people just don't want to get married or have kids.

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Lalala579121 27

Honestly you should probably be happy about that, OP. Sure maybe not happy but. No amount of talking about it is going to make him or you change your minds about what you want out of life. The more you talk about it the harder it's going to get when you eventually have to go your separate ways. And it's much better that you found out now than a few more years down the road. Sure maybe he shouldn't have kicked you out without knowing if you have someplace else to go but in the end just breaking it off like that is the quickest and most painless solution.

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