Love: Today, I was lying in bed minding my own business when my mom...

By violet - 29/11/2009 22:52 - United States

Today, I was lying in bed minding my own business when my mom entered the room. I was proposed to a few weeks ago by my boyfriend, and my mom came in to tell me that my boyfriend's mom was on the phone. Turns out, he stole the engagement ring from her drawer. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/05/2019 14:25

Today, I found out my boyfriend was going to propose. He'd bought me a beautiful white gold ring that I never got to see. His estranged mom stole the ring. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/09/2009 22:08 - United States

Today, my boyfriend of 4 years proposed to me. I said yes and he gave me an engagement ring. He immediately went to call his mom to tell her the happy news. After the phone call, he asked if he could return the ring because his mom needed money. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/06/2019 14:05

Today, my mom called me to tell me she'd got in touch with my ex for his birthday, and that the two of them had made a plan for us to get back together. My new boyfriend was in the process of proposing to me. FML

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By heatherjo - 02/11/2011 04:49 - United States

Today, my fiancé told me he wants to buy an engagement ring for his mother, so that she doesn't feel left out. FML

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By storyofmylife - 23/02/2011 21:52 - United States

Today, my boyfriend proposed to me. Everything was going perfectly, right up until he brought me back to his house to tell his family the good news. When I excused myself to the restroom, I overheard his mom say, "I thought you were going to break up with that stupid slut?" Welcome to the family. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/04/2022 18:00

Today, my boyfriend proposed with the perfect ring, restaurant, flowers, and champagne. He’s never been this well prepared for anything in his life, so he admitted that my mother planned the whole thing and forced him to propose, even though neither of us want to get married. She even bought the ring. FML

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By jake - 12/08/2012 15:49 - United States - Bend

Today, I invited my girlfriend over to a family lunch, planning to propose to her at just the right moment. My family was in on it, including my apparently disapproving mom, who kept causing a scene to grab my girlfriend's attention every time I went to pull out the ring. FML

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By Rob - 07/11/2018 03:00

Today, I was in my bedroom with my boyfriend and we were kissing. My mom then came into my room and started shouting at my boyfriend for cheating on her. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/04/2022 18:00

Today, we announced our engagement. His mother immediately accused me of being a manipulative, gold digging whore. She's been fine with me for the last 5 years of dating, plus I used all my savings to support my boyfriend when he wanted to go back to college, but as soon as the ring appeared, I'm a gold digger. FML

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By MrCanoe - 01/03/2009 21:58 - Canada

Today, my mom had my girlfriend and me over. Out of the blue, she pulled out my grandmother's wedding ring and gave it to me saying I can now propose. My girlfriend started screaming and said yes. I have been seeing someone else for 3 months and was going to break up with my girlfriend tomorrow. FML

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tayzer_fml 0

Monday 30 November 2009 2:02

How old are you?

Navani 0

Monday 30 November 2009 2:02

What an idiot, I would dump him.. He could have turned it into something romantic, like a ring with no rock and promise to fill it as he becomes more successful in life or something..

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jessxoxo28 5

Monday 30 November 2009 4:34

to cheap to get his own? lol. who knows, he's probably having a hard time or something with cash, let him explain himself and see if his excuse is good. who probably just wanted to impress u

FarSide 22

Monday 30 November 2009 5:41

Ladies and Gentlemen and submit to you, yet another New Jersey classic moment.

TItan160 0

Monday 30 November 2009 5:46

how old are you!?

Jaguaress 2

Monday 30 November 2009 5:47

Dump him immediately. This is a precursor to the rest of your life together with him: if he wants something badly enough, he'll steal to get it, then will lie to those he loves about it. Run away as quickly as possible, because people like that don't change. Unfortunately, I know from experience; don't wake up years later and find out that he stole your mother's favorite ring, your father's gun, money from you and your parents, and that he was keeping the cash you were giving him, instead of paying the bills with it. Stay far, far away from that kind of person.

Gregory7 0

Monday 30 November 2009 7:02

typical girl response (ooh he couldnt afford a ring so he stole to prove his love he's a satanic worshipper)no one realizes that true love is when your willing to go to the ends of the earth for the person you care about no matter how much trouble it gets you in and down the road when im married if there is no possible way to provide enough for my family goddamn right i'll steal for the ones i love and you can't blame every guy who makes a mistake just cause you had a shitty judge of character

lostfaithinpppl 19

Monday 30 November 2009 7:10

Gregory7, you are 14 and know shit about life. Do yourself a favor and don't make juvenile comments until you are a little more mature. Jaguaress, that's the most sound advice out of all the comments here.

Laurasian 0

Monday 30 November 2009 10:36

Honestly, by husband couldn't afford anything and I ended up paying a few hundred dollars for my own wedding ring. Not that the situation is ideal or anything but there are ways to do things without taking from others.

zen_fml 0

Thursday 3 December 2009 2:34

Agreed. Don't marry a thief that would happily steal from his own family.

Ninjaface 0

Monday 30 November 2009 6:55

I say you go through with the engagement. Think of how much money you'll save on the wedding!

eMo_gurll200 0

Monday 30 November 2009 6:58

stop whining and realize how much ur bf cares about. i mean he stole a ring from his mom jus so that he could propose to u.

perstephane 4

Monday 30 November 2009 7:23

If you're immature enough that you steal a ring to get engaged, I don't care how "well meaning" you are or if you're "in love" - you're not mature enough to get married. Doesn't matter if you're 16 or 36 - that's not something an adult does. And if you can't afford the ring, how on earth are you going to afford car payments, house/rent payments, utility bills, etc? Clearly "well meaning" and "well thought out" are in two very different camps.

flgirlwguitar 2

Monday 30 November 2009 7:33

Being able to afford a ring isn't what an engagement is all about. My ex-BF bought one of those $10 rings off of whatever discount store's accessories section. Granted, we were both unemployed high school kids at the time, and I broke it off for other reasons, but that wasn't going to stop us. However, stealing his mother's ring shows he has little respect for anyone. Dump him, he will end up doing the same to you.