Love: Today, I was shopping for rings with my fiancée. We spent over...

By BrokeInLove - 30/06/2009 19:55 - France

Today, I was shopping for rings with my fiancée. We spent over 2 hours selecting the perfect ring and diamond to match. When filling out the paperwork I discovered I left my wallet at home. She had to pay the 20% down payment for the ring. FML

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By failure - 29/07/2011 06:19 - United States

Today, I went to a jeweler's to buy a ring to propose to my girlfriend. When I was at the restaurant, in mid-proposal, with people watching, I realized I had left the ring in the store. FML

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By badluck - 21/07/2014 19:31 - Canada - Medicine Hat

Today, I was out with my boyfriend, when he started browsing wedding rings. He found a ring, proposed to me right there in front of a crowd, and then was promptly denied a payment plan. We left without a ring. FML

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You deserved it 5 751

By KilledTheMoment - 23/11/2014 06:10 - United States - Mundelein

Today, I spent nearly an hour helping a customer pick out an engagement ring. I rang him up, picked out a super cute box for the ring, and wished him luck. Later I realized I never put the ring inside the box. FML

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You deserved it 17 853

For better, for worse

By limegreengiraffe - This FML is from back in 2014 but it's good stuff - United States - Lubbock

Today, my boyfriend and I went shopping for an engagement ring. We ended up breaking up in the process. FML

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You deserved it 7 466

By almost broke - 21/02/2016 13:24 - Czech Republic - Brno

Today, because my fiancé is criminally incompetent at budgeting, I'm now having to pay the first installment for my own wedding ring. FML

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You deserved it 4 471

By Anonymous - 30/11/2009 23:24 - Canada

Today, I finally had enough money to buy my girlfriend an engagement ring, which I was going to pick up after work. On my way to work, I slid on the ice and crashed into a parked vehicle. The damage to my car is almost twice the amount of the ring. FML

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You deserved it 3 578

By FML - 19/01/2016 06:41 - United States

Today, I found out my fiancée has been sleeping with the salesman I bought her engagement ring from. He knew. FML

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You deserved it 1 456

By Anonymous - 19/01/2018 15:00

Today, I tried to propose to my girlfriend, but when I took out the ring it flew out of the box and disappeared. She's been crying for 3 hours and I'm down 2 grand. I still don't know what her answer is. FML

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You deserved it 546

Lost

By Anonymous - 25/01/2022 11:01

Today, I’ve been the proud owner of an engagement ring for about 7 hours, and I’ve just spent the last 4 of them desperately searching for the damn thing, as I’ve lost it already. I daren’t tell my partner, since he was so sure I’d lose it, he'd told me to put it in our safe, and I stubbornly refused. FML

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You deserved it 1 779

How can I put this…?

By jkl54 - This FML is from back in 2009 but it's good stuff - United States - Salem

Today, I went with my girlfriend to the mall. We were looking at jewellery in Zales and she came across the engagement rings. She looks at one and says, "Are you kidding me? That ring is hideous and it's the most expensive one here! Who the fuck would buy that?" Well, that would be me. FML

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Knockyoudown 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 2:03

Ouch, that sucks but you can always pay her back.

voodootrucker 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 2:07

I'm going to remember that trick

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dey4gotaus 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 2:21

i dont get it.... just pay her back. done. :P ?

uj_fml 4

Wednesday 1 July 2009 2:22

Why would you have to pay for it all anyway? Isn't marriage supposed to be based on equality?

stanish 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 2:39

Yeah i Know exactly what you are saying, when you pool the checking account there will be no record of who paid :-p.

lottofee 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 3:05

you put the words right out of my mouth!

defying_gravity8 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 3:26

i understand what you mean but to be honest, HE proposed to her. I thought it was always tradition for a man to pay for the engagement ring & wedding ring (or split the cost of the wedding ring [that's what my sister did]), and the woman pays for the man's wedding ring; after that comes the sharing of financial responsibilities...or maybe I'm just old fashioned. @OP: FYL...don't sweat it, you guys will be so stressed planning the wedding that you won't even remember it. Congrats!!!

EMR_fml 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 5:06

To #14 & #25, the man is supposed to pay the entire cost of his fiancee's engagement ring, not for some chauvinistic reason, but because it is his gift to her. Even if a couple has been married 50 years with joint checking accounts, it's still in poor taste to make your spouse pay for a gift to themselves.

sickinlove13 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 7:12

Me and my boyfriend already agreed that he's paying for the engagement ring [after all, it's supposed to be a surprise, right?], but we're going to pay for everything else together. I don't expect him to pay hundreds/thousands of dollars for 2 rings for me and I just pay for a simple band for him.

Prawn_fml 2

Wednesday 1 July 2009 9:51

defying gravity: How do you know he was the one who proposed? I'm not all up to date with foreign customs; is it because she was the one getting a ring? sickinlove: How about you get him a real ring instead of a band, then? Something that fits with yours, at least.

boatkicker 4

Wednesday 1 July 2009 14:34

Guy pays for rings. Girl (or girls family) pays for the actual wedding (ceremony, reception, etc.)

HydroMacaroon 5

Sunday 6 November 2016 17:00

Guess I missed that memo... i paid for everything...

Jessyfish 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 2:34

If it makes you feel any better... We found out my finace had a $500 limit on his card when we got my ring... I had to pay the rest of what was left that needed to be paid...

voodootrucker 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 2:37

only $5000 my god the horrors

manoverboard 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 2:46

No, $500. :P

Gagle 0

Saturday 28 April 2012 22:45

I paid for half of mine... I don't see an issue with it....

NoirBlancCouture 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 2:39

Cant really see how this is a FML. Sure you may have been slightly embarassed and emasculated but... hey, youre getting married.

D2_fml 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 2:43

Ha, at least it's a funny story to tell the grandkids and you can laugh about it. Dorky things like that happen and she's going to experience more of it during the course of your married life.

jeffers 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 2:44

don't really see how this is an FML. You're getting married, her money is your money and vice versa

MeganH0LLYW00D 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 2:50

******* pay her back then. How ******* hard is that. Retard.

jewelzgalore 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 3:04

Suave.

Eresbel 0

Wednesday 1 July 2009 3:32

Why does it even matter? It's superficial if she gets upset and it's not like she's buying YOU a diamond engagement ring.

plexico 3

Wednesday 1 July 2009 3:51

Freud says there are no mistakes. You "left" your wallet at home because, deep down, you don't really want to marry the bitch. Either you are gay or you want to marry your mother.