Love: Today, my boyfriend of five years finally asked me to marry him....

By weddinggirl - 27/08/2010 09:57 - Germany

Today, my boyfriend of five years finally asked me to marry him. He said, "We could save on taxes if we got married… What do you think?" That was the most romantic thing he's said to me in the last two years. FML

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You deserved it 10 055

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By justthinkofyourhand - 13/07/2014 22:36 - United States - Salida

Today, after five years of dating, my boyfriend finally proposed to me. The words "just think of the tax breaks" were uttered. FML

I agree, your life sucks 45 571

You deserved it 4 974

By Rolax - 06/11/2008 09:38 - France

Today, my boyfriend came up with this thrillingly romantic proposal: “I’m paying way too much income tax. How about we get married?” FML

I agree, your life sucks 60 417

You deserved it 6 054

By loserface23 - 28/05/2009 19:51 - United States

Today, my boyfriend of two years asked me to marry him so that we can consolidate our student loans. FML

I agree, your life sucks 56 711

You deserved it 3 983

By Anonymous - 17/07/2012 16:20 - United States - Palmdale

Today, my boyfriend of several years, and father of our one-year-old child, finally proposed. He was making idle conversation from twenty feet away and casually said, "By the way, you wanna get hitched?" This is as romantic as my life will ever get. Yay. FML

I agree, your life sucks 27 147

You deserved it 9 631

By engagedmaybe - 02/02/2010 06:20 - United States

Today, I found out that my boyfriend asked me to marry him because he could get a tax cut from buying the ring. All of this happened in front of his mother. FML

I agree, your life sucks 26 803

You deserved it 2 452

By Anonymous - 04/02/2015 16:06 - Netherlands

Today, my boyfriend of 5 days proposed to me at the mall. FML

I agree, your life sucks 43 838

You deserved it 4 855

No future

By Bryan - 15/06/2021 16:00

Today, the love of my life said, "You’d make a great husband! Whoever marries you in the future is gonna be so happy!" We’ve been together for 4 years and was planning to propose on her birthday in two weeks. FML

I agree, your life sucks 1 014

You deserved it 119

By Anonymous - 03/08/2016 15:31 - United States - Middleboro

Today, my boyfriend proposed to me by handing me a ring and saying "Let's get this dumb shit over and done with." FML

I agree, your life sucks 16 062

You deserved it 1 908

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

I agree, your life sucks 57 494

You deserved it 3 874

That's nice

By Anonymous - 04/06/2021 18:01 - United States - Angier

Today, I told my boyfriend of 3 years that I wanted to marry him someday. His response was, "Oh, OK, thanks." FML

I agree, your life sucks 811

You deserved it 178

insane602 0

Friday 27 August 2010 18:56

lol. ydi for staying in a relationship with no romance. at least for ur end, try to spice things up

XoXoSLY 0

Friday 27 August 2010 18:57

YDI for being with him. And YDIx100000 if you marry him.

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dodzin 9

Saturday 28 August 2010 7:10

ditch him, borring moron

stewpididiot 11

Saturday 28 August 2010 7:54

you're both total losers. you'll live happily ever after.

ibthe1 0

Saturday 28 August 2010 12:28

u should probably consider bein with someone who isn't a jackass

crumbcake 0

Saturday 28 August 2010 15:59

Dump his @$$.

Powerage66 16

Saturday 28 August 2010 19:33

I said something similar once to my girlfriend. She was pissed, but we can laugh about it now.

Error504 6

Saturday 28 August 2010 21:14

Does he work for an insurance agency? Law firm? The IRS? >> The shown jobs are just of few that could result in such horseradish. Do dump him.

Allielovespanda 0

Saturday 28 August 2010 22:59

ydi for staying with him that long

marqueezy 0

Sunday 29 August 2010 1:34

please tell me you said no.

MimaKirigoe 5

Sunday 29 August 2010 4:44

If you're still in this relationship after 2 years of him not being romantic at all, it's your own fault. Dump him.

musicismything 0

Sunday 29 August 2010 5:23

Please tell me you didn't say yes.

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You deserved it 2 505

Today, I had a seizure, and as they were loading me into the ambulance, drooling on myself, I clearly heard my mother ask the ambulance crew if they’d mind swinging by the church on the way to the hospital, you know, in case it turns out I’m not sick, just possessed by the devil. FML

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Same thing different taste

No future

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