That's a very sick and dumb joke. Marriage isn't game and neither is money.

I see no mention of marriage in the post.

#28, what the ****? This isn't a game of "Well, technically..." Picking out a ring leads to engagement, and the leading cause of marriage is being engaged. Throughout life, you must learn to read between the lines and understand what is being implied. Sure, sometimes it's tricky, but in scenarios like this it should be a piece of cake. Wedding cake. Because they were going to get married.

woooow... you guys all need to lighten up. that's the kind of joke me and my fiance would say had i gone ring shopping with him. i love how everyone who is playing devils advocate on this fml is getting downvoted. grow up

This is on FML, therefore it wasn't a joke, or if it was OP did not get it and her boyfriend did not clarify. The sense of humor you and your fiancé have is obviously different than that shared by the OP and her boyfriend.

Or perhaps OP does share that sense of humour and just wanted to see if she could get something posted on fml. Or maybe the BF is an asshole. I don't know and you don't know so we can't go jumping to conclusions until there's a follow up.

Chances are he probably did pay. He likely made the joke, said he was kidding, and paid, which is a completely reasonable joke to make, that the majority of nonFMLers wouldnt get all uppity about. However, the full story wouldnt have been any good for an FML so it was truncated for the sake of the site.

Exactly what I've been saying but god forbid you think logically on fml

If you're in a serious relationship and think you are going to get married to that person, and you're expecting a proposal, why would you want to go shopping with your partner for a ring that isn't meant to be an engagement ring? Unless you're really into jewelry. But even then the moral of the story is he should have been more specific about his intentions BEFORE they walked into the store.

Also, if she was thinking about getting a ring, she would be expecting to pay for it. This entire FML screams he offered to take her to go pick out a ring, which to her says proposal and engagement, and then he backs out of buying leaving her in the awkward position of refusing the sale.

In my opinion: yes. If I ask my boyfriend to dinner then I pay. Why? Because I asked him. If I ask him to the movies I pay. If he asks me to dinner or the movies or whatnot I expect him to pay. Are there exceptions? Yes but in general that's how I feel.

I feel that in the beginning of a relationship, it should be split, you pay for your side and he pays for his side (although I think whoever offered, if in a position to do so, should pay) but when it's been going on for a while, I think it really should come down to evening out who pays. But dinner is not a ring. Traditionally, a man buys a ring to present to the woman (in a heterosexual relationship, obviously it's different homosexual relationships, and if the woman wants to propose instead), and if you offer to take someone to look for rings, or to pick out a ring, it says you are wanting to see what they want, so you can purchase the ring to propose to them.

While I agree that it can sometime be confusing in a same sex relationship for this situation, it does not apply in this instance because OP is a girl and it said my boyfriend. So unless there are some other factors we don't know about, this is not a same sex relationship. Also, even if it was a same sex relationship the boyfriend implied with the invite that they would be paying for the ring. UNLESS it was previously discussed which, since this is on FML, we can assumed it was not.

In my phone FML app, there is a gender icon for posters. This one says male, so that's all I have to go on. How do you know OP is female? Boyfriend applies both ways.

On the pc version the Icon a female sign. Are you sure you're not getting them confused? If so maybe your app is bugged

I'm on my iPad, and it is the female icon.