56 Women Who Rejected Proposals — And Their Jaw-Dropping Reasons Will Change How You See Love Forever
My friend proposed with a ring his girlfriend had picked out. She said no, but kept the ring as a promise ring.
They are now happily married.
Not me, but someone I know.
At a high school reunion, I re-met the first girl I ever dated. Turns out she had just gotten engaged. But that wasn’t so good.
First red flag: she had proposed to him, but he had said it wasn’t her place to do that, so he brushed her off and then made her wait until he proposed to her.
Second red flag: She invited me to hang out with them one afternoon. He acted like a real immature jerk, and I hoped she knew what she was getting into.
They went ahead and got married, had kids, then his jerk routine got old and they got divorced. Now she’s middle aged and on her own. Saw that coming way too clearly …. sigh.
Turned down one guy because we didn’t agree on how children should be raised.
Turned down another guy because he proposed after I had moved on from our relationship.
Not a woman who turned down a proposal but I have a friend who did. I assume it had something to do with the fact that he was 50 years older than her. And she was 13. And he was drunk. And homeless. And he proposed with a potato.
I’m not a woman but I am a man who has been turned down before. I did the whole shabang, even brought roses, but being in the fourth grade probably ruined it for me.
So I own a company that deals with various precious gems and metals. We are vertically integrated and actually go through the entire supply chain of diamonds, from mining to cutting to retail, so I have a pretty intimate knowledge base and experience on the matter. It’s really annoying that people don’t understand this simple concept. The proposal is the surprise NOT the question of will she marry you. It boggles my mind how many people don’t understand this. You TWO are getting married means you BOTH need to have talked about it. It’s not a surprise like getting someone a puppy, which even that is a terrible idea if you haven’t talked to the person about if they’d like the responsibility of being a dog owner. Honestly, if you propose, and your SO says “No” it’s a good thing because you’re clearly not ready to be married as you lack the very foundation… COMMUNICATION!
So, to all you women/men who’ve said “No” to guys/ladies that asked you without talking about it, even if you’ve been dating for 50 years, don’t feel bad.
Now, let’s say you’ve talked about the marriage and know you’re getting a Yes. Make sure she is an active part of picking out the ring, go RING SHOPPING TOGETHER!!! This isn’t some small purchase like curtains that she may not like. She will have this on her finger every single day for the rest of her life, make sure SHE loves it. Don’t try to guess this. Chances are she may even be ecstatic and pretend she loves it but deep inside not like it. If she’s a great girl it may not really be important to her, but in any case, it doesn’t hurt for her to like what she’s got on her finger. If you have already purchased a ring, MOST, retailers will allow a return within 90 days. I personally don’t, but I also make sure I go through various conversations with clients about his/her relationship such as how long they’ve dated, why they intend to marry if they’ve talked about getting married and if the SO is part of the ring/diamond choice process. This way I mitigate any risk of returns short of rare instant annulments or call-offs.
He was really drunk and I had never met him before. He bought me a drink and then asked the next girl. St Patrick’s Day is a beautiful thing.
We’d been dating long distance for two months when he called me and laid out his entire life plan for “us”. We were to marry. Immediately. I would graduate school, become pregnant a lot while using my (art) degree to support our kids and his suddenly desired career in full time volunteer ministry work. Never mind our religious differences and my already stated intention to remain childless.
He didn’t propose. Propose implies asking. He just stated it as fact and was honestly surprised when I objected.
None of this was in my life plan, at all, nor was it discussed between us prior. He broke up with me very shortly afterward, citing my supposed inability to be a ‘reasonable, rational person’ in light of my rejection of his unilateral propositions.
We were both in our early 20’s. Bullet. Dodged.
We’d been dating for three years, having some trouble and he wasn’t interested in making any changes to work things out. He basically broke up with me, turned out I was relieved, then found out he was really just bluffing to ‘teach me a lesson’. When he figured out that I was okay with breaking up, he proposed. Really pissed me off. I actually responded with ‘I have a date this weekend’. I guess that was a little harsh, but don’t propose out of desperation because you screwed up.
We were 19 and in a crazy on/off relationship. At the time of the proposal we were off and in my head we were off for good.
He came to my house and begged for me to come back including a tear filled proposal.
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