56 Women Who Rejected Proposals — And Their Jaw-Dropping Reasons Will Change How You See Love Forever
He got married two months ago. Thank God I said no.
We started dating two weeks into college and dated all through college. It was really REALLY rocky the last year or so. Because I didn’t have an identity outside of “dudes girlfriend” I had trouble breaking it off. So I got a second job, enrolled in 18 hours, and decided I would get a 4.0. This was all done so I wouldn’t see him as much. The fighting decreased because I was too busy with all that to sweat the small stuff.
Well, we stopped fighting because I didn’t give a frick anymore. He believed that it was a good sign and popped the question on the way home from his parents house in Chicago. On the plane.
Worst flight ever. It was a good decision because it turned out he already had someone lined up and they were dating within a couple of weeks or so. He got her pregnant I think three months after we broke up.
Poor thing… I remember that she used to call me about their relationship problems, WHILE SHE WAS PREGNANT FOR HIS CHILD, because I knew him better than she did.
It always struck me as insane that she was carrying his child, but also knew that she didn’t know him well enough to know when he was lying. Who does that?
She was beautiful too. Just a wee bit dumb. Got caught up in the DJ ho mode I guess.
My coworker turned down a guy when he proposed to her at work. She turned him down because they had finalized their divorce two months prior.
I’m proposing today. I will hopefully not report back.
EDIT: I’m not d**d yet. I want to go for a walk!
Seriously though, I’m proposing tonight around 8pm CT. I likely won’t update this until tomorrow with the results, but I will keep you all updated. Thanks everyone for the best wishes and encouragement!
Edit 2: I’m only here for a minute! She said yes! Will post pictures later!
Edit 2.5: Pictures, as promised. Sorry for the potato quality. http://imgur.com/a/jfKms
I will likely post one final update tonight with the story, for those of you still interested! Thank you all so much for your support! It really helped my nerves yesterday to know I had so much support from so many internet friends.
Final Update: First, thank you guys so much for all of the encouragement and best wishes! It really meant a ton to me, and to my fiancé (I’m totally just using that BECAUSE I CAN!) as well when I showed her!
So, my birthday is in a few weeks, and I decided to use that as the cover for the proposal (fiancé saw through that until halfway through the night… but I’m getting ahead of myself) and an excuse to get all dressed up. My brother and his wife took us out to dinner at one of the classier places in town at 6:30. The fiancé and I met them at their house early so we could all ride together, for the sake of simplifying the return. The stated plan was to go to dinner, then go back to my family’s house to watch a movie by a bonfire in their little grove, where we would be joined by my other brother and his wife. What was really happening was that we were using the sheet to conceal a small group of our friends who were there to (hopefully) celebrate with us when she said yes.
The brother who was supposed to be joining us at the house for the movie was actually there to receive the guests and hide their vehicles, as well as to show them where to hide, etc. He had the fire already made. My fiancé sat down by it immediately. I stood next to her, mentally prepping for the moment. My brother nodded to me, asking if I was ready. I gave him the confirmation, and he dropped the sheet. I wish I had a picture of the exact moment, because the look on her face was perfect. I think it will always be engraved in my memory. At first, she didn’t know what was happening, and thought the sheet had been knocked down by accident. Then she realized there were people behind the sheet. After another moment, she realized they weren’t my family, but our friends. I remember saying something like “This isn’t actually my birthday party.” and then dropping to one knee. Here’s [a photo from during my speech](http://imgur.com/a/dMyuA), which I barely remember making. She started crying, then said yes, then I tried to put the ring on her finger.
I’m going to pause here, because there was a beautiful surprise from my brother at this moment. First, some context is necessary. I lost my mom to breast cancer when I was 15. My brother asked for her engagement ring as a token to remember her by, and planned to hand it down to one of his children someday. Instead, he secretly had it repaired and resized for my fiancé’s finger and swapped it with the ring I’d purchased; because I don’t make a ton of money, I’d chosen to get a very simple band to propose with. I didn’t really like the idea, because I wanted her to be able to show off her engagement ring.
Anyway, back to the story. When I tried to offer her the ring, she said, “I don’t care! Just hug me!” through tears. I stood up, but had already started to take the ring out of the box. I realized at this moment that the ring in my hand had something on it. I had a brief moment of panic because I thought I had accidentally left the price tag on the ring I got. Then I realized that I was holding onto the very edge of something solid, and that there was a stone on this ring. I gave my brothers a super perplexed look, trying to process what had happened.
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