21 Marriage Proposals So Embarrassing You’ll Drop To Your Knees And Thank God You Weren’t The One Being Asked

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“I had someone propose to me, then take it back an hour later. In one day, I had a boyfriend, a fiancé, an ex-fiancé, and an ex-boyfriend. To elaborate, we went for a walk one day, and he was visibly nervous. He finally stopped and said very hesitantly, ‘I’ve been thinking of the long-term benefits of marriage.’ Then he said he’d left the ring in the car but would pretend his wallet was the ring box. He got down on one knee and asked officially. I said yes. We walked home, and he told me not to tell anyone yet. This was the first inkling I had of something being wrong (the aforementioned awkwardness and scatterbrained-ness were characteristic of him). We got back to our apartment and ate dinner as usual. He was quieter than normal. After, when we were sitting on the couch, he put his head between his knees and said, ‘I’ve made a huge mistake.’ We ended the engagement and broke up.”

“I took a very long drive and came back three hours later. We talked and agreed to keep dating. Four months after that, he told me he wanted to break up for good. When I asked him why, he hemmed and hawed for a while before responding, ‘We went to Target way too much. Also, I didn’t love you.’ We still haven’t talked. We dated for nearly four years before the ‘proposal,’ and he almost immediately vanished without a trace when we broke up.”

—u/verdandi