“You’re not even my fourth or fifth choice.”
Here are16 proposal rejection stories shared on Reddit:
1.
“Oh man I feel awkward just recounting this story.
It wasn’t me but I was dating my high school boyfriend and spentEasterwith his family.
She gets pissy, says she’s tired, and doesn’t want to.
She said, ‘If it’s a fucking engagement ring, the answer is no.'”
She told me all about her boyfriend who sells phone cases at the stand in the mall.
So I guess it all works out in the end!"
u/Lp1234
2.
“My story is pretty brutal.
My name is Tom, and her name is Tiffany, but that was not my proposal.
She starts screaming ‘yes’ and hugs me.
I am in shock, staring at the sky, not even realizing she has her arms around me.
After I was silent for a while, she figured it out.
It was the quietest, longest, most painful walk home of my life.
What a fucked up coincidence.”
u/plzkillme
3.
“I had been with the lady in question for two years.
We were in our own little world, doing our own thing together.
We had ups and downs but nothing too dramatic, and I at least was happy.
I saved for a while to buy the ring and had a day planned out.
I did the one kneed bit, and she flat-out laughed but said yes.
I asked if she was telling someone about our engagement but she didn’t answer me.
I joked that it was her lover and she was having an affair.
“…And then she did.
Three days later it was almost like she was never there.
She tore my soul out and wiped her arse with it.
Hurt more than a bit, caused some depression and a bit of drinking.
u/bong_sau_bob
4.
“I come from a traditional Indian home.
When I got there, I went to the first girl I saw and asked her to marry me.
She said, ‘no.'”
u/Pandaless1
5.
The girl actually laughed, and then you could see the guy’s dejected face.
The place started to boo the girl, and people started throwing shit at her.
Security had to help her get out.”
Anonymous
6.
“I got turned down for buying the ‘wrong ring.'”
u/tsmartin123
7.
He then asked me if I was happy in our relationship.
She was even trying to convince me to date one of her friends.
So, I said that I wished we could work on a few things.
I said we needed more time for fun and a few other things.
He said he’d work on it.
Then, as we hugged, I could feel him shaking.
He then got down on one knee, and I cried.
Not the overjoyed, jumping up and down crying, either.
I will never get the slump-shouldered look of dejection on his face out of my head.
I confessed that the idea of marriage terrified me.
I felt I was too young and all around me, all I saw were failed marriages.
His dad left his mom for his 18-year-old secretary, for crying out loud!”
Then I asked if I could try the ring on.
I ended up showing my mom and we gradually just said we ‘were’ engaged.
u/Grabthars_HammerTime
8.
(Can you tell I’ve been working there for a long time?)
The song started going, and I recognized the tune…
The Imperial March fromStar Wars.
I was confused and trying to find out where it was coming from.
As I scanned the crowd, I saw this girl whose face was beet red.
She ends up walking to the guy who is playing the trombone.
He finishes up the song and gets down on one knee.
But, what I did see was the guy smiling, then suddenly looking dejected.
It was hard to watch."
u/Mediocre-raptor
9.
“I used to work at a fine-dining restaurant and saw a few proposal rejections.
The woman seems shocked and pretty annoyed at the situation.
She turned him down.
One of the servers overheard her say, ‘You’re not even my fourth or fifth choice.'”
u/Nicosuave47
10.
“I had someone propose to me, then take it back an hour later.
In one day, I had a boyfriend, a fiance, an ex-fiance, and an ex-boyfriend.
To elaborate, we went for a walk one day, and he was visibly nervous.
He got down on one knee and asked officially.
We walked home, and he told me not to tell anyone yet.
We got back to our apartment and ate dinner as usual.
He was quieter than normal.
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.
Also, I didn’t love you.’
We still haven’t talked.
u/verdandi
11.
She was shocked and said she had to think about it.
Two weeks later, we went on what I thought was our last date.
She asked me to ask her again and I did.
She is my winning lottery ticket.
I’m glad she said, ‘Ask me again.'”
u/texmex75208
12.
“I got proposed to on my 18th birthday in front of my family and friends.
He was my boyfriend at the time and such a gentle, kind soul.
I had to say no.
We moved in two years after that and struggled a lot with money and school.
When I was 25, he proposed again and I said yes.
We were together for 16 years, married for six, and had a gorgeous girl.
Unfortunately, he died in a car accident.
Ours is the only relationship I know of that didn’t fall apart after an untimely proposal.”
u/Throwawaymother9
13.
“My parent’s engagement story is the least romantic one I’ve ever heard.
There was no kneeling or ring, and obviously, little thought was put into it.
For some reason, she said yes.
A few days later, he changed his mind again and proposed a second time.
And even then, she still said yes.
u/4clvvess
14.
She said yes, and we had a beautiful day.
Then, we returned to our warm, bright, shared apartment.
My head began to fill with dreams of a shared house, children, and a future.
u/Slow_Burning
15.
No hard feelings, just sad that it happened.
16.And, finally: “My mom and dad were in a car crash.
When my mom went in for X-Rays, they ran tests and found out she was pregnant with me.
When my dad found out, he proposed to her on the spot, neck brace and all.
She said no, explaining that she didn’t want to get married just because she was pregnant.
A week later, she accepted, and they’ve been married for 22 years.”
u/Broberr
