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Post by QueenFoxy on May 6, 2019 11:38:54 GMT -6
How They Rejected Marriage Proposals And Why They Did It ~With spring pouring blossoms and warmth on us more and more with each coming day, it's not surprising that many lovers could be found sitting at parks, watching birds building their nests. Love is in the air and as cliche as the saying sounds, it does bear some truth to it. New couples show up like mushrooms after a good rain while old ones are reminded of their love once more. And although young love is perhaps the sweetest, many people believe that true love can only be secured with a marriage proposal. While some might argue about that prospect, others share their firsthand experiences with proposals.
I recently asked people who declined a proposal why they did that. And within the next 24 hours, replies flowed non-stop. From simply sad to somewhat bizarre, people shared many stories where a marriage proposal was the main focus. This looks interesting.
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 6, 2019 11:41:51 GMT -6
#1
My mom had been dating a guy for a few weeks after his wife had just died from cancer his daughter was at college and he was paying for her education/boarding/food. I had just turned 18 and started paying my mom rent money, He proposed but said that I needed to move out because he didnt like me and thought that I was a free loader. My mom told him that she loved me more than him and that he could shove his dead wife's ring up his a** and left him.
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Post by lostineternity99 on May 7, 2019 4:51:11 GMT -6
Good for her!
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 7, 2019 10:36:58 GMT -6
My sentiments exactly, Rick. With an attitude like that, he does not need to be in the home any woman who is first....a mother. |
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 7, 2019 10:40:51 GMT -6
#2
I proposed to my boyfriend of three years. He told me he loved me but just wasnt ready because his parents had a really bad marriage and frankly, he didnt know if he could ever get married.
I cried my eyes out and he held me but he was (gently) adamant. I accepted after a while that we wouldn't get married and to be happy that we were together and loved each other.
Two years later he proposed to me.
Married 12 years so far! |
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Post by lostineternity99 on May 8, 2019 4:56:22 GMT -6
A very happy ending  |
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 8, 2019 8:50:02 GMT -6
Yes!! And I love happy endings.
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 8, 2019 8:51:58 GMT -6
#3
I was in my first few years of teaching and one of my nine year old students brought his sister’s play ring to school, got down on one knee when the class was on the field, and he proposed to me. It was very sweet. I declined saying that he was a little young for me.
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Post by lostineternity99 on May 9, 2019 4:51:09 GMT -6
Just a little young for her ... LOL
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 9, 2019 12:50:30 GMT -6
But so cute and loving.
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 9, 2019 12:53:14 GMT -6
#4
I’m on the opposite side of this story, but it’s still a good one. This was years ago. My girlfriend and I were at a friend’s wedding, and I got caught up in the romanticism of it and wound up blurting out a proposal at the reception. She said no, and explained that this wasn’t the memory of a proposal that she wanted. It felt tacky to tie this important moment to someone else’s special day, and she told me to ask her again later, in a different setting. Literally five minutes later, they announced that the bride was going to throw the bouquet. All the girls lined up, it went into the air, and sailed straight into my girlfriends arms. She laughed, turned to me, and said, “That moment is pretty good. Okay, I guess we’re engaged.” |
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Post by lostineternity99 on May 10, 2019 5:38:44 GMT -6
Hmm ... LOL
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 10, 2019 12:12:01 GMT -6
#6
We were on the verge of a breakup when he asked. We'd been having problems for a few years. His idiot friend told him it was a good idea to propose and that it would make everything magically better. I told him no, we broke up and I moved away for a while
As they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder..it was true in our case. We were able to work things out. I moved back and 2 years later, we got married. We've been together for 24 years, have 2 daughters and 1 grandchild! ~
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Post by lostineternity99 on May 11, 2019 4:51:14 GMT -6
It is hard to tell who will work out together as this proves.
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Post by Vicky G on May 11, 2019 5:01:44 GMT -6
Yes, I knew a couple that went out together for nearly nine years and they seemed perfect for each other but they broke up and both went on to marry other people.
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 11, 2019 9:08:10 GMT -6
I worked with a woman who had lived with a man for ten or twelve years. They had raised her children together. We were all surprised at work when she announced that they were getting married. Well....in less than a year, they were getting a divorce. She said after marriage, he treated her differently, as if he owned her.
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 11, 2019 9:10:08 GMT -6
#7
A coworker of mine, happily married for a good long while, told me that the only man she dated before her husband was obsessed with her, and pursued her even after she broke up with him and had proposed multiple times before and after they broke up. He just had this unhealthy obsession with her for some reason. The last time he proposed to her was the day before her wedding to her husband. She of course turned him down, and he finally moved on and married a different girl.
I told her jokingly that he sounded unhinged and she really dodged a bullet there. She went quiet for a moment and then said, "Well, he killed the woman he DID end up marrying."
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Post by lostineternity99 on May 12, 2019 4:20:48 GMT -6
Wow ...
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Post by Vicky G on May 12, 2019 5:02:23 GMT -6
Not nice, someone I know had her life made a misery by a stalker, eventually he was imprisoned but he is due out any day now and the poor girl is terrified.
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 12, 2019 8:25:59 GMT -6
Scary, huh?
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 12, 2019 8:34:40 GMT -6
#8
He was that weird stoner patron that came in just to talk to me even though I wasn’t interested. He told me he was the heir to the commonwealth and should be king after Elizabeth dies, because he had the 3 out of the emblems of the United Kingdom, and once he got the 4th it would secure his position. He would also make airplane noises when I had my attention turned to other tasks.
"That’s a no, Jason."
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Post by lostineternity99 on May 13, 2019 5:33:17 GMT -6
Ha ha .. .weird guy
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 13, 2019 10:00:50 GMT -6
A weird one for sure, Rick.
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Post by QueenFoxy on May 13, 2019 10:06:09 GMT -6
#9
Because she was like 30 years younger than I was, and I already married her mother, who gave birth to her 5 years ago.
I love her to the moon and back so there’s that.
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Post by Vicky G on May 13, 2019 12:05:39 GMT -6
Good grief - it sounds like Game of Thrones!
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