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My girlfriend rejected my proposal.

Then I kissed her sister. You did not take that well. My girlfriend, 25 female, and I, 25 male, have been dating for 10 years. Prior to dating, we were close friends. We've known each other for almost 17 years now. Last month, I proposed to her, and she said she needed some more time to get her life in order. The whole thing shocked me. She apologized,

and I told her it was okay. By the way, this comes from user Least Anz. And if you want to submit your own stories, go to the R slash okay story time subreddit. I'm Dakota. I'm Sophia. And I'm Vincent. We got Keon back here too. And we're here to give good advice, goofly. But we don't have all the We only know what we know, so let us know what you know in the comments. However, I've been checking out of my relationship ever since she said no. As the days pass, I'm slowly falling out of love with her, and she has probably noticed it. I have stopped initiating date nights, spicy sleep, and she has been pretty much initiating everything. She has asked me many times about proposing, and she has said she's ready now, but I told her I need more time to think about it. She has assured me many times that we're meant to be together and that she wants me to be her life partner forever. We live together in an apartment, but our lease is expiring in a couple of months. I don't really plan on extending it.

And I'm probably going to break up with her then.

Am I the a-hole?

Comment one.

If you're that sure about breaking up, do it now.

O.P. says, okay, I will let her know tomorrow.

We have our 10-year anniversary on Friday.

No.

And she said she has planned something really special for me the whole day. She's proposing to you. She's proposing to you. So I will let her know before then. Comment two. Did you and your girlfriend have a discussion about marriage before you proposed? Opie said yes. I did go ring shopping with her a few months ago to pick out her ring. To be honest, I'm feeling a bit depressed about everything, so I just want to block this out from my memory. Comment three says, you've known each other since you were eight. You've been dating since you were 15. This is the old lady in me talking, but neither of you have experienced much else than each other. Yes, talk to each other. Others have said this, but you really need to work this out. It's very possible that breaking up is the best thing for both of you. You're both still young. Don't decide to get married just because you've put in the time. Comment four, I agree with the other comments that not communicating any of this until your lease is up is a bad move. It's bad enough. You'll both be experiencing adulthood without the other for the first time, but you have a huge advantage by knowing you need to prepare ahead of time. Leaving her in

the dark is cruel and undeserved, since it sounds like all she did was not accept a seemingly

surprise proposal. And there is an update from 17 months later. So I am engaged to my fiancé. We've been together for 11 years.

Our biggest relationship difficulty happened last year when I proposed and she rejected me.

That was genuinely the worst moment of my life. Even though she apologized in the days and weeks

after and she said she panicked in that she did want to marry me, I was very close to ending

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