β€œShe came out of the closet. While I was on bended knee.”

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"He proposed on a Saturday morning after making her breakfast in bed, 'just because I love you,' with a beautiful ring. She burst into tears. I remember him saying that he thought they were happy tears and that she was just struggling to get the 'yes' out, but she just kept crying until he had to put the ring down, get up, and hold her to find out what was going on. She'd been cheating on him for a year. She swore she'd broken it off and was going to pretend it never happened and live happily ever after, but seeing his 'hopeful face' at that moment just 'broke' her, and she couldn't do it. He left her. She was pretty depressed for a while and lost a lot of her friend group. Most of us were friends with him first, and she just kinda joined in, so she wasn't invited anywhere anymore, and I had no interest in seeing her again. It was three years ago, and I think she's engaged to someone else now. Not sure if it's the guy she was cheating with. My friend's doing alright, though. He's got a steady girlfriend, but he's a lot more reserved about it all now.”

"So one weekend we're hanging out, and I have all the feels. For whatever reason, we were meeting my parents at the local Wendy's for dinner. About halfway through dinner, the thought of being married to this woman just keeps running through my head over and over. She's giving me some weird looks, and finally:

Her: 'You look like you've got something on your mind. What's going on?'

Her: 'No, you are not going to fucking propose to me in a Wendy's.'

We still went ring shopping, and a couple of months later I did it 'right.' We've been married for 15 years now, and I still crack up and tell my kids the story every time we pass that Wendy's. I'm glad she's put up with me all these years.”

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