Did you ever break an engagement?? How'd you do it?

SoCalDem

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-01-03 01:24 PM
Original message

Did you ever break an engagement?? How'd you do it?

I called him, collect ..It was a month before the wedding .. (I know how mean that was )

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Racenut20

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-01-03 01:29 PM
Response to Original message

1. I volunteered to go to Vietnam. (I don't recommend that) LOL

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Demobrat

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-01-03 01:29 PM
Response to Original message

2. I ran off to California without telling him.

Literally got in my car and drove halfway across the country. I figured he'd figure it out. Mean, huh?

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

XanaDUer

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-01-03 01:48 PM
Response to Original message

3. Yes

Edited on Mon Dec-01-03 01:48 PM by LibertyChick

It was for the best. Now I met my soulmate in Life, and I hope he has, too.

PS-just told him I wanted out.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Loonman

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-01-03 01:51 PM
Response to Original message

4. I break with thee, I break with thee, I break with thee

Then you throw dog poop on their shoes.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

CanuckAmok

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-01-03 01:56 PM
Response to Reply #4

8. Ha Ha! "You Americans are so naive!"

I broke the engagement with Mrs. Amok (cold feet), but we eventually tried again (so far, successfully).

I don't really remember how I did it, but I remember it being face to face, and not very pleasant.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

CanuckAmok

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-01-03 01:59 PM
Response to Reply #4

9. Ha Ha! "You Americans are so naive!"

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

kmla

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-01-03 01:54 PM
Response to Original message

5. Yep, that was cold....

Call him collect? Ouch...

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

trof

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-01-03 01:55 PM
Response to Original message

6. Oh my. Yes.

We thought she was pregnant.
That was back when you HAD to get married. Or at least you thought you did.
Then she found out she wasn't after all. We decided to re-think our options, so it really was kind of a mutual thing. I sure don't think I broke her heart.

Funny thing is, AFTER we broke up I found out all my friends thought she was a complete, ostentatious, social climbing bitch and could NOT imagine WHAT I saw in her. Now they tell me.

I guess it was physical good looks and knockout ess-ee-ex.
;-)

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

random

(252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-01-03 01:56 PM
Response to Original message

7. Bet you all kept the rings, too... Really cool!

I also bet that none of you ever came home from work to an empty house! A bunch of spoiled brats who think your behavior is cute.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

catzies

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-01-03 02:14 PM
Response to Reply #7

11. My second stepmom did that to my dad...(slightly off-topic)

My brother and I who were both in elementary school, came home one day to our stepmother literally emptying the house into her dad's motorhome in the driveway, and within minutes, they were off, with tires screeching. Dad didn't know what she was even planning until he came home from work and it was all over.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

SoCalDem

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-01-03 02:21 PM
Response to Reply #7

12. Nope. I gave the rings back, and the motorcycle he left at my house

I just did not want to marry him :)

Truth told.. I was afraid of what he might do if I told him face to face.. That way he had a few days for it to soak in before he came and got his stuff.. (He lived 3 hours away)

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

prolesunited

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-01-03 02:25 PM
Response to Reply #7

13. Wow!

Did something really bad happen to you?

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

SoCalDem

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-01-03 02:39 PM
Response to Reply #7

15. A stealth divorce is different from a broken engagement

Back when I broke mine, people did not live together, so it was not as mean as what apparently happened to you.:(

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Demobrat

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-01-03 02:49 PM
Response to Reply #7

16. I mailed mine from the road.

I was afraid to give it back to him face to face. The one time I mentioned splitting up he smacked me on the head with a telephone receiver, hard. So, yes, I took the chicken's way out.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

amandae

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-01-03 01:59 PM
Response to Original message

10. Yes ... it was somewhat mutual ...

We broke it telling eachother that we would get re-engaged when the timing was better. I'm pretty sure he knew it was the end, but I'm not sure if he did. A month later I gave him the ring back and that was that. No regrets; he's married with children now and so am I ... it never would have worked out between us.

Oh, and when we broke it off we had no definate wedding plans in the works (even though we broke it off six months after getting engaged). I guess that should have been the first sign it wasn't going to happen!

:hi:

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

ScreamingMeemie

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-01-03 02:26 PM
Response to Original message

14. I moved back home with Mom and Dad...and let the answering

machine take the calls. Then filed a police report. Best move I ever made.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

Ellen Forradalom

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Dec-01-03 03:23 PM
Response to Original message

17. Yes. Not gracefully.

Eventually told him I couldn't marry him. Ensuing breakup exceedingly messy. Fortunately, shortly thereafter I met the man who is man enough to be my man.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Fri May 03rd 2024, 05:22 AM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.