Woman 'spoils' her bestie's wedding proposal when she mistakes it as a kidnapping, ‘eccentric’ fiancé upset: ‘It seemed real. She was crying they had masks and IT WAS A LITERAL VAN!’

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  • "AITA for destroying my best friend's proposal because I believed she was being kidnapped?"

    So this actually happened last weekend and I'm still shaking. My best friend Emily (29F) has been dating her boyfriend Chris (31M) for about 4 years. I (28F) love her to death and I've always supported their relationship even though Chris is eccentric. He
  • loves surprises and stuff. Think flash mobs and scavenger hunts that no one asked for. Anyway I was visiting Emily. We were walking around catching up when this unmarked white van comes up next to us. Two
  • masked men jump out and grab her. She begins screaming. I freak out. So I did what any sane frightened human being would do, I grabbed my pepper spray (legal where I am) and yelled murder and went wild.
  • Sprayed one dude in the face kicked another in the shin and literally pulled Emily back by the coat while yelling for 911. Turned out it was Chris and two of his buddies.
  • They were attempting this strange "prank kidnapping into surprise proposal" situation cause Emily wanted a "proposal like in the movies."
  • Chris was yelling crying over the pepper spray. Emily was scared while the cops arrived. It was chaotic.
  • Now Chris is angry. He tells me I ruined the most significant moment of their lives and embarrassed him in front of everyone. Emily tells me she understands why I freaked out but wishes I'd read the room.
  • But like how was I going to know?? It seemed real. She was crying they had masks and IT WAS A LITERAL VAN! Everyone's acting like I overreacted but I genuinely thought she was being trafficked. AITA for spoiling the proposal?
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  • Rocket8000 Wished you read the room...? You DID read the room, what is she talking about. You did NOTHING wrong and Chris was an absolute pyscho for thinking that is how to propose to someone, especially if they didin't tell whoever they were with.
  • Also doing something like that in PUBLIC? Do you know how many cameras are monitoring streets, outside stores, etc. Also the random people walking around? There was almost 100% someone would have called the police.
  • If a partner tried that with me, I would have 100% told the cops it was unwanted and was kidnapping, even if they were my partner. I would never want them near me again.
  • Intrepid_Bearz NTA Chris is a moron. If he intended to "kidnap" her to propose he needed to make sure that whoever was with her knew! If he's stupid enough to think a friend would just stand there while random strangers try to kidnap their friend, he's a fool. How can you "read the room"? You're not psychic.
  • burner... Read the room? READ THE ROOM? Two guys up your screaming friend on the street and she's telling you to READ THE ROOM??? What if someone else had called 911? What if some one else on the street saw and just started wailing on them? What if other
  • people started going on local media about a girls getting grabbed up? This was a poorly conceived prankposal and you did what anyone else should have done. NTA, your friend and her boyfriend are dumba es.
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  • madamesim Holy craps will you be my best friend? I think you "read the room" perfectly. She was being abducted and you kicked @$$ and took names. This is exactly why we carry, and also why pranks like this are soooo freakin stuuuupiddddd. You
  • absolutely did exactly what you should have done and frankly I am so offended for you that she's upset!! What the actual fugg??!
  • petite_body NTA. Read the room it was literally a kidnapping you acted like a decent human with survival instincts
  • DaniCapsFan Read the room? You legit thought your friend was being kidnapped. What was her idiot boyfriend thinking? Why is she angrier at you for defending her than her boyfriend for coming up with this hairbrained scheme?
  • And "a proposal like the movies"? Go to a sporting event and put it on the Jumbotron, for k's sake. (Normally, I hate public proposals, but if that's what she wants, a Jumbotron message is a lot more sensible than this.) NTA
  • Bookish_Optimist NTA - Why terrify someone before proposing? Wearing masks was an idiot move. The whole thing was an idiot move. You deserve praise for fighting so hard. Hugs.
  • anaisaknits NTA, and if your friend thinks Chris' behavior is normal and moves forward with marrying this mental immature individual, then steer clear because your friend will be the AH to think it's normal behavior.

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