Man asks friend about future plans with his girlfriend, he happily shares engagement hopes, friend suddenly turns into relationship doomsayer: 'Bro, no one’s gonna wanna marry you'.

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Inés Soubrie • Writer and Editor
May 13, 2026 5:15 PM EDT

Most friends would be thrilled to celebrate proposal plans.This one chose emotional sabotage instead.

After hearing his friend wanted to marry his girlfriend, one man responded with an unexpectedly bitter rant about why the relationship would eventually fail. If your friend tells you they're thinking about proposing to their girlfriend, there are a few expected reactions. Congratulate them. Ask to see the ring. Pretend to know something about diamonds for thirty seconds. Maybe joke about how expensive weddings are.

What you generally don't do is immediately start explaining why their future wife is probably going to abandon them someday. And yet, that's exactly where this conversation ended up.

The original poster was talking with a friend about future plans with his girlfriend when the topic of marriage came up. Pretty normal conversation. The kind people have every day without accidentally opening a portal to somebody else's unresolved relationship issues.

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    12:55 217 LTE 95 Well I was thinking of getting my gf a ring... she doesn't do promise rings so I was thinking of actually just going on ahead with the engagement ring. She says a promise ring is just a less serious version of the engagement ring and I want to show her I am serious. Imao you're really gonna propose??? that's hilarious bro no one's gonna wanna marry you, you can't even keep a houseplant alive also engagement rings are a scam invented by corporations, you're falling for capitalist
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  • Instead of reacting like a normal human being, though, the friend suddenly pivoted into this deeply cynical rant about commitment, basically warning the guy that his girlfriend would eventually get bored, find someone better, and leave.

    Which is an insane response to hearing that your friend is happy.

    Not even because it’s not nice, though it absolutely is, but because it completely changes the tone of the conversation for no reason. Imagine opening up about wanting to spend your life with someone and the other person responds like they’re narrating the downfall of civilization.

    The energy instantly shifts from “my friend is excited about his future” to “this guy has clearly been waiting for an opportunity to unload some personal baggage.”

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    12:55 LTE 95 217 up I don't see it as propaganda... I sort of get what you are saying, but for me it is about the gesture. I don't know why you are coming at me sideways like this. Just because I don't fall for conspiracies doesn't mean I need to figure stuff out. Let me guess. You think weddings are just for show too? oh so now you're calling basic facts conspiracies??? typical and yeah weddings ARE just for show, it's literally just an excuse to make your family watch you kiss someone while th
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    12:55 217 LTE 95 yeah i'm being de d serious you came to me asking for advice and now you're mad that i'm telling you the truth? honestly you're probably just gonna get divorced anyway, most people do save yourself the money and the embarrassment and just stay dating forever like a normal person Like a normal person???? Tf??? yeah like a NORMAL person who doesn't need the government and a piece of paper to validate their love marriage is literally just a tax break with extra steps you're probabl
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  • And maybe that’s the weirdest part of the whole thing. The friend doesn’t sound protective or concerned. He sounds bitter. There’s no actual advice in what he’s saying, no thoughtful questions, no attempt to understand the relationship. Just a very aggressive insistence that happiness is temporary and love is basically a scam.

    That kind of reaction always feels less like honesty and more like projection wearing sunglasses indoors.

    The internet immediately started trying to figure out what this guy’s deal was. Some people thought he secretly liked the girlfriend. Others guessed he’d recently gone through a breakup and decided every relationship on earth should suffer alongside him. A few people thought the exchange sounded dramatic enough to be fake, which honestly wouldn’t be shocking either.

    Still, the story blew up because the situation feels painfully recognizable. Most people know at least one person who hears good news and somehow turns it into an excuse for emotional doomposting.

    And there’s something uniquely exhausting about people who act like cynicism is wisdom while everyone else is just trying to celebrate something nice.

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    12:58 LTE 95 <217 embarrassing newsflash: your gf is probably just with you because she's bored and hasn't found someone better yet You realize I am talking about the future right? We were talking about my future aspirations with her... why did you ask me that question just to respond like this??? because your future aspirations are STUPID you really think you're gonna be marriage material in the future??? what's gonna change, you're gonna suddenly become a completely different person??? you're
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    vyrus2021 This person hates themselves and doesn't want to see anybody else happy. Don't let them drag you down.
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    anoncmehelp This person is not your friend. I wouldn't waste one more breath or text interacting this person. Ghost this loser.
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    Callo1206 Ummmm, yeah bro, let's be real; anyone telling you you're not worthy of love is not your friend. You didn't react enough.
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    Impressive_Dust7244 2 years aint worth that.
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    parachutecord "you're probably one of those people who thinks love is real, too" your buddy is SAD. and isn't your buddy,
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    for what it's worth. let this one go. also, have a conversation with your girlfriend before you go ahead and buy a ring. if she
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    wants a surprise proposal, the proposal can be a surprise, but the engagement shouldn't be, if that makes sense.
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    Technical-Exchange5 That man wants to be with you. Or with your girl... My bet is on you.
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    chicken_taster There's blunt honesty and then there's negativity. This is negativity.
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    This person is not your friend. NOR. It will get worse from here, try to create some distance without shaking up your friend circles too much would be the best advice I can
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    give. Don't make a scene, just stop reaching out and stop responding. You don't owe them anything, but this person will try to take whatever they can from you. It's your job
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    not to let them.
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