I was out with a friend for a bachelor party we all got drunk and went to the strip club. I wasn't loving Florida, but I was making the best of it. 'I sold almost everything I owned, quit my two jobs, and took out a loan to move my fiancée to Florida from New York,' one user wrote. Probably recycled the ring again.' And for more horrifying breakup stories, don't miss the 20 Dumbest Ways Men Have Been Busted Cheating. In the end, he left her for someone else too. She came up to me, apologized for getting in the way, then showed off the 'amazing ring bought for her.' You guessed it. Three months later, I came across the girl he worked with, at the mall. He left me the day I came back from vacation-showed up at my house, asked for his stuff (and the ring), and left. He was 'confused.' I spent the rest of my trip trying to call or text or interact with him, to no avail. Three days into my trip, I get a text that he doesn't know if he can be with me anymore. He was constantly talking about how 'amazing' she was, and how he thought they could be ' great friends.' I left for vacation with my family a month after she started. I noticed he would come home smelling like perfume. She was gorgeous-and very much like me, in almost every way. He was a manager, and was the one assigned to teach her the ropes. It felt nice to feel loved and share the moment with all of our friends and family. The last month of our relationship (about 6 months after the engagement), a new girl started at his work. He asked me to marry him while we were having a huge dinner with a group of friends-wrote me a poem, gave me the ring, along with a necklace and earrings. We spent 4 1/2 years together, during which time I was honestly the happiest I've ever been. 'I should have known beforehand that it was a bad idea, as he had been engaged within a few months of us getting together, and broke it off seemingly for no reason. I knew him for about a year before we finally got together,' one user wrote. I have my happiness.' To make sure you never find yourself in this situation, learn the 15 Signs Your Partner Is Marriage Material (or Not).

She now has a husband, a house, three kids, and her new ring. Two days after the house sold, they got engaged (it was only 4.5 months after we split up). She met some guy within days on a dating website. We put the house we just purchased-but never moved in to-back on the market. I called off the wedding, and broke things off with her. My best friend told me that it's what he's observed, too. Nothing about love, partnership, sharing our lives together. I said 'I love her, and can't wait to have the security of knowing that for the rest of my life she will be with me.' A little while later, I heard somebody ask her, and eavesdropped on the conversation: 'I can't wait to have a husband, I will get a new ring, we'll get a house, I'll have a couple kids, maybe a puppy… A nice yard….' Nothing about me. 'I didn't get it, but sure enough a few weeks later, somebody at some family function asked me. Just next time somebody asks you what about getting married you are most looking forward to, compare her answers to yours,'' one user wrote. 'Seemingly out of the blue, my best friend says to me 'Dude, I am not going to come between you and your fiancée. And to find out if your romance is doomed, check out 20 Relationship Warning Signs Smart Couples Never Ignore. To hear some of the worst engagement break-up stories, courtesy of Reddit, read on below. Other factors that people said would have helped was better communication, greater self-awareness, more time together, and less societal pressure, so those are good things to keep in mind.

Of those who did break up, however, one out of four people believe that a willingness to compromise would have saved the relationship. Around 40 percent said it was the other persons' fault, and the same number of people think both parties are to blame. According to the survey, 82.7 percent of people don't regret breaking up, and only 7.6 percent of people blame themselves for a failed relationship. Whatever the reasons for the breakup, it seems like most people feel pretty good about their choices. Some realized that their partner was more in love with the idea of marriage than they were with them. Others got the axe from someone who had commitment phobia red flags from the start. Sometimes, however, the reasons for calling things off aren't quite so clearcut.

The responses of a Reddit thread from people who have broken off engagements shed light on the phenomenon, and indicate that, oftentimes, the decision stemmed from something seemingly small that happened over the course of the weeks leading up to the big day, something that signaled to them that it just wasn't right.

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