Two days ago, I told my best friend I was planning to get married. I asked him to lend me the $800 I was short for the engagement ring. He said he'd actually round it up to $1,000 as a wedding gift and I wouldn't have to pay him back, as long as I did him a favor first. He told me to to play a prank on my girlfriend, to say I got fired that day, that I was broke, and couldn’t cover my share of the rent, just to see how she'd react.So I did it last night. And she dumped me. Kicked me out of the apartment and said, "Pack your stuff and leave. I don't want anything to do with you. At this point in my life I want a man who can handle things, not someone who breaks down to a woman when he loses his job. I want someone who adds to my life, not someone who drags me dow" That was it. Relationship over. I left the apartment thus morning at first hour.
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>>34494894why do i feel this never happened
>>34494894It sounds like your friend did that on purpose. He never intended on giving you the money. It’s the only explanation for such as absurd “prank”.It also sounds like your girlfriend didn’t really care about you, or she was ready to break with you. Did you tell her that you were just kidding? If she didn’t even ask for an explanation and immediately kicked you out, then it’s probably better that you didn’t marry her.
>>34494914Her response sounds too contrived.
I went straight to my friend and when I told him, he just smiled and said I could crash on his couch for a couple of weeks while I look for a new place. I don't know if I should hate him or thank him for destroying my relationship.I mean I didn't actually lose my job. I've got savings, set aside for the wedding. Enough for a $5,000 ring, even. So in a twisted way, my friend just saved me a lot of money and a few years of my life. But I'm still sad and depressed, I know I should be relieved but I'm heartbroken.
>>34494922I'm ESL
>>34494921>It also sounds like your girlfriend didn’t really care about youI'm moving on, I'm not mad about the relationship ending but I'm mad because I don't know what was real in the relationship. I can't even call her a gold digger because I never provided her a high end lifestyle but she dumped me at the first sign of troubles.
>>34494914because it's a male internet commonplace to suggest lying about being fired as a shit test for your gf, and you're also correct that this almost certainly never happened
yeah this shit never happened.>I wish I made this upyawn
>>34494914Probably because he posted this same story on /biz/ a week ago from the standpoint of the guy loaning the $800.
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>>34494894I don't know how to feel about this. I guess she wasn't a good option.
>>34494955Then it was never real, or maybe it was real at some point but it was clearly not real at the time she broke up with you. Maybe she was slowly becoming disappointed with you until you finally told her that you lost your job.
>>34494894It sounds like one of those corny life lesson stories that never actually happened to anybody.
