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Women Are Sharing The Reasons They Rejected A Marriage Proposal

It's not always a guarantee when you drop down on one knee - by Alex Pierotti
  • 17 Mar 2020

The thing about relationships is you're either going to marry them or break up with them, right? And the truth is, once you get past that two-year stage, you can be pretty comfortable that you're in it for the long hall. But as we found out, timing is everything, and regardless of the length you've been dating, you need to make sure you're on the same page. 

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The women who have said no are now sharing their reasons via Reddit and honestly, we don't blame them. 

1. "Youth. I dated an older guy for three years off and on between the ages of 17 and 19. He was ready to settle down and get married. I knew I was too young, so I declined his proposal. After that, we were off for good." – @Trixie6102

2. "It was out of nowhere, with sex being the motivation behind the proposal." – @mystical-heart

3. "His proposal was literally, 'We'll get married, you'll drop out of uni and quit your job and we'll have kids'. I wasn't as adamantly sure I don't want kids back then, but burning my career to the ground was and is a hell to the no." – @ExcitableHamster

4. "I knew he wanted children. I didn’t. So I saved him." –@rosanna4

5. "I was about to break up with him and he knew it. He was manipulative AF and it was a toxic on and off relationship for multiple years. When I started telling him, he interrupted me with, 'But I got a ring!' My head snapped faster than the speed of sound I’m pretty sure... I still broke up with him because I knew it was just another manipulation tactic." – @Slightly0ddd

6. "He proposed the week he graduated. I hadn't graduated yet. We hadn't even decided on where or if we would live together once I did. It seemed more like a Hail Mary to keep the relationship than an actual proposal. I told him we should see how this all works out first." – @sexrockandroll

7. "He was a serial marrier. He'd been married twice (we were in our early 30s) and divorced twice. After we split up he got married for the third time a few years later." – @MessyHighlands

8. "He proposed sooner than we were both ready because my depression was bad, and he wanted to give me something I could be happy about. We talked about it and ended up getting engaged several months later when we were actually ready and in a better place." – @KalopsiaContrast

9. "We were too young and neither of us was independent of our parents yet. I didn't give a hard no, I just gave a, 'not yet'." – @theinfamousj

10. "I told him I was breaking up with him because he hadn't proposed to me. He turned around and proposed." – @teriyakireligion

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Alex Pierotti is the Digital Content Editor for Men's Health Australia, with experience reporting on health, fitness and sport. With a Journalism degree from UNSW under his belt, he got his start working in TV, working on the live broadcast of the Intrust Super Shute Shield on 7TWO before making the switch to print and digital at Pacific Magazines.

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