The Tenth Time She Rejected My Proposal
At our tenth engagement party, my girlfriend crushed my heart again, leaving my proposal ring dangling in the air.
She had been chasing the ghost of her first love, and I was done being her fallback guy. When I finally opened my heart to someone new, she realized what she'd lost.
Ten years together, ten engagement parties, and still, she wouldn't take my ring. Every time we reached the moment to exchange vows, she'd stare at the door, waiting for that man to swoop in and rescue her.
She swore she'd only marry me if he crashed the party, claiming it would prove she'd truly chosen me.
This time, I couldn't hold back. "If he never shows, are you just gonna keep stringing me along forever?"
She shot back, "He still loves me. He'll show up to stop this. Besides, we've been together a decade. Does a ring even matter at this point?"