Friends mocking my engagement :(

Just because you've known them a long time, doesn't mean they're real friends now, OP. They were shitty to you.

Congratulations on your engagement.

38 years ago we were walking up the street where my husband lived. All of a sudden he turned round and said ‘ I can’t live without you, marry me’.
No fancy planned proposal and no thought at all - but perfect at the time.
Your partner sounds wonderful, your friends do not.

Your friends sound very jealous

It sounds as though they're the types to demand an insta style ott proposal and very attention seeking. Your fiancee was thoughtful and romantic and that is what matters. What's the betting they have flashy engagements.and weddings and end up divorced whereas you guys will commit in a meaningful way and last the distance? The fact that your fiancee remembers that he told you he loved you at that spot means he cares enough to remember - that's what's important. Congratulations on the engagement and don't let these 'friends'spoil it for you.

Sounds like a lovely personal proposal to me. Something that meant something to both of you, the people that actually matter in a proposal, rather than for show for other people.

I hope you are standing tall and telling your friends it was perfect and tell them to stop tarnishing it for you by mocking it. I would be quite cross with them if they didn't apologise.

Congratulations! 💍

They are jealous. I had a similar situation when we got engaged and a so called friend implied it was a cheap ring.
They then brought up that my partner was once sacked from a job . When we bought a house six months later , the hounds of hell were unleashed.

Don’t let people steal your joy . They are not your friends . Block , delete and cut out and cancel them and anyone who is negative towards your relationship.

Awwwww your fiance sounds lovely. Your friends sound like dicks.
I thought my DH was going to propose to me at brunch on my birthday and I was so anxious about it, he didnt, but he did pop the question later the same day when we came out of our baby scan. It was perfect.
Don't include or invite these friends to your wedding. You don't need that negativity in your life. Life is not a spectacle for others ❤️

Aw he sounds so lovely and thoughtful. Congratulations! I wanted a similar proposal, no pressure to perform in front of others, just us. I think it's wonderful that he took your feelings on board, its a massive green flag!

Your friends are red flags - even if it isnt their type of proposal, they absolutely should not be laughing at yours. If they had concerns about your df and him being cheap they could have done so in a more respectful way

Perfect proposal. I absolutely hate all these proposals we keep seeing on the Internet - only done for clicks. It was personal and how it should be

I wouldn't bother inviting them to the wedding, they'll be posing in front of the photographer to get pictures to to put on their Instagrams. You need real people in your life, not plastic people

Big congratulations to you and your fiance - give him a hug from me, he sounds a keeper

DH proposed to me in the kitchen when we were preparing a meal. I was something really romantic like “I think we should get married” 😂😂

Very little of our engagement, wedding or marriage is instagram worthy but it has lasted over 26 years. Your relationship and how you celebrate it belongs to you and your DP and nobody else.

What he did was sweet and personal. Congratulations!

They are jealous of you for some reason and therefore need to bring you down to maintain their own egos.

Are they all single? Are you prettier or thinner than them? Wealthier? There will be something.

Ignore them.

Your boyfriend sounds lovely, the proposal was really thoughtful.
Your ‘friends’ are mean and i’d be reconsidering the friendship tbh.

Saw my best friends today. Both of them were saying how cheap it was, how it was thoughtless and that they’d be sick if they were proposed to in their pyjamas (like I was), and that he could have done something more romantic. They were laughing about it as well. - well f**k them is all I can say.

Oh wow that’s such a lovely proposal.

And obviously genuine because he remember where you were when he first said he loved you which most have been over 2 years ago.

Congratulations

This.

Congratulations. Ignore the pathetic 'friends'

You need new friends.

What a thoughtful proposal! Congratulations ❤️

Not real friends but I’d also be disappointed in the proposal. Different strokes for different folks though!

It was a beautiful proposal because he thought about what would make you happy, not about how it would look to anyone else. It shows how much he knows you and cares about you.
Ignore the bitches - congratulations OP ❤️

These are NOT your friends. Congratulations on your engagement which sounds wonderfully romantic to me. Personal and private. Just how it should be!

This. I find it incredible how these days the proposal is expected to be as much of a show as the wedding. Only a few weeks ago there was a thread where the OP had been proposed to in Venice, or was it Rome, and she was moaning that her fiancé hadn’t booked a photographer!

Your proposal was for you, not for social media, and that automatically makes it 100% more romantic than any other proposal. It sounds lovely, OP. Congratulations.