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He was engaged before

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Itsmytreehouse · 28/05/2022 22:51

dp and I have been talking about marriage recently. Some of his good friends came to our house for a some drinks last night and I was asking them about their weddings for ideas and one of them blurted out ‘make sure you propose properly this time’ and they all laughed. I asked what they meant and they said he’d proposed to an ex and the ‘funny’ story that went along with it. All while dp was sitting red faced at the table. When his friends left I asked him why he hadn’t told me in 2 years of a relationship that he’d proposed to a woman before, he couldn’t answer. I’m now feeling insecure and a bit upset. Obviously people have pasts, divorces etc but he wasn’t upfront with me early on and now I’m hearing it second hand I’m hurt. Knowing if we get engaged it won’t be the first time he’s asked someone to marry him has made it a bit disheartening. Possibly the shock but it would have been nice if it was the first time for us both and now I’ll be wondering how he proposed to her, what ring it was and all that palava. I know she cheated on him and was violent so it didn’t last more than a year but I wish he’d told me. Am I being silly for feeling like it’s ruined a special moment for me? How can I move forward and not let it upset me?

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SantiMakesMeLaugh · 29/05/2022 09:40

Shinyandnew1 · 28/05/2022 23:15

They sound like slightly shit friends if I’m
honest.

Well I would have expected my friend to have told their soon to be wife that he had proposed his ex tbh.

How ere they supposed to know that he kept that quiet when he had told her about his ex, how she was etc…?

aSofaNearYou · 29/05/2022 09:41

*Well I would have expected my friend to have told their soon to be wife that he had proposed his ex tbh.

How ere they supposed to know that he kept that quiet when he had told her about his ex, how she was etc*

It's a pretty insensitive response even if she did know about it.

notacooldad · 29/05/2022 22:43

I would be more concerned if it was a marriage he forgot to mention but I couldn't give two hoots about an engagement.

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