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I don't get it....

posted 10 years ago by Rpdsf
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She doesn't have the guts to stand up to her mom but has no problem calling off the wedding? She did call it off by returning his ring. He only wanted to postpone it. She doesn't want to disappoint her mom but decides to break her fiancées heart? Seems to me, he was the voice of reason and she couldn't understand; just taking it to the extreme. Even the ending, she didn't go to him but had to be tricked into it. If I were him, I would have turned around and just waited for her to come to him voluntarily once she made up her mind what she wanted. If she's too weak to stand up to her mom then she's probably too immature to get married.

[–] eclaire06-987-108466 8 years ago

To be fair, she wasn't the only one at fault. He should have been a little more understanding of her feelings, and got the fact that she was just didn't want to disappoint her mom. Thankfully for him, he didn't have as much pressure put on him with the big decisions.

Asking a woman to postpone the wedding and implying that things moved too fast and you regret proposing is a huge no no. Especially that down to the wire.

Plus, she didn't give the ring back and ask for space until he had the dumb idea of eloping. Which to her, sounded like a huge slap in the face to her parents, who though misguided and pushy, do love her.

I'm glad they got back together in the end, but I hardly think he deserved groveling or begging, because he also made mistakes, and had just as much responsibility to reach out and make up.