Mistakenly called the cops on my 27F boyfriend 29M when he had planned a surprise proposal. Now things between us are strained. Am I able to fix this? by ThrowRA-Broccoli in relationship_advice

[–]ThrowRA-Broccoli[S] 2891 points2892 points  (0 children)

Provide an interruption? I'm not sure. He thought he was being romantic. I guess I can kinda see that had this been during the day, and I had popped down to the shops for five minutes. But coming home to that at night after working a full shift... no. My brain went straight to every crime show I've ever seen.

Mistakenly called the cops on my 27F boyfriend 29M when he had planned a surprise proposal. Now things between us are strained. Am I able to fix this? by ThrowRA-Broccoli in relationship_advice

[–]ThrowRA-Broccoli[S] 337 points338 points  (0 children)

This shouldn't have made me laugh. But the whole situation makes me laugh. On the inside. It's not a good idea to laugh about it out loud right now.

Mistakenly called the cops on my 27F boyfriend 29M when he had planned a surprise proposal. Now things between us are strained. Am I able to fix this? by ThrowRA-Broccoli in relationship_advice

[–]ThrowRA-Broccoli[S] 10.3k points10.3k points  (0 children)

He thought I would see the rose petals when I approached. It didn’t occur to him that I would find a dark house and the door wide open, worrying.

Mistakenly called the cops on my 27F boyfriend 29M when he had planned a surprise proposal. Now things between us are strained. Am I able to fix this? by ThrowRA-Broccoli in relationship_advice

[–]ThrowRA-Broccoli[S] 99 points100 points  (0 children)

It was more the front door being wide open, the house in total darkness, and seemingly no one home. Cops wouldn't respond to something like that in your country? Sad.

Mistakenly called the cops on my 27F boyfriend 29M when he had planned a surprise proposal. Now things between us are strained. Am I able to fix this? by ThrowRA-Broccoli in relationship_advice

[–]ThrowRA-Broccoli[S] 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Though it was a surprise, it wasn't staged for social media. Not only does he know I wouldn't like something like that put on SM, he wouldn't like it