Her Boyfriend Proposed To Her On A Camping Trip In The Dark, And She’s Still So Disappointed

This woman just got engaged. While she loved her partner and appreciated his idea of how he wanted to propose to her, the actual proposal was, unfortunately, less-than-perfect.
A few months ago, her partner picked out a ring, which she thought was beautiful, and he planned to propose to her at Lake Tahoe in front of a group of friends who would take photos and film the proposal.
As a traveling emergency room doctor, she has had an incredibly exhausting schedule this summer. Her partner had suggested a “camping trip” to Lake Tahoe, so of course, she had no idea that he was planning to propose.
At the time, she was working 12-hour night shifts, and immediately after the three-day camping trip, she was going to have to fly to another city to continue working long shifts.
Due to burnout, she was struggling emotionally, mentally, and physically. She was sleep-deprived, wasn’t wearing makeup, hadn’t washed her hair, hadn’t done her nails, and had a lot of anxiety.
Because of this, she asked her partner if they could cancel the trip. However, they ended up still moving forward with camping at Lake Tahoe.
“We arrive at the lake at 8 p.m. About eight people, four of whom I knew, four total strangers,” she shared.
“Then, my partner got on one knee and asked if I would marry him. I’m already tipsy/jet-lagged/nauseated and wearing basically pajamas and a headlamp in the dark, so I can’t even see him or the ring, really. When it hit me that this was my actual proposal, my heart sank.”
Despite the fact that her partner had wanted the group of friends to take photos and film the proposal, they didn’t.

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“There was no bottle of champagne, no alone time with my partner or romantic walks around the lake, no reminiscing about our relationship and our future goals,” she continued.
“Just went right back to catching up with old friends sleeping in a makeshift tent in the dirt (I’m not a fan of camping, being dirty, or the heat).”
Later, she and her partner asked their friends why they hadn’t taken any photos of the proposal as her partner had originally planned. Their friends responded by saying that they’d forgotten about the proposal entirely.
“The next day, I even tried to set up photos and staged the background, and our friends said, ‘Oh, great idea! Let’s take photos!’ and they proceeded to take photos of THEMSELVES in the area I staged,” she continued.
“Didn’t offer to take photos of us. One friend got so drunk he would interject EVERY story to take my fiancé’s attention away from me.”
“He also made multiple inappropriate comments, including grabbing my partner’s arm to snicker and say, ‘You’re going to be so rich!’. I make a lot more money than my partner, so you can understand the implication of his statement.”
After the trip and her proposal, she was in yet another hotel room at 3 a.m., getting ready for her next set of night shifts.
Over the course of three days, she’d slept only eight hours and hadn’t spent quality time with her new fiancé.
The entire trip, she was either trying not to cry or vying for her fiancé’s attention because their friends wouldn’t leave them alone.
After having to travel both by car and plane to her upcoming night shift, she doesn’t feel like she’s had the time to process how disappointed she is with her fiancé’s proposal.
Sadly, she won’t see her fiancé until a week from now, when she has some days off work. In the meantime, she wants to try to change her perspective so that she can look back on this huge, life-changing event in a more positive way.
Do you think she’s wrong for feeling upset about her proposal?
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