11/14/2025
The Midlands Morning Show 💬
"Hey Kaylin and LB, I’m writing because I think my four-year relationship might officially be over. I’ve put up with a lot of shortcomings from my boyfriend (enough that I’ve almost left a few times) but this last stunt might’ve sealed the deal.
I knew he was getting close to proposing, and I’d already told myself that if it didn’t happen in the next six months, I was out anyway. So he takes me to my favorite restaurant, he’s dressed nicer than usual, and I’m thinking, “Okay… this might be the night.”
Sure enough, after dessert he gets down on one knee, gives this really sweet speech about how he knew from the moment he met me that he’d ask me to marry him someday… and then he does the unthinkable.
He opens the box... and I don’t even know how to describe the ring inside. Cheap? Unimpressive? Something out of a claw machine? I literally had to choke back a gasp. And he chose to do all of this in a packed restaurant! I’m sitting there imagining what everyone around us must’ve been thinking. Honestly, I was embarrassed for me.
All I could do was stare at him like… “THIS is the ring you decided to propose a lifetime commitment with?” I couldn’t even speak. I just got up and left because I was so disappointed. And now he’s ruined one of my favorite places forever — I can’t go back without wondering if someone remembers me as “that girl with the ring.”
He’s been begging me nonstop to talk to him and explain what’s wrong, and I’m like… really? Hello??
The problem is: I live with him. I moved in a while back so I didn’t have to pay rent anymore… and now I’m stuck. I don’t know where to go or what to do next. Please help."
-Lindsey, West Columbia