'She blurted out "I f***** Lenny"': Heartbroken men reveal the shocking reasons why their girlfriends rejected their marriage proposals

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It is one of the most important questions you will ever ask, but what happens if the love of your life rejects your proposal?

A new thread on Reddit has revealed what men did when they got down on one knee to their girlfriend and she said no.

User Shamsterwheel asked: 'People of Reddit who have been denied when they proposed, why did it happen and what was the end result?'

Reddit users have revealed what happened when the loves of their lives rejected their proposals

It wasn't long before wannabe Romeos came forward with their stories of not so happily ever afters.

Retelling a the story of another couple VenBede recalled a very public rejection they witnessed.

They said: 'I was walking through a park when a guy stopped me, handed me his phone and asked if I'd take a picture of him and his girlfriend. 

'I ask where he wants to stand and what he wants in the picture. He ignores me and locks eyes with his girlfriend and reaches into his pocket as he drops to a knee. So I put it in video mode and record the whole thing. 

One user admitted to feeling better off choosing to get a dog and a 'crate of beer' instead

'He makes his proposal. She starts crying. Then she blurts out "I f***** Lenny!" Dude's face just twists into rage as they then begin to fight over this latest admission that she apparently slept with a friend of his and chose this moment to come clean. I just recorded most of it before setting the phone on a bench and leaving.'

User prohaska revealed: 'I proposed after 3ish years of dating and one year of living together and she said no. I was offering her my great-grandparents wedding ring. That was Friday night. 

'By Sunday night, after a trip to her parents, she came back and told me that she was gay. This is a bullet we both dodged.'

Doublej03 admitted that he was pleased with the end result. He said: 'She said no, I got a dog and a case of beer and lived happily ever after.' 

In another brutal confession HeavyRemorses said: 'she said no and then confessed that she had been sleeping with my brother it ruined the trip a bit tbh'.

Perhaps the most heartbreaking admission came from a user named MaintenanceGuy.

He said: 'After a Christmas vacation we were home and I asked her about marriage. "I don't want to marry you. I never wanted to marry you. I never will marry you." followed by a thirty minute speech about missing her single life. 

'I died a little inside, honestly. Tried to make it work but I realize now I stopped trying after that. Eight months later she moves out. 

'Three months after that she is begging me to take her back, she wants to get married, she wants to own a house. And I'm just too hurt to believe her. Therapy is helping. But a five year relationship died that day.'

Other admissions were more heart breaking with some men admitting they had to go into therapy after they were rejected

Other admissions came from those who had said no to a marriage proposal - and for good reasons.

MiloMolly revealed her reasons for saying no. She said: 'After 4 weeks of dating he got down on his knee with a HUGE diamond ring and said a huge speech along the lines of "when you know you know. Will you marry me?"

'Since i barely knew the guy i flat out said no followed by "sorry...are you okay?" He didn't speak to me for the rest of the night and then when he dropped me home 

'I get a text from him - YES A TEXT - saying "you've broken my heart. I never want to see you again. Goodbye. I love you." We were both 22 at the time.'

While many of the stories were awkward and ended in heart break several rejected proposals actually ended in true love.

LadyandtheWorst share his story. He said: 'I proposed after dating my girlfriend for two years. I was about to graduate college and move away, and she was a year behind me. 

'I had the ring, everything perfectly planned, we discussed our future together. When I proposed, she initially said yes. About half an hour later, she seemed off. I asked her if anything was wrong, and she said she needed to think. 

'We talked for awhile, and then she said changed her answer. She said we were too young, she wanted to be on her own for awhile, to be independent, etc... Jokes on her though, because now we're married.'

In a similar story Morgsz said: 'Proposed to Girlfriend after she got off work on a Monday with her favorite meal prepared, and the apartment all lit with candles, rose petals on the floor after having had a special weekend together. 

'She said No no no! No! NO! when I asked her to marry me as she came in the door to our apartment. She worked in the medical field and had puke all over her..... She showered and said yes.'

Wissix revealed that his father had the last laugh when his mother rejected her initial proposal.

He said: 'My dad proposed to my mom after they'd been seeing each other for just under two weeks. She laughed and basically told him he was crazy, that it was way too soon. 

'My dad said, (and he is very proud of this fact,) "Fine. I asked you once. I'm not gonna ask again." My mom thought he was bluffing. 

'After a year of dating she started giving him a hard time about not asking her to get married again, and he stuck to his guns and said she missed her chance and he wasn't going to ask again. My mom finally broke down and asked him to marry her. 

'Made sure she properly took the p*** out of him when she did it, too. Made a big show about asking his father for permission, got down on one knee in public, got him the gaudiest engagement ring she could find. He said yes and they just celebrated their 30th anniversary.'