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Ask her for it. Tell her it's traditional if the woman breaks off the engagement to return the ring. What a tacky move on her part.

Bumping this helpful thread.

Last week when you asked me to go to a show "with you," I gladly did, and told you so. But at the end of the show, when XXXXX XXXXXXXX asked you the simple question of whether we came together, you couldn't just say yes - you tried to give her a complicated answer of how you had an extra ticket, blah, blah, until I made a joke of it and rescued you from your own inability to give an honest answer to this simple question. The answer was yes, we came together since you asked me to go "with you." You had a problem just saying so. It didn't leave me with a good feeling, and I don't need you to bring that into my life anymore. Your obsession with how you present your life, with or without me in it, is no longer my problem. You had over a year of my devotion, attention and in-person company. You chose to squander it by looking at your phone, and playing games with your online profiles, ignoring and undermining me while I was literally by your side. I have moved on, and do not need to be part of your games any more.

Hope you dry out sometime long enough to miss me. YES, I HAVE POST #1000!

Way to try to cut me out of covering our friend's event this year, even though I wrote two articles about it and helped you write the last one. Thanks in general for turning our breakup into a social and professional popularity contest. Jerk.