She found a stranger's alarming request in her comments and asked one question. It ended her marriage before it even began
Right after her ex-boyfriend of three years presented her the engagement ring, Annie asked him to leave
When a couple decides to break up, the separation hurts both, but nothing can come close to what Annie Jorgensen experienced when she dumped her boyfriend, right before he pulled an engagement ring in front of her. In a May 14, 2026, Instagram video, she shared her experience with a man she was dating three years ago. This episode was part of Ilana Dunn Solomon's podcast “Seeing Other People (@seeingotherpeople),” themed around dating and relationships.
DM exposed his dirty secrets
Once, when Jorgensen shared a work-related post on social media, a female commented, asking her to check her DMs. The message was about her then-boyfriend, now an ex. She had been out of town that weekend, and was confused because they had been texting back and forth through all that time. At this point, her then-boyfriend was on his way to her apartment. Jorgensen texted the man and questioned whether he needed to tell her something about the previous Friday. Her text seemed to have provoked something in him, because he started pleading with her to keep the relationship. That very instant, Jorgensen realized her ex-boyfriend had done something terribly wrong. She bundled up all his stuff from her apartment and tossed it in a pile by the door.
Later, Jorgensen's boyfriend confessed the entire story and then pulled a box from his bag and laid out an engagement ring in front of her, right after revealing his infidelity. Pissed, Jorgensen immediately asked him to leave. "It was a movie. It was insane," she exclaimed while narrating the incident to Solomon.
America's growing infidelity crisis
Jorgensen is not alone in her experience. Studies indicate that men are more likely to cheat than women. In fact, in a 2025 YouGov survey of 1,125 Americans, 53% of respondents said they have been cheated on in a relationship. Similarly, 33% confessed to cheating on somebody in a romantic relationship.
In 2022, YouGov conducted another survey where a similar pattern was recorded, with one-third (33%) of respondents saying they have cheated — either physically, emotionally, or both on a partner. Interestingly, women were slightly more likely than men to say they have encountered infidelity (16% vs. 13%).
'She dodged a bullet'
Meanwhile, a flurry of nearly hundreds of comments popped up on Jorgensen’s video, with teary-eyed people praising her for being brave in such a difficult situation. For instance, @lolojhonnie said, “Thank you for being an example of self-respect! So many women are so codependent that they'll accept anything just to say they have a man, especially with a potential ring involved.” @katrina.in.katy commented, “She dodged a bullet!” Likewise, @alexpc12345 quipped, “Imagine a proposal story that starts with 'well, I had just learned he had cheated on me.'”
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