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A woman 'ring-shamed' her boyfriend after finding an engagement ring in his nightstand — and people are perplexed

Evidently, the original poster found the ring her boyfriend plans to propose with in his nightstand — and she was not pleased.

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Weddings can really bring out all sides in people. And if you're new here (hello!), let me introduce you to something to the relatively new concept of ring shaming, which is exactly what it sounds like.

There are scores of Facebook groups devoted to the phenomenon of criticizing strangers' wedding or engagement rings.

One woman, however, took the trend to the next level by ring-shaming herself in a now-viral Facebook post. The post was also shared on several subreddits, where people were floored.

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Evidently, the original poster found the ring her boyfriend planned to propose with in his nightstand — and she was not pleased.

"Found this in the BF's nightstand. Not a fan," she said. "Please roast and then tell me how to tactfully say no you need to go get something different."

Both the woman's name and the Facebook group have been redacted, but it seems that it's part of the group's custom to post your own ring on Fridays for a healthy dose of self-deprecation.

Many think the potential bride-to-be crossed a line.

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This lady deserves to get shamed not the ring," a user joked.

Although some people said they understood where the poster was coming from.

"I think she's justifiably asking for advice. 'How do I tactfully say no, you need to go and get something different?' And the answer is for her to say 'Hey hun, you should go and get some different girlfriend,'" one person on the Choosing Beggars subreddit said.

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Several people said that ring-shaming groups promote an unhealthy culture.

"Groups like this are just 100000% bad news," a commenter wrote. "Someone posts a ring that's really nice and clearly worth a lot saying, 'lol look what my boyfriend got me he's so cheap' and then everyone adopts that mentality and it just becomes a nasty pit of narcissism and hatred."

"You could literally give me an onion ring and I would marry your a-- if I was truly in love with you. What’s wrong with some entitled people?" another person wrote.

And although ring-shaming might be new to the uninitiated, this isn't the first wedding story to cause a controversy online.

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