Engagements are meant to be about love and excitement, but this man’s shocking actions shattered the blissful relationship he had with his fiancée.

In fact, things took a nightmarish turn when he dropped an outrageous request that left her questioning their relationship, and she took to Reddit to share her experience.

The 22-year-old woman held her fiancé, 25, close to her heart, believing they were a perfect match, the ones meant for each other. The proposal, which happened eight months ago, was a joyous occasion, and they had plans for a relatively small wedding just two days away. Love was in the air, and everything seemed perfect.

But then, just days before their special day, the woman’s world was turned upside down when her fiancé approached her with an utterly absurd request – that his father inspect her hymen in the presence of his brothers and uncles to check her virginity.

“I am a virgin and so is he, he wanted to save it for marriage and I wasn’t fussed so I agreed to saving it,” the woman wrote. “He has told me earlier that in his family the father checks the virginity of the bride the night before the wedding. I laughed this off as it seriously sounds like a massive joke.”

He claimed he was dead serious and explained that in his family, a bride’s virginity is inspected by the father the night before the wedding to determine her purity.

The woman was deeply uncomfortable with this request and hesitated, unsure if she could go through with it. Her fiancé, however, was resolute in his desire for her to do it. He argued that it would be proof of her love for him and even attempted to gaslight her, saying that she had nothing to hide if she was truly a virgin.

What did the woman do?

The woman was left in a state of disbelief and decided to leave, leaving her soon-to-be-groom in tears. The situation then became extremely dramatic.

Part of her was tempted to call off the wedding right then and there, but the love she had for her fiancé and her desire to spend her life with him led her to contemplate going through with the purity check, all for the sake of being accepted into the family.