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Engagement rings (merged)

exhawg

Mirror Guy
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I'm not ready to get married anytime soon, but my girlfriend wants a ring just so she knows it's going to happen. I'm not opposed to this gesture because I am planning on marrying her and she has a general idea about what the long term schedule is. Anyhoo she's been scouting all the jewelry stores for rings she likes. She just found one for $999 at a store that is having a grand opening sale. She says that she has seen similar rings to this one at other stores for $2400, but I'm poor and the ring means nothing to me except for toys I won't be able to get so sealing the deal for $999 seems good. Anyone have advise for me.

FYI if you see someone proposing at the Spring Game next year it will probably be me.
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ask here what the fuck she is going to buy for you.....i never understood this stupid custom....there used to be dowry's to get the women out of the house...now men have to waste perfectly useful money so a chick can feel ok about sleeping with a guy.....bullshit i say...
 
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exhawg said:
I'm not ready to get married anytime soon, but my girlfriend wants a ring just so she knows it's going to happen. I'm not opposed to this gesture because I am planning on marrying her and she has a general idea about what the long term schedule is. Anyhoo she's been scouting all the jewelry stores for rings she likes. She just found one for $999 at a store that is having a grand opening sale. She says that she has seen similar rings to this one at other stores for $2400, but I'm poor and the ring means nothing to me except for toys I won't be able to get so sealing the deal for $999 seems good. Anyone have advise for me.

FYI if you see someone proposing at the Spring Game next year it will probably be me.
:2004:
I have gotten all of my wife's jewlery from Jared, they have always been really good to me and very reasonable. I would check into the ring and try to get them to come down on it a little more, express your intrest to only do business with them, they generally like to hear that.
 
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DiHard said:
ask here what the fuck she is going to buy for you.....i never understood this stupid custom....there used to be dowry's to get the women out of the house...now men have to waste perfectly useful money so a chick can feel ok about sleeping with a guy.....bullshit i say...

That's what I said. We worked it out that she will buy furniture when I get a house next year.
 
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DiHard said:
ask here what the fuck she is going to buy for you.....i never understood this stupid custom....there used to be dowry's to get the women out of the house...now men have to waste perfectly useful money so a chick can feel ok about sleeping with a guy.....bullshit i say...
after she got her ring, i got my new laptop (still a huge price difference, but i got the laptop that i wanted with no fight)
 
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Hawg, I wasn't able to put my feelings into words so I thought I'd just draw a diagram for you to understand:






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If you're lucky enough to 'only' have to spend $999, I'd be more than happy with that.

She buys him nothing. He just inherits the quiff. Like 'em or not, those are the rules.

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exhawg said:
I'm not ready to get married anytime soon, but my girlfriend wants a ring just so she knows it's going to happen. I'm not opposed to this gesture because I am planning on marrying her and she has a general idea about what the long term schedule is. Anyhoo she's been scouting all the jewelry stores for rings she likes. She just found one for $999 at a store that is having a grand opening sale. She says that she has seen similar rings to this one at other stores for $2400, but I'm poor and the ring means nothing to me except for toys I won't be able to get so sealing the deal for $999 seems good. Anyone have advise for me.

FYI if you see someone proposing at the Spring Game next year it will probably be me.
:2004:

Okay, so is this an engagement ring even though you are not proposing until next spring?
 
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BuckinMichigan said:
Okay, so is this an engagement ring even though you are not proposing until next spring?

That's about right. It has to be "special" so I'm trying to think up ways to do that. One of her friends got engaged at Browns Stadium and she liked that idea. I think it's kind of cheesy to do it at a stadium unless I can find a way to make it cool. I'm not set on anything yet except that I'm going to hold off giving it to her until it will actually surprise her.
 
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I've got some great advice for you and hopefully it will save you tons of money. First of all, don't buy a DeBeers diamond, they are a socially unconscious company that has a history of murder, intimidation, and oppression of miners as well as the usual monopoly/cartel business practices against <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:country-region w:st="on"><ST1:place w:st="on">US</ST1:place></st1:country-region> law.<O:p></O:p>

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Secondly, don't be afraid to buy a second hand market, the market is crap because of marketing campaigns and shouldn't be remember diamonds are forever.<O:p></O:p>

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Also, never let your jeweler take your diamond in the back alone. Your diamond should be in front of you at all times!<O:p></O:p>

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Finally, educate your girlfriend on the conflict diamonds of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><ST1:place w:st="on">Sierra Leone</ST1:place></st1:country-region>, when she learns about people being killed over these rocks, she may not want any part of such a tradition. It sounds funny, but everyone at my school studies the DeBeers case and the diamond industry and sure enough a number of couple choose to get engaged without a diamond. Honestly, it will change the way you think about diamonds.<O:p></O:p>

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Let me know if you want more information, but here is a website you should check out: http://www.amnestyusa.org/amnestynow/diamonds.html<O:p></O:p>

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BTW, congratulations :)
 
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