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Green Goth Brit Chick - AlternatEve
04/08/09

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I chose my engagement ring - partly because I have fingers that swell and he didn't want to get the wrong size bless.

White gold, with a zirconia. The funniest thing is, when we got it, it wasn't that expensive from a nice family-owned jewellers. A few months later, we saw the same style in a chain jewellers for THREE TIMES THE PRICE. I had a major case of the smug for being smart shoppers!
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Eric Northman is mine
04/07/09

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Oh how nice, i was expecting a picture of a mood ring for the fast food cook.
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mbot says Spock yeah!
04/07/09

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Engagement ring talk always reminds me of how Anne of Green Gables gets a circlet of pearls from Gilbert, because seeing diamonds always reminded her of how disappointed she'd been when she saw one for the first time and it wasn't violet. A circlet of pearls! It sounds so dreamy and romantic.
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Yamunation
04/07/09

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The whole "2-months salary" was probably coined by De Beers, as was probably the entire concept of an engagement ring at all. And now look who's coined the phrase "The diamond right-hand ring." It's just a ploy to get money.

That said, I like having a ring, it's a nice symbol of being married. It is the one and only piece of real jewelry I own. But it doesn't have to cost a certain amount, that is all BS.
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Tart of Darkness
04/07/09

@Yamunation: The two months salary was coined by deBeers as was the diamond engagement ring. Prior to WWII or so most engagement rings had different stones in them and were often family heirlooms. Often men and women exchanged rings or other kinds of jewelry as engagement tokens. Of course this was much more common among the wealthy.

I find it sad to see young people go deep into debt for a wedding set that they can't really afford. It's a hard way to start a life together.

There's a young woman I know who is unplannedly pregnant and engaged as a result of it. She has a huge ring on her well-manicured finger, is driving a $22,000 giant SUV and has all kinds of uptotheminute maternity clothes. She lives with her grandmother. She doesn't work. I don't know what the baby's daddy does. I just think it's a hard way to start out a marriage and sad that she's bought into the whole way that the media say we're "supposed to" live regardless of our economic circumstances.
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Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin)
04/07/09

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All these wedding posts are making me depressed. My best friend from high school got engaged over the weekend. I'm excited for her but dreading everything to come (its going to be a very, very OC event). And her fiance is homophobic. Annnd I'm dating a girl.. and yeah, we can't even GET married. SO.. I need some puppy pictures now :( (sorry to make this ALL ABOUT ME, I just needed to get that out.)
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Tart of Darkness
04/07/09

@Mmmmkay is a naughty girl with a bad habit!: I'm sorry that your best friend from high school would marry a homophobic jerk.
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pax
04/07/09

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I have a diamond. It was my MIL's ring, and I think it's stunning, not only because of how it looks but how honored I was that she gave it to us.

When me and the DH got married, we were so broke it wasn't even funny. I didn't have so much as a wedding band until a couple of months ago. So if he didn't have my MIL's ring, I would have said--and meant--"don't bother."

Sparkly things are a weakness of mine, though. That said, I do like handmade, unique things and I'd rather have something with a smaller pricetag or material value that's made just for me than a flashy but mass-produced ring.

THAT said, though, I hate being judgey about a subject like this, unless some lady is being really bitchy and unreasonable about having like a $10,000 ring when her fiance is, like, a teacher or something.
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Scoithniamh
04/07/09

@pax: I agree. The only reason that I would give a person wearing a huge diamond the stink eye is if I knew that they had somehow "forced" the fiancee/husband to go into hock to buy it. Otherwise, shrug. It's not my business. I feel the same way about people having huge weddings.
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Grim Reaper of the Forest
04/07/09

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I got the big diamond solitaire, which wouldn't have been my choice, but it feels strange and mercenary to demand the sort of engagement ring you are going to be given. Plus, it was a surprise and I didn't know it was coming. Now that I have it, I appreciate its sparkle and the symbolism, and try not to think of dead children.
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fratgirl
04/07/09

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Am I not allowed to be a woman if I like the fast food rings better?
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Cesybabe or Nirvanah Crane
04/07/09

@fratgirl lives 1 heart 1 way for ΣΚ: They're beautiful, and the big A-list ones are just tacky.
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battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch
04/07/09

@fratgirl lives 1 heart 1 way for ΣΚ: Seriously, fast food clerk is 1000x more elegant.
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Norma Neufner Lady Officer
04/07/09

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So because almost all of my friends are married the subject recently came up regarding my boyfriend (officially stating that I HATE that word...still haven't come up with something different)and I while in a large group of these married friends. When he was asked what was taking him so long he said; (with as much sincerity as I'd even seen on his face) that he couldn't afford to spend 2 months salary on a ring at the moment. WHA? people actually believe that? Because a commercial told you?
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rocknrollunicorn
04/07/09

@Norma Neufner Lady Officer: Oh man. My best friend's boyfriend thinks this as well. Or something like it. He thinks she needs like a $10,000 ring. Wtf?
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lurker2209
04/07/09

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I know it's weird, but after I saw a ad on the back of Scientific American, I really, really want a synthetic diamond engagement ring someday. I know a lot of people would find it really tacky, but I'm a chemist and I think it's just so cool!
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katie.scarlett.o'hara
04/07/09

@lurker2209: That's the only kind of ring I would want, that or an antique. Aren't synthetic diamonds more sparkly anyway?
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tinydundie42
04/07/09

@lurker2209: Yes! I want one of those, too. I read about them in the Smithsonian magazine and I thought it sounded wonderful. How is a diamond made from science tacky? Why would I want a blood diamond when I can get one from a lab?
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Sputnik_Sweetheart
04/07/09

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I read about a tradition where the couple exchanges engagement rings. I like that so much better. It feels less like someone is putting a down payment on me.
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mic42
04/07/09

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When my friend (who is *really* into The Wizard of Oz) was proposed to, her boyfriend got her a custom designed emerald ring and the yellow gold setting looked like the yellow brick road... Now that's an engagement ring...
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The HZA.
04/07/09

@mic42: See that is sweet. I like that.
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chatterboxwriting
04/07/09

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Is it just me, or are all the "fast food cook" rings nicer than the "A list actor" rings? I guess I'm a plain Jane.
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The HZA.
04/07/09

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I want a watermelon ring pop.
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
04/07/09

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What's with engagement rings in the first place? Wat's the point, beyond lining DeBeers' coffers (they don't just del in diamonds)? Just so you can point to it to ward off flirting men or something? I just don't get it. But then I've never been a huge fan of symbolism or expensive traditions. Maybe I'm too lazy.
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