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more about #engagementrings Green Goth Brit Chick - AlternatEve: 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... more » Eric Northman is mine: Oh how nice, i was expecting a picture of a mood ring for the fast food cook. more » mbot says Spock yeah!: 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 ... more » Yamunation: 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 coine... more » Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin): 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 ever... more » pax: 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... more » Grim Reaper of the Forest: 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 ... more » fratgirl: Am I not allowed to be a woman if I like the fast food rings better? more » Norma Neufner Lady Officer: 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 ... more » lurker2209: 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 ... more » Sputnik_Sweetheart: 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 payme... more » mic42: 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 setti... more » chatterboxwriting: 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. more » The HZA.: I want a watermelon ring pop. more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: 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 po... more » labyrinthine IS DOING THIS: I'm genuinely curious: for those of you engaged/married women who have something other than a DI-AH-MOND!!1 for an engagement ring, have you ever gott... more » EKane: The a-list actor rings look fake. I'd rather have costume jewelry that looks like those rings rather than carrying around a ring that's worth my tuiti... more » YourScreenplaySucks: My cousin recently proposed to his girlfriend and got her a ring even though she didn't care if he got one. His explanation: he felt he couldn't send ... more » chritter is a nocturnal feminist mancatfish: I'm ashamed to admit it, I bought into all this crap. I was doing research on the 4 Cs, thinking about spending way more money than I had, determined... more » Hamsterpants: There's something so repugnant about this all the way around I don't even have a joke about it. Like I need fucking DeBeers to tell me what I need in ... more » -
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Why Not Just Walk Around With Bank Statement Tattoos?
A reader sent us the link to the art of Lee Gainer, whose "Two Months Salary" series shows what kind of rings an A-list actor can buy, as compared to, say, a fast food cook. More »

