are engagement rings REALLY supposed to be three months salary?!
I thought it was 2 months. It's 3 now?
God bless the parasitical marriage industry. Long may it continue to fleece people in the name of tradition.
See, in my fantasy, when I'm kissing you... you're kissing me. It's okay. I can wait.
Oz ,'First Date'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Dec 08, 2009 10:13:18 am PST #23691 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Strix - Dec 08, 2009 10:15:35 am PST #23692 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
The ring I wear now was my grandma's, and she willed it to me - only reason I wear a diamond.
The diamonds in it were in her original wedding ring, and my grandpa bought her a bigger one for their 25th and she had the diamonds from the first one set into this elaborate white gold 60's dinner ring. It's definitely unique!
smonster - Dec 08, 2009 10:16:21 am PST #23693 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I like sapphires, and it's my birth stone. I also loathe solitaire settings.
I remember having this conversation a few years ago... I think I ended up engaged to Plei b/c of a ring she linked.
§ ita § - Dec 08, 2009 10:19:42 am PST #23694 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
For myriad reasons I'm pretty sure I'll never wear an engagement ring. Only one of those is that I've never seen a point and I've never gotten into the rhythm of any constant jewelry other than my two cartilage piercings.
One of the guys here is getting tattooed, and he asked someone else for tips about it. Poor guy got all these tales of terrible pain. I had to tell him the pain wasn't that bad. Well, not compared to the itching. I don't know if I helped, or even if my truth applies.
Connie Neil - Dec 08, 2009 10:19:44 am PST #23695 of 30001
brillig
I've never had an engagement ring. My first wedding ring was a thin gold band I happened to have in my jewelry box. My current wedding ring is a silver Celtic weave pattern we saw at a New Age book store, it cost $25.
-t - Dec 08, 2009 10:19:56 am PST #23696 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I don't know anyone who actually has the 3-mo-salary priced ring. Of the people who I know that sort of thing about. Mostly because they said some variation of "no way, that is too much money to be wearing around on my finger every day/to be spending" when it came up.
§ ita § - Dec 08, 2009 10:21:45 am PST #23697 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have a cousin who was buying herself baby rings--one coloured diamond for each of her four kids. I mean, for herself, for each of the four kids. She was spending $60-$90k on each one, and took them off to do the dishes. Her kids regularly borrowed them.
Just not my life.
Where do I get lunch from today? Chipotle? Maybe healthy?
eta: Man, WX is still down. That site is the red-headed stepchild (that's probably rude, huh?) of the WebCrossing effort.
Frankenbuddha - Dec 08, 2009 10:22:33 am PST #23698 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The Elf who wants to be a dentist
Wasn't his name Herbie?
Funny, I've heard Kevin on TC referred to as Yukon Cornelius AND as Heat Miser. Makes me wonder if they just gave the Yukon doll a make-over.
Burrell - Dec 08, 2009 10:25:27 am PST #23699 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I wear my grandmother's engagement ring. I love it all the more for the fact that it came from my mom.
Dana - Dec 08, 2009 10:26:12 am PST #23700 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
She was spending $60-$90k on each one
WHUT? I hope you mock her as much as you mock poor unsuspecting people wearing reindeer socks.