SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

thanks

Damn, I should have gotten a diamond since I gave him citizenship. It would have helped me buy a car.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

I aint that easy.

Why can't both parties get a present for getting married? Maybe a set of engagement rings....

Why does it even need to be a ring? Why not a pair of matching puppies? Matching contributions to a favourite charity? A trip around the world for two? Equal contributions to a new house?

meow85 said:

matching tattoo's

pink and purple blind folds

Who pays for the Honeymoon?

estelle81 said:

both...

mix of soda can refunds

heartbeatocean said:

In this case you deserve to have to walk around with your hand on a crane because you are unable to lift it off the floor

meggy said:

But they aren't excepted in certain states, so that limits the honeymoon.

meggy said:

I thinking getting tattoos of/for a lover is a bit silly, but hell, why not?

I see no reason the engagement signifier needs to be a ring in the first place.

estelle81 said:

round trip honeymoon, you take cans from one place to another untill you get home

meggy said:

that's a great idea

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

The man gives his woman an engagement ring which shows his seriousness of making her his wife. Then it's "official" that they intend to marry.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Personally, I'd rather have a ring that I find beautiful...and cost/size doesn't really have much to do with that.

I would have done it without a diamond, agreed, I mean. I like mine. Luckily my fiance got a sensible woman and he felt more inclined to give me one than I would have ever felt to demand or request I had one. All three rings has cost us just at $1k, and his ring is to be more envied than mine. He is positively itching to wear it, and I'm thinking about letting him even though we're not married yet.

Ah well. I don't know why women feel they need one first. There are much more important things to consider than a rock. I saw a barbie doll in the toy aisle a couple of days ago at K Mart, it was some wedding Barbie. Anyway, the wedding barby had a big sparkly dress with pink trim (naturally) and a humungous pink ring on her left hand. Took up most of her doll hand,in fact, and the box was labelled, "What every girl dreams of." Good to know we're bred from a young age to expect a giganormous rock on our fingers.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

Tell me about it. All I got in exchange was a lot of grief.

Boy, this thread hit a lot of buttons

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I think the word "bribe" was the culprit for me.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

luv4u said:

plus it is compensation for her future years of suffering

I think matching wedding bands, say platinum and white gold, is nice. Screw the big engagement ring. Mon knows she'd never get a ring with a big stone stuck in it as she'd bash that sucker on something and it'd fall out.

AnckSuNamun said:

Yes, they do

emm said:

I wear my grandmothers wedding band on my right hand that I inherited after she passed

If both parties were serious and sincere
then this wouldnt be an issue. They already would be secure enough where each would know what they want for themselves and for their partner.

origmnd said:

misread, nothing to see here move along.
[Edited 3/22/07 0:10am]

lazycrockett said:

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

i don't either. i find this custom to be strange and unsettling. it's like the opposite of a dowry, a hold over from the bride-price days.

estelle81 said:

meggy said:

Meggy's an exception to everything . Honestly she hasn't even begun to tell everything she's been through.Everyone thinks she's lucky because she "hooked" Pat. Well, let me tell ya, she was looking for anybody but a musician, wanted the simple things in life. He's the lucky one to find her and had to work hard to get her to take anything, she loves him for himself not his fame or money..

Her "real" engagement ring is an almost 4 carat pink flawless heart shaped diamond. Pat keeps it in his vault because Meggy's afraid to wear it, mostly afraid she's gonna lose it but it's not safe to have something like that in our neighborhood. Her everyday ring has three princess cut diamonds in a simple setting. It's gorgeous too and he was over the moon because she wears it. He was afraid it would still be too much. She would have been happy with anything at all from him. Didn't have to be diamonds at all.

She's the best and that's all there is to that.

shellyevon said:

Well there is certainly no need to get defensive This thread is targeted at the greedy whores who would not marry a man without a diamond or a diamond of a certain size. Sounds like Meggy appreciates life and that is great. If she put a price on her love, well.....