I found the perfect man.
THEN:
I found the perfect engagement ring!
AND!
He didn’t drop dead at the sight of the $5600 price tag!
I love him!!
—heathro
This article appears in Aug 13-19, 2009.
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“Diamonds..she’ll pretty much have to”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ur2er-STls
Seems like you love him more now than before he bought the ring heathro, but I’ll just chalk that up to your wording of the post 🙂 Congrats!
My perfect ring costs less than $300.
PAS, if I wasn’t already hitched, I’d get you that perfect ring and take you to a Tuesday matinee. 😛
All the good ones are already taken!
You let him spend that ridiculous amount of money on a fucking ring!?! Here’s one marriage that’ll go tits up in about five years after you’ve spent yourself into the ground. I’ll even wager that your wedding is going to cost more than $3 grand. You, my dear, are a flake and I am so ashamed of grabby women like yourself.
I was surprised at myself, too. But it’s not as it seems. We don’t spend money like mad, nor are we planning an enormous wedding (read: elopement!). So I want a gorgeous ring, sue me! A girl’s gotta have a weakness. And thanks, nevermind. But I love him as much now as I did before! 🙂
At least a ring is a good investment. Better to spend extra there than on a dress or wedding decorations.
Yeah Miles, you can always hawk a ring if you have to. Harder to do with a dress I assume 🙂
I know someone who bought a $3500 ring for a girl recently, then broke off the engagement, and less than a month later got less than half for the ring when he sold it. So, not really that great of an investment.
Ummm, he got that ring back-that’s lame. If he broke the engagement, how does he justify asking for a GIFT back? If the girl was smart, she would have sold it herself
If you ask Judge Judy, an engagement ring is a gift given in relation to a committment, once that committment is broken, the gift is to be given back.
I don’t know that I would ask for it back myself, but I don’t think I’d want to keep either. But I certainly wouldn’t want to lose out on $3000 for a few months worth of engagement.
If the marriage lasts, it’s a great investment! Sucks for the guy you know.
LOL when you drop the ring down the sink and lol when you get divorced….sorry
ha ha ha PAS I saw that one too. It’s a contract and if you break the contract… ha ha ha love JJ
Diamonds are NOT an investment at all. One of the biggest scams ever sure, investment no way. Unless you spend $100,000+ on one – that’s the point you have an investment. Search the Atlantic Monthly article “Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?” – a bit has changed since it was written, but not much.
Wow, you must feel pretty strongly about this to have chosen it as your screen name…
Yeah yeah, the diamond industry is a sham, blah blah blah. I still want my beautiful ring. 🙂
I never understood fascinations with sparkly things, seems so mindless to me.
I know diamond mining has a horrible history in terms of destruction to the environment and human rights abuses. Ever heard the terms “conflict diamonds”, “blood diamonds” or “war diamonds”? There are supposed eco-friendly, fair traded diamonds out there. But I suspect you did bother to do any research behind your diamond. What can you do? The girl wants her beautiful ring. Nothing else matters right?
Yes, I’ve heard those terms. I’m not some shut-in spoiled brat, though my post might make people think so. Honestly though, I don’t know enough about fair-trade diamonds. I’ll do some research. Thanks for your helpful, albeit facetious, post.
Heathro, my best friend’s husband looked into this when he was buying her engagement ring. He found that the best way to go was the Canadian diamonds. Quite pricey, but so worth it. Her ring is gorgeous!
Congrats, btw =)
They’re out there, Heathro. I have a 100% conflict-free Canadian diamond and it is beautiful!
Also, they can manufacture real diamonds now for much cheaper than mined diamonds with equal quality and no ethical conflicts.
For example: http://www.sitaragem.com/diamond.php?gclid…
The manufactured diamonds are very tempting, but I have to wonder if they would really last like a diamond would. As in, passed down through the family. The Sitaragems would be great for jewelry (in fact I’m perusing their earrings as we speak), but as far as an engagement ring goes.. I don’t know. I’m skeptical.
I need to ask..why is the ring so important? I mean is it so you make sure that all your friends notice it and go ga ga over it? I mean really, is it even RELEVANT what the ring looked like? Give me a break. If your marriage is starting off so superficial then you may as well get a good divorce lawyer now.
If you’re going to wear the same piece of jewelery for the REST OF YOUR LIFE it had better be something nice.
Or at least something you love.
TTFN–can you even have a wedding for less than 3 G’s? I mean even a trip to Vegas to elope would put you back that much…
I wouldn’t drop dead, but I would be asking you for a nice LED 60″ TV in return.
I’ve had my 299.99 ring for a year now and I think It’s beautiful because of the meaning behind it.
I’d rather spend that money on a nice couch, flat screen TV and whatever else we need ATM..
But realistically, most girls love diamonds! Even me, the plainest jane tom boy in town!
We have the trade up option (they take the 299.99 off our new ring) so it’ll make a good gift once our money is straightened out
CONGRATULATIONS HEATHRO!!!!
I’m glad you found the perfect man & the perfect diamond