Bling survey for engaged/married OOTers

[The Bus Driver]

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TBD,

I am appreciative of your post as I wasn't entirely sure about all of the things you mentioned. It turns out I was right about them, but was really quite unsure.

I am still unsure as to how I feel about the whole "expensive ring" aspect of it. I get the feeling that the type of woman I'll someday marry won't view an expensive ring as a necessity. Nor will she be truly saddened if I didn't get her one (whether being open or hidden about that).

That, of course, doesn't mean that I won't be getting a fancy ring. Shrug. I have more important issues to worry about concerning marriage than the ring. I figure if I can hurdle all of the other obstacles--like finding a woman--then the ring problem will solve itself.

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I wouldn't worry about whether or not you're going to be getting her a big huge ring or any ring at all. It'll sort itself out. If you're a big fancy ring kind of person, fine. If you're not, that's fine too. I'm pretty sure that if she's going to marry you for the right reasons, the ring isn't going to be an issue one way or another and she'll love it either way (unless you're stupid about it and buy way more than you can afford).

[fnord_too]

I got this cheesy "World Player" magazine somehow (I think Royal Vegas sent it to me when I used to play there, just started coming one day). There was a two page article on the African diamond trade in there one time, and I got my wife to read it. Now she does not want mne to buy her any diamonds. In business school, they call this goal congruence.

My number is between 1 and 9 (She read the thing a while after we were married, but didn't mind a reasonably priced engagement ring).

[XXXNoahXXX]

fnord,

wait til she finds out about canadian diamonds [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[fnord_too]

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fnord,

wait til she finds out about canadian diamonds [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Well, she doesn't mind the stuff made in labs. Also, damn Canadians!

[Death Valley]

Mine was less than 100th but thats because I got a great deal on my ring this ring was $50 incl s/h eBay
an her set was about $8000 . The same ring was in the mall for 280-350. eBay rocks

[ArcticKnight]

We never bought in the the hype of "2 months salary, if you really love her blah blah...." We both agreed to go light on the rings and use the $ for a down payment on a house. So, we spent about $1000.

That was many years ago, but considering the interest we saved on the mortgage, I'd say we saved about 40K in total. We both feel better being "mortgage free" years ahead of our friends, and my wife could care less about the "rocks" that other women have.

PS. I live about 400 miles from BHP and Diavik sites in the NWT, and while the diamonds that come from these mines have excellent colour and clarity, we should all keep in mind that there is NOTHING rare about diamonds.

[The Bus Driver]

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I got this cheesy "World Player" magazine somehow (I think Royal Vegas sent it to me when I used to play there, just started coming one day). There was a two page article on the African diamond trade in there one time, and I got my wife to read it. Now she does not want mne to buy her any diamonds. In business school, they call this goal congruence.

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If you want to keep this up and find her waning on this, rent/netflix Blood Diamond. It's a pretty good movie, so you might want to see it anyway.