turtlespeed 212 #26 December 1, 2007 QuoteHEY! What's the rule these days? I'm hearing a lot of different answers and figured I'd make a poll. Thanks all. First answer: if she is high maintenance - at least a 1/2 years pay - upgradeable - and certified - it's never ending if that is the case. Second answer: If she really loves you she will want you not the ring.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pinkfairy 0 #27 December 1, 2007 I thought that it was commitment and love that counted, not money. And diamonds are just compressed carbon anyway. Overpriced compressed carbon, sure, they are pretty, but factory made oneshttp://www.apollodiamond.com/, or even top quality zirkonias are just as pretty. But I guess it's part of american culture. Relax, you can die if you mess up, but it will probably not be by bullet. I'm a BIG, TOUGH BIGWAY FORMATION SKYDIVER! What are you? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richards 0 #28 December 1, 2007 Never thought of it as a rule. I wanted something nice for my wife (fiance at the time) but I was a student so funds were limitted. I think so long as there is reasonable thought put into picking one and you show that you want to buy here as nice a ring as you can afford that is fine. My biggest handicap is that sometimes the hole in the front of my head operates a tad bit faster than the grey matter contained within. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #29 December 1, 2007 An R.G. Dunn band, worked for me!Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #30 December 1, 2007 QuoteHEY! What's the rule these days? I'm hearing a lot of different answers and figured I'd make a poll. Thanks all. When it's the person you love, you don't follow rules. Do what's right for y'all. Rules are so impersonal.-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #31 December 1, 2007 QuoteQuoteHEY! What's the rule these days? I'm hearing a lot of different answers and figured I'd make a poll. Thanks all. When it's the person you love, you don't follow rules. Do what's right for y'all. Rules are so impersonal. Ding, ding, ding... We have winner! I believem you nailed it. It's all about y'all, not rules or outside pressure. That way, it keeps it 'honest'. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peregrinerose 0 #32 December 2, 2007 Quote The only way to win at that game is not to play. My wife got tired of waiting for me to ask her the question, (7 years) so she just put her aunts ring on her left ring finger and told me we were getting married. LOL!! I love that story, Hutch!! Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #33 December 2, 2007 QuoteQuoteQuoteHEY! What's the rule these days? I'm hearing a lot of different answers and figured I'd make a poll. Thanks all. When it's the person you love, you don't follow rules. Do what's right for y'all. Rules are so impersonal. Ding, ding, ding... We have winner! I believem you nailed it. It's all about y'all, not rules or outside pressure. That way, it keeps it 'honest'. Chuck We forgot the best and easiest answer to live with though . . . RUN AWAY - RUN AWAY NOW - RUN AWAY WHEREVER YOU CAN, BUT RUN AWAY!I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
galvar2439 0 #34 December 2, 2007 DON'T get caught up in that. I agree if she is expecting something huge that you cant afford, This is just the beginning and it will never end. Now if you can afford it, just remember you are setting a precident and there is no going back. I wish you the best of luckSo i just broke up with this woman who wasn't even my girlfriend! Hellfish #782, POPS #10664 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #35 December 2, 2007 QuoteDON'T get caught up in that. I agree if she is expecting something huge that you cant afford, This is just the beginning and it will never end. Now if you can afford it, just remember you are setting a precident and there is no going back. I wish you the best of luck Which part should I not get caught up in? Where I said: Quote*** HEY! What's the rule these days? I'm hearing a lot of different answers and figured I'd make a poll. Thanks all. First answer: if she is high maintenance - at least a 1/2 years pay - upgradeable - and certified - it's never ending if that is the case. Second answer: If she really loves you she will want you not the ring.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 200 #36 December 2, 2007 True. My ex actually traded-in my original ring for a larger diamond. That hurt. I think I spent about $1200 on it but the real point is it was every penny I had at the time. In hindsight I should have known then it was only a matter of time. Point being, the dollar value of the ring really means nothing. My SO's daughter was married last summer. Huge deal, contry club wedding and reception. Bill came to just over $30,000. I remember thinking at the time "what a waste of money". And for what? So your friends and relatives would be impressed? Same thing goes for the ring. If you can afford to put a rock on her finger do it, but it doesn't mean your marriage is any better or worse for it.Please don't dent the planet. Destinations by Roxanne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #37 December 2, 2007 If anyone's interested in reading just how much this whole thing is a marketing invention that's just turned into "tradition" over the past half-century or so, read One Perfect Day. It's fascinating from a business perspective, but culturally some of it will turn your stomach."There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,412 #38 December 2, 2007 Quote Second answer: If she really loves you she will want you not the ring. Then again, maybe she would like you in the ring: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LifeGem "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #39 December 2, 2007 Quote Quote Second answer: If she really loves you she will want you not the ring. Then again, maybe she would like you in the ring: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LifeGem Sweet - so all you need is to cut off and burn your left leg and voila . . . OR . . . you could be on a savings plan - and save the dandruff you get and after 10 - 15 yeras you will have enough to make a half carat ring.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyboySMB 0 #40 December 2, 2007 Not sure, my wife bought her own ring! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #41 December 2, 2007 Quote Quote Quote Quote HEY! What's the rule these days? I'm hearing a lot of different answers and figured I'd make a poll. Thanks all. When it's the person you love, you don't follow rules. Do what's right for y'all. Rules are so impersonal. Ding, ding, ding... We have winner! I believem you nailed it. It's all about y'all, not rules or outside pressure. That way, it keeps it 'honest'. Chuck We forgot the best and easiest answer to live with though . . . RUN AWAY - RUN AWAY NOW - RUN AWAY WHEREVER YOU CAN, BUT RUN AWAY! Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
headoverheels 292 #42 December 2, 2007 Quote Not sure, my wife bought her own ring! Steve, why am I not surprised? Any guy voting more than 1 month in this poll needs to turn in his guy card, and even then may need to get some hormone tests done. I remember a friend of my college girlfriend getting a sailboat as an engagement present. If I recall correctly, she was given a choice between the boat and the ring, and preferred the boat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
galvar2439 0 #43 December 2, 2007 It all depends on you. What kind of guy are you i mean. Does it make you feel good to have your woman flaunting a huge rock? I mean does your ego need it also. My first wife's ring was $27,000.00 and it made me feel like i was a success because i could afford it, Looking back it was the worst mistake i made. I let my ego start something that never ended until she left. We should have been concentrating on each other and not on material things. Money and material things cannot make you happy. Just one mans opinion. Hard lesson learned on my partSo i just broke up with this woman who wasn't even my girlfriend! Hellfish #782, POPS #10664 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krip 2 #44 December 2, 2007 The wife got me She don't need no engagement/wedding ringsIf they gotta have a ring IMO move on Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vskydiver 0 #45 December 3, 2007 Of course you agree! You're stuck with his cheap ass! Exactly! I love his ass! That is why I got married. Not for the ring. I could care less about the ring. Just want the ass. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Krip 2 #46 December 3, 2007 Quote Of course you agree! You're stuck with his cheap ass! Exactly! I love his ass! That is why I got married. Not for the ring. I could care less about the ring. Just want the ass. Hi V Johns not a cheap ass he's just "careful" with his $$$. Anyone with 4 kids and a lazy ass wife has to be careful with their money. I could care less about Johns Ass. OTOH forget itOne Jump Wonder Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misaltas 0 #47 December 7, 2007 Thanks a lot everyone! Lots of great advice there. Yall rock. Ohne Liebe sind wir nichts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
virgin-burner 1 #48 December 7, 2007 u Quote I have no idea, and this "rule" thing sounds silly to me. Even a month's salary sounds ridiculous to spend on a ring. I've never had any desire to be decorated with expensive jewelry, but that's just me. how YOU doin'!? i'd go with a tube stow! i mean, come on, we're skydivers! how much more romance would we need!? and if we loose our turn, at least there's some use for it.. “Some may never live, but the crazy never die.” -Hunter S. Thompson "No. Try not. Do... or do not. There is no try." -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Broke 0 #49 December 7, 2007 QuoteHEY! What's the rule these days? I'm hearing a lot of different answers and figured I'd make a poll. Thanks all. Why buy her a diamond when she won't last foreverDivot your source for all things Hillbilly. Anvil Brother 84 SCR 14192 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
waltappel 1 #50 December 7, 2007 Forget figuring the price range in terms of portion of income--do it in terms of jump tickets. "Is this chick *really* worth a 50 jump ticket buy-in?" Walt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
