Re: OT: Questions on proposing marriage and buying a ring...

Fakey McFake scribbled in pink crayon:

> 
> Oy. I wish women realized that the whole ring thing was basically a
> scam. A big company holds a monopoly on diamonds, and makes them
> expensive, and has convinced the *world* that you need one of their
> overpriced rocks for true love (2 months salary? Christ. Why don't you
> *eat* with that, or something?)

LOL

That is too true. I don't know if I agree with a ring having to be of 
certain value, or even that you need a ring at all. I guess that is what 
is wrong with the world - that you measure someone's worth or value (and 
whether you want to marry someone) on how much they paid for a piece of 
jewellery, or how much money they have, rather than their feelings for 
you.

I'd prefer it like the old days, where all they did was give the family 
a cow... :)

(I am very happily married and did not need an expensive ring (ie in the 
many thousands) or wedding to show it. What a joke.)

If anything, my advice to the original poster would be that if anyone 
expects you to pay $10,000 for a ring, and if you're feeling so much 
pressure to get it perfect... then maybe it just not the right time. Or 
maybe you're just swallowing all this tripe about engagements and 
weddings having to be 'perfect' in order to be successful. Just loving 
each other is enough. be honest with her, tell her you love her and want 
her to marry you. Thats all that matters. The rest of it is just 
bullshit.
 
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