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jiannichan wrote: {snip}
Marriage is a wonderful thing.

When it works, it really works BUT when it's over, it is really over.

Russell wrote:My fiance and I used a custom jeweler to create her engagement and wedding band from a piece of paper and ideas that we doodled. It was a great experience and she truly has something remarkable now on her hand. :)

Unless you just really want to buy something from the store and the proposal be a total surprise, consider using a custom jeweler with her, and both of you design something she'll love.

Is the ring mentioned in the prenupt. agreement?

I'll see y'alls and raise you one.

Mrs. Oldgringo met my Friday afternoon flight in Pensacola upon my return from a job visit in south Florida. She looked really Florida nice. I asked her, 'what's up, you don't come to the airport'. She allowed as how, 'she was too old to live like this'. I said 'okay'. We got in our respective vehicles, drove into town to the courthouse and got married. We both had rings from previous marriages. We got in our respective vehicles and drove out to our house on Innerarity Point and had smoked mullet and boiled shrimp for supper.

That was 30 years and a whole lot of miles and places ago. Although she never asked, my wife, my traveling companion and my best friend of 30 years now has a modest diamond ring.

TheCytochromeC wrote:My girlfriend and I have been dating for four years in Feb. I'm thinking about asking her to marry me at/after dinner on our anniversary. I think it's certainly time to do so. I'm starting to look at engagement rings. All I can say is it hurts me, deep inside, to spend that much money without any NFA stamps to show for it.

Any advice fellas, or ladies?

If you're going to begrudge her the cost of the ring....this might not be the time.

Rather than a ring, get her an engagement gun?