got a ring, how to pop...
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- tkmeister0
that would work even better with a real puppy. my gf loves puppies. girls love puppies.
- swollenelbow0
i know...my landlord would eat the dog for lunch tho. my girl loves puppies like you wouldn't believe.
cool harl...i work in long island tho...gotta drive every morning. loving my new toyota prius for the commute tho =)
- chossy0
tie it round your boaby :D
when she unzipps you and finds the ring she will pure love you for your inventiveness and mature approach to sex and commitment.
- swollenelbow0
that's way too classy for me choss! hahah good one tho....
- harlequino0
Oof, to Long Island? Bitch of a commute!
I'm lucky that I have a 15 minute drive right now, but I'm looking to change maybe to working in the city.
Luckily I live right around the corner from the Mt. Vernon West. station.*crosses fingers...
- chossy0
:D he he
- swollenelbow0
so, are you allowed to show the ring like to friends and family before hand or is that sacred? i haven't seen the final product either.
- mg330
I'm getting close to that time too. :)
We've been together 3 1/2 years, and something lately has really made me feel like it's time. I've always known it, and I guess now I'm wondering why I've waited so long.
I think I've just grown up around people who took their time and it rubbed off on me.
It's just stressing to think about shopping for a ring, buying it, how to pay for it. saving a little more money, will it be the right one, what if it's not a carat, etc. I know it shouldn't be a stressful thing though.
- chossy0
|I don't think oyu are allowed to swollen, I actually wouldn't through choice.
- swollenelbow0
mg, i was like that too...if it's the right time it just happens as natural as anything else.
before long you'll be posting on NT about suggestions and chossy will tell you to "wrap it around your wange!r" and you'll say "no chossy, that may be to classy" =)
- mg330
swollen - it's strange, something just tells me it's time, and it's right about when I expected it to be two years ago or so.
I'm sure my GF's family is wondering why I'm taking so long.
After we'd been together for just over a year, I got an email from one of her older sisters asking about our relationship and if/when I wanted to propose to her to talk to her (the sister) first. She knew what kind of ring, what size, and would help me out. That was January 2004, and it's 2006 now.But ever since then I've not wanted her help, I guess because I want my GF to be able to surprise her family and them not know about it.
So much to think about...really occupying my mind lately, but that's a good thing.
- kezza_20
my lady chose hers, so I dont think it was much of a suprise.
But I did pop the Q in a very cool boutique hotel room, with some champagne before taking her a very cool gig. During the day I took her shopping and bought her some clothes for the evening too.
The gig line up was, The Smiths (-Morrissey), New Order, The Doves, Badly Drawn Boy, 808 State, Mr Scruff, Mani from the Stone Roses DJ'd, and Shaun Rider and Bez Finished the evening with some classics.
We got very drunk, and had a great time.
- mg330
kezza - can you explain that lineup?
Did you see The Smiths, or did you see Morrissey?
Just confused if you saw The Smiths, who's last album came out in 1987, and Doves, whose first EP came out in 1998. I assume you meant Morrissey.
Either way, that's one hell of a show.
- bukka0
I put out some candles, had some nice red wine and blind folded her when she came to my door, she thought I was unveiling artwork to her, but I hid the ring in 2 dozen roses and was down on one knee with roses in front of her, it took a sec but she found, had some nice wine to toast the event and went to dinner. she seemed to like it....
As for rings, find a family jeweler of a friend and have them make you something, its cheaper than the bigger diamond stores and its usually way better quality.
- D_Dot0
I asked at the peak of Whistler Mountain... It was pretty cool.
Got any mountains near by?
- fullerc0
I think I'm going to propose on Easter, our unofficial anniversary.
That was the day, 8 years ago, that I brought her home to meet the parents.
She's really starting to pressure me but but I do love her and she does deserve it. I consider ourselves to be married anyway but I guess we need the church or state to make it official.Did anyone here do the traditional thing and ask her father for permission?
I was sort of thinking about that but I've know her folks for so long that I'm more worried about him saying "why the f' did it take you so long?"The answer? I'm the only person in my family ( parents and 2 sisters) that has never been divorced and I'd like to try and keep it that way.
- D_Dot0
My Fiance is portuguese, and so are her parents, so ya I had to ask or I would have been shot.
- mg330
very nice fullerc.
Question for you:
Has she literally been pressuring you, or does it just feel that way?I'm not having direct pressure from my GF, but I'm at that point where I'm preoccupied with wondering what she's thinking, if she wonders when I'm ever going to get around to it, if I ever am, etc.
I'm just really 50/50 on contacting her sister about it. She'll flip out. She can keep a secret, but she'll go bananas.
- not_lebowski0
don't do it, especially if you're under heavy mind control. just buy a porsche and chase slutty 20 somethings around a major metropolitan area. check your dipstick when you're 40.
- mg330
Anyone who has bought a ring: What made you get what you did? Did you get what you could afford or go overboard? Did you not want to spend a ton because the money could be better spent on other things like wedding, honeymoon, house savings, etc?
That's where I am. To do something soon, the most feasable thing is to spend around $2,000-2,400.
I'm just afraid of someone saying "It's not a carat," or some materialistic crap like that. The $$ jump from 3/4 to 1 is outrageous, and the size difference is really not that much.