Someone in my team just got engaged!!! Man I'm jealous!

Georgiegirl256

lori64 wrote: »

What is it with women and expensive rings?????
Does it prove someone's love??? NO!! Some guys will buy you one, just to shut you up!!

If the ring is a major priority over anything else for you...then you really should NOT be entangling yourself to someone!!
Im a life long singleton....and if I did actually meet the man off my dreams..the ring would be the last thing on my mind!!!

Don't tar all Women with the same brush....

Personally, rings aren't that important to me, I have some lovely jewellery, I just choose not to wear it much. So your post should have said "What is it with some Women and expensive rings???"

pickledonionspaceraider

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

Don't tar all Women with the same brush....

Personally, rings aren't that important to me, I have some lovely jewellery, I just choose not to wear it much. So your post should have said "What is it with some Women and expensive rings???"

I'm genuinely pizzled by that other ladys (above) post. She basically calls all women materialistic, but is female herself lol

ska_lover

pickledonionspaceraider wrote: »

A life long singleton - and bitter much?:rotfl:

Sorry but your post does come across as such.

Your post starts off sounding like it is from a man...then it turns out you are female.

''Some guys will buy you one, just to shut you up'' - is that from experience? Have you been let down in the past?

Surely that should read, ''what is it with SOME women and expensive rings'' - as you are tarring all women with the same brush, then you yourself being female say it would be the last thing you would want - rather conflicting rant, there. I think you are just saying all this, because you HAVEN'T met the man of your dreams and I think when you do fall in love, you will see the romantic side of things and actually WANT to commit your life to him, whereas at the moment, you don't have a romantic bone in your body. Wonder if that is why you are single, as you are giving out the Ice Maiden routine?:eek:

I was just looking at that, and thought it was a man too, how she starts off bemoaning the female gender..Hillarious

ska_lover

still trying to figure out the point of that comment lol

duchy

I wouldn't have a bridesmaid who showed such lack of class :eek:

It is no ones business how much a gift cost and only the shallow who'd think it mattered anyway. An engagement ring is meant to be a token of a promise no more no less.

JoolzS

Nenen wrote: »

We've now been married almost 32 years but I doubt we'd ever have got married if I'd agreed to live with him first!

Which one of you would have refused to marry the other if you knew then what you know now?

I was engaged to, and lived with, two different men before I eventually lived with and got engaged to my DH. We've been married for nearly 18 years. Looking back I don't regret anything I had with the other two but I'm damn glad I didn't marry either of them

lostinrates

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

That's the phrase I have in my head, and even though I can sometimes come across as abit hard faced, and have all these wisecrack replies ready, when it comes down to it, when I'm put on the spot, I wimp out and don't know what to say, I can also be quite emotional too I need to be a faster thinker and more quick witted!

I just tell them we cannot. After a few years it becomes a bit easier and hopefully the slight realisation of their tactlessness will save a couple still in the more raw stage the same rude question.

I also have come to accept its natural people will be curious as to why. It's the people that don't give up asking or pestering that are worse than the once askers IMO.

Georgiegirl256

ska_lover wrote: »

Some women are materialistc I will agree.

I had first hand experience of this with my bridesmaid, when I showed her my ring, first thing she did was ask how much it cost, then when I told her, her response was..''oh mine cost £xx more than that!'' - I'm still trying to figure out the point of that comment lol

I'd have been lik "oh, I didn't realise this was a competition?" Cheeky biatch. :rotfl:

Lagoon

Torry_Quine wrote: »

I don't see how your brother is doing things the 'old-fashioned' way. That to me is getting engaged and then planning the wedding which includes finding a place to live. I do agree with those who can't get the idea that an engagement doesn't naturally lead to planning a wedding and that engagements last for many, many years in some cases.:o

I see.

I thought that was what you'd been saying. You get engaged and THEN take time to discuss marriage and your future. That way, if your views aren't compatible you have time to find out and break off the engagement.

Georgiegirl256

lostinrates wrote: »

I just tell them we cannot. After a few years it becomes a bit easier and hopefully the slight realisation of their tactlessness will save a couple still in the more raw stage the same rude question.

I also have come to accept its natural people will be curious as to why. It's the people that don't give up asking or pestering that are worse than the once askers IMO.

Thanks yeah, those that dont quit asking are SO rude I just feel like barking at them "you should NEVER ask anyone personal questions like that...." or the more sarcastic version "Oh, I didn't realise it was national ask a personal question day, let me ask you one now!" These are the answers in my head, what comes out is another matter....

We could possibly have children, but it would be a fairly high risk pregnancy, so for now, we've decided to leave it.