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Getbig Female Info Boards => Open Talk for Girl Discussion => Topic started by: jaejonna on September 28, 2006, 07:18:32 AM
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Hey babes,
What are your feelings about being in a relationship that has reached its year anniversary and getting a 'promise ring' as an aniversary gift ?? Is this common ?
Jaejonna
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Ive had a friend that has given out 4 "promise rings" in 5 years. Once it was because he was caught cheating on his girl so he gave her one. Kind of like a smaller scale kobe.
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I guess I'm not sure what a Promise Ring means. Does it mean you promise to marry her? IMO if you hand a girl a ring box or even a ring, she may think you're proposing and when you then call it a promise ring, there may be some trouble :P
...........unless you've talked about a promise ring together and she knows that's what her ring is from the start.
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I think the term is the modern day "going steady"... equivalent to her wearing my "pin".
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Yeah I think JJ has it right. I have never given any kind of ring except for earings, but i think its like a commitment ring.
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I think the term is the modern day "going steady"... equivalent to her wearing my "pin".
So it just means you and her are exclusive? Of course you can both just verbally agree to this but I think that's kind of sweet that the ring is a symbol of your fidelity.
But I think you should tell her you want to give her a "promise ring" before giving it to her or she may think you are giving her an engagement ring.
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But with the engagement ring you go through the speech and the one knee. I think the promise ring is less dramatic.
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I think I would like it, depending on the ring...any pictures?
Oh and an explanation at the time of giving would be a good thing
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Hey babes,
What are your feelings about being in a relationship that has reached its year anniversary and getting a 'promise ring' as an aniversary gift ?? Is this common ?
Jaejonna
Bro
If shes Flip, just give her a balut with your name on it! She'll understand! ;D
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Bro
If shes Flip, just give her a balut with your name on it! She'll understand! ;D
You sick, twisted bastard ;D :)
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You sick, twisted bastard ;D :)
Yeah, someone in the group has to be the gross one. ;D Did I ever tell you what Dinaguan is?
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Jesus I just googled it :-X
I don't know which one is worse, let me put it this way I'm sure as hell not eating either one voluntarily.
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Great idea.
Next time i take my girl to a restaurant, i'll get down on my knee, take out a ring.
And promise not to fart in bed ever again.
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it used to be, you got pinned
then you got a promise ring
then you got an engagement ring...this is the point of no return, you'd lose face after that. YOu set the date with the engagement ring, the promise ring just means exclusivity, not marrage
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Great idea.
Next time i take my girl to a restaurant, i'll get down on my knee, take out a ring.
And promise not to fart in bed ever again.
I'll bet $100 you can't keep that promise :)
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Hey babes,
What are your feelings about being in a relationship that has reached its year anniversary and getting a 'promise ring' as an aniversary gift ?? Is this common ?
Jaejonna
This husband (i've had one other ;D) is the only guy in my life to have bought me a so called "promise ring"...a few months later i got the engagement ring and it was beautiful. When we got married we had a duplicate of the promise ring made and that's what he put on my finger at the wedding. I say promise rings are just fine...plus this guy is a keeper!!!!!
Lisa
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watch out for a kanardly diamond
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watch out for a kanardly diamond
what's that Meddie?
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it's so small, you kanardly see it! :D
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hehehehehe
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Hey babes,
What are your feelings about being in a relationship that has reached its year anniversary and getting a 'promise ring' as an aniversary gift ?? Is this common ?
Jaejonna
Nothing says love like CZ, trust me ::)
http://cubiczirconia.goldenmine.com/
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thought you might enjoy that ;)
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it's so small, you kanardly see it! :D
That's funny!!!!!
Lisa
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I have to admit I stole that from my sister...but it was funny when she said it
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I just say "give me a ring later..."
...on my way out the door.
xL
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8 months within to my current relationship I got my girl a .50ct diamond ring. She cried then was happy, then cried and then held me for abit, and then.. well you have to be 18+ for that story. at 2 years into the relationship I got her an engagement ring, but we are not in engaged. 2.5 ct diamond ring. Same story just funnier, she didn't want to open the box fear for it to be empty. Then the 18+ happened again. Now I just buy her food and a movie, like to old days. To hell with rings. Diamond are not forever, you know why? Because you'll dead before they get put back into the ground.
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IMO, Dont go half way with a promise ring, talk is cheap.. IF they mean that much to you, spend the extra cash and get an engagement ring.
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my 2 cents...
if i love a girl i'll propose...
a promise ring shows that someone is unsure about love...
you either r in love or not
heed this sonnet
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come:
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
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"a promise ring shows that someone is unsure about love..."
I agree with Toxic and I love the sonnet!
IMO, a promise ring just seems so high schoolish. High schoolish as in the 60's! But if you are in to that sort of thing, that's your business. Good luck to you whatever you decide to do.
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I say skip on the promise ring and save it for the real deal. An engagement ring. That will truly tell her how you feel about her. ;)
PB
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I say skip on the promise ring and save it for the real deal. An engagement ring. That will truly tell her how you feel about her. ;)
PB
i agree. promise rings seem immature.
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they had their day in a more courtly society
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is it true that the first time a woman gets engaged its a diamond, but if she gets divordced, etc then it's ok to get her another stone or a ring that has several stones?
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I told my girl to chill with the promise ring ans instead I bought her nice jeans (hence the jeans thread) I told her that I didnt want to spend alot of money on something that will look small and insignificant but rather to buy something you would actually use!
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Bro
If shes Flip, just give her a balut with your name on it! She'll understand! ;D
buwahahahaha
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i agree. promise rings seem immature.
Highschool kids do the promise ring thing. Immature is right.
PB
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i actually look forward to the time when i get to buy a woman a ring
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i actually look forward to the time when i get to buy a woman a ring
i'm already looking. And believe me Migs, its not cheap. I'm in the 8 grand budget just to give you an idea.
PB
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i'm already looking. And believe me Migs, its not cheap. I'm in the 8 grand budget just to give you an idea.
PB
jebus man, that's a lot. Well i'm in the beginning stages of looking (i.e. still need a girl, lol)
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i thought an engagement ring is one third of your yearly salary ??
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i thought an engagement ring is one third of your yearly salary ??
Gosh I hope you find a woman who thinks this is ridiculous...people are so superficial and so easily influenced by advertisments it makes me shake my head
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i thought an engagement ring is one third of your yearly salary ??
Two months salary.
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debeers
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Two months salary.
More...
PB
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Gosh I hope you find a woman who thinks this is ridiculous...people are so superficial and so easily influenced by advertisments it makes me shake my head
Its not even that, rings in General are very expensive. Even a half decent engagement ring will cost anywhere from 4-5 thousand dollars. then you have to worry about the quality of the cut, flaws in the diamond(s), etc. You know the drill, the more you spend, the better quality cut of diamond you get. It pays to know a good jewler.
PB
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Gosh I hope you find a woman who thinks this is ridiculous...people are so superficial and so easily influenced by advertisments it makes me shake my head
I know. I think unless someone is loaded it is ghey to spend tons on a ring. If you are rich...cool. I know people who didn't own homes who went out and spent thousands on rings. People that had kids already, no college fund, but spent a mint on on rings :-\
My engagement and wedding rings were both rather inexpensive. We bought a house instead. I had a great marriage, and still wear them around my neck to this day. They have not turned green as of yet ;D
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lol. I understand wanting to give your SO a nice ring, but 4-5k is a lot of money
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lol. I understand wanting to give your SO a nice ring, but 4-5k is a lot of money
I hear ya. Thats why its best if you know of or have a good hook up with a jewler. Things can get pretty pricy.
PB
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yeah but man it seems like its hard to find a jeweler that seems to be looking out or you
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yeah but man it seems like its hard to find a jeweler that seems to be looking out or you
I meant a buddy or relative in the business.
PB
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I know. I think unless someone is loaded it is ghey to spend tons on a ring. If you are rich...cool. I know people who didn't own homes who went out and spent thousands on rings. People that had kids already, no college fund, but spent a mint on on rings :-\
My engagement and wedding rings were both rather inexpensive. We bought a house instead. I had a great marriage, and still wear them around my neck to this day. They have not turned green as of yet ;D
Very nice to hear (and congrats of course on having a good marriage and head on your shoulders!)
It is just a stupid ring...people should spend more time getting the relationship part down and not worry so much about the 4 C's and the wedding (imo)
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how much is the average wedding now a days, i heard something like 20k??? :o
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That may be the average but I know a few couples weddings that were over 30 G's and they did not have a ton of money. What was the craziest was like 2 months after one girls wedding I was speaking with her mother. Now the wedding was beautiful and the room looked amazing and the mother says "We should have had more flowers on the tables" WTF??? I would think that you would be saying "man, we spent too much on flowers, or decorations...blah blah blah" Most people don't remember those things, they remember the dancing and people and overall atmosphere. Who really cares if there were 10 more roses on each table? Granted decorations add to the overall ambiance but people are crazy.
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sorry but that is insane to me. i rather use that money to buy a home or something
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Exactly
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Aren't promise rings something you do at like 17 years old?
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nope. not unless you are a wussy
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nope. not unless you are a wussy
Migs, I was married for 20 years to my childhood sweetheart. We hooked up at like 14. I had known her since kindergarten. I can't even remember anything about how courtship works. At 45 this old dog isn't learning any new tricks!
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lol. growing up for me we would give girls our varsity pin..never a promise ring