Engagement rings

What Tuco said. Also, there really isn't any reason to rush into a marriage, especially when you are young. My wife and I dated for about 1.5 years, then lived together for 3 more years, before we got married (and we were in our 30s). I look at my little cousin, just got married, probably to the first girl he ever banged, now they have a kid, and he's 19 years old. I really just wanted to smack him upside the head, but what can you do.

If it is the right person, why wait? If that is the person you see yourself with forever, you are living together and sharing finances, what is the point in dating for several years?

Am I behind financially because I am 28, have 3 kids, never finished college and am a stay at home mom? Obviously. Am I doing with my life what I really wanted? Yes.

That's what matters, to me at least. Having more money makes things easier but it doesn't necessarily make it better.

I'm not saying absolutely don't get married if you are young, I'm saying that if you can do it by being smart and reasonable and staying within your financial means then you are probably responsible enough to handle marriage and all it entails, whether you're 18, 30, 50, or whatever. If you're broke and 18 and you want your family to plunk down 50K for a wedding, well, you're a dumbshit and you have a LOT of growing up to do before you should even consider marriage.

tl;dr live within your means, if you can't then you're gonna have problems regardless of how old you are

Sure you'll have decades to be married, but it is also nice to be able to have kids while you're young. I never wanted to be mid thirties and just starting a family.

You can also be wrong when you get married at 40. I didn't say rush into marriage, I said get married if it is the right person.

Forgive me if I sound ageist here, but the majority of teenagers/early 20-somethings have no idea who is or is not the right person. Especially if that's the only person you've ever dated. I don't understand the rush to get that piece of paper that says you're married. You're together, who cares if you have it or not. The only real pertinent benefit for most people would be health insurance from spouse or *maybe* lower taxes. Oh, and spousal benefits from your armed forces spouse (but I find that is more often a "scam" than not).

My wife's cousin got married damn young. Bought a home *just* before he got married, wife never worked a day, he put her through school. Just as she's about to finish, she starts cheating on him, leaves him, gets a divorce, and he has to pay her off in the high five digits just so he's not forced to sell his home... that she never paid a dime into... and it wasn't like she was staying home taking care of the kids (they had none). Had they not rushed into marriage, and just dated longer, he'd have had more time to see what a crazy psycho bitch she was.

Half as many people get divorced each year as get married. It's not some sacred thing apparently. What's the rush? /shrug

(PS I never wanted to be in my mid 30s starting a family either, but it took me that long to find the woman I was willing to spend my life with. I'm glad you found that much sooner, we can't all be that lucky)

Meh, just sounds like what you are saying is that shitty people are shitty.

It all just comes down to when it feels right. And for some, that turns out to be wrong. But people get divorced at all age ranges, after months of marriage or after many years. People who are not mature enough to get married young, shouldn't, obviously. I get that.

My wife's ring cost about $500. It has a small stone of whatever name and is made of Palladium. She didn't give a flying fuck I guess, because she was already 34 when I proposed...
Our wedding rings are also Palladium. She doesn't wear gold jewelry only silver, so it was Palladium or Platinum, and at 4-5x the price that wasn't an option, at all.

The wedding itself cost... I don't know, 20 bucks at the town house. Then nothing for church, we pay church tax for that. Of course, with flowers, dress, and reception for roughly 100 people we probably spent $10k, but broke even with the gifts. Didn't matter either way.

I'm either having a d?j?-vu here or we've discussed this on FoH/MN already.

You definitely right, they taking money just for brending or for they rents payment in Malls. In Israle we have some shops near the diamond exchange and they have relly good prices. Try to find shops like this near you.

Heylel_sl said:

...(she's a gerontologist by training, so she's keenly aware of necessities like saving early and living within our means now so that we can enjoy retirement in good health later).

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Your GF looks at vaginas all day? Sweet.

Bane_sl said:

Your GF looks at vaginas all day? Sweet.

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Stupid or trolling, not quite sure...

Heylel_sl said:

In case not trolling, no.

Gerontologists are specialists in aging and the elderly.

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so old vaginas?

this is one of the greatest videos i've seen in a LONG time. big anniversary coming up next year--now i've got an idea of what i could get her. i've never liked the idea of getting jewlery because its just too dang expensive!

Well said.

My GF and I went looking at rings yesterday and the place we went to didn't acknowledge stones other than diamonds even existed lol. This shit is such a scam.

Yeah I'm abandoning the chains and I'm going to go and look at some smaller stores next.

http://www.diamondnexus.com... can't tell the difference