Engagement rings

Oh jesus please don't get him started.

Heylel_sl said:

Nah, she's cool with synthetic. I'm getting off surprisingly easy.

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Yeah, that's what shesays. Unfortunately, once she gathers at the hen house, it'll be an entirely different story.

At our belated VD dinner last night, the special lady friend and I were discussing our mutual friends' recent engagement. The couple that originally introduced us to each other got engaged last week. The dude makes good coin, and got her some 10k+ monstrosity. I asked my special lady friend what she thought of the ring. Her first adjective was "obnoxious".

She passed the test.

Tuco_sl said:

Thanks to my tutelage my wife has developed a superiority complex to women who love diamonds.

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Didn't you guys get married right out of high school? First love and all that? How old are you two? It won't be long before she starts craving some of that dick she missed out on during her "wild" years she never had.

Eomer_sl said:

Her first adjective was "obnoxious".

She passed the test.

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Yeah, a woman would definitely turn down a 10k object on her finger. It's "obnoxious" because she's jealous, just like all women would be who got a less than 10k dollar ring.

Kirun_sl said:

Didn't you guys get married right out of high school? First love and all that? How old are you two? It won't be long before she starts craving some of that dick she missed out on during her "wild" years she never had.



Yeah, a woman would definitely turn down a 10k object on her finger. It's "obnoxious" because she's jealous, just like all women would be who got a less than 10k dollar ring.

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For newlyweds, a 10k ring isn't going to be obnoxious. A high quality 1ct brilliant can cost 6-8k, and 2ct of the same quality is going to be conservatively 15-20k. I am talking towards the upper end near flawless. Neither of these are going to appear very big. 10k will sit around 1.5c.

Obnoxious (for newlyweds) is 3ct or more, which will cost 60-70k for the same quality.

Eomer_sl said:

At our belated VD dinner last night, the special lady friend and I were discussing our mutual friends' recent engagement. The couple that originally introduced us to each other got engaged last week. The dude makes good coin, and got her some 10k+ monstrosity. I asked my special lady friend what she thought of the ring. Her first adjective was "obnoxious".

She passed the test.

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wrong. now you are being tested.

Kirun_sl said:

Yeah, a woman would definitely turn down a 10k object on her finger. It's "obnoxious" because she's jealous, just like all women would be who got a less than 10k dollar ring.

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Nah bro, she dislikes diamonds for pretty much the same reasons most people here do (artificially increased prices, man made ones are just as good if not available in as large of sizes, conflict diamonds, conspicuous consumption, and so on). She's said that she'd just want some "antique looking" ring with different, far less expensive stones.

Eyashusa_sl said:

wrong. now you are being tested.

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See above. My chick's on board with Tuco, although not necessarily on the moissanite train since those just attempt to imitate diamonds, which she doesn't like in the first place.

Eomer we've already discussed this. You're reading the signs all wrong. It won't be too long until you're jerking off in the bathroom after she goes to bed.

Eomer_sl said:

My chick's one board with Tuco

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I'm not hip on the new slang, but I'm pretty sure you just said Tuco is all up in your bitch.

Stupid extra E.

Noodleface_sl said:

Eomer we've already discussed this. You're reading the signs all wrong. It won't be too long until you're jerking off in the bathroom after she goes to bed.

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Generally I jerk off before she gets home and begs me for the D.

Eomer_sl said:

Nah bro, she dislikes diamonds for pretty much the same reasons most people here do (artificially increased prices, man made ones are just as good if not available in as large of sizes, conflict diamonds, conspicuous consumption, and so on). She's said that she'd just want some "antique looking" ring with different, far less expensive stones.

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You're well off, right? Here's the test: Go buy her some "antique looking" ring that she "likes". Then buy her a giant diamond, something that costs 20k+ and is "obnoxious". Make sure you tell her how much it costs. Give her the diamond first, once she's done being giddy, tell her, "Ok, here's the deal. You can keep that ring, but I also got you the antique ring you wanted. It's entirely up to you which one you'd rather have." Then, let us know which one she chooses. She'll most likely attempt to "reason" her way into keeping both(probably something along the lines of, "Well, you've already purchased both!"), but there is no way in hell she'll immediately throw back the 20k+ monstrosity.

Any woman who tells you that she finds a man putting a gigantic, expensive object on her finger "obnoxious", is a goddamn liar and chalk full of jealousy. She'll "say" she hates diamonds for all sorts of bullshit reasons. You know why? Because she knows the likelihood of her ever getting one is basically nil, so it's easy to make up excuses why she doesn't "want" one. Also, the likelihood of her gettinganyring decreases, if she doesn't say what she knows you want to hear.

Tuco_sl said:

We got married at age ~25 after 5 or so years of consistent dating. I guess only time will tell if she or I go through that phase but I'm not going to worry about it.

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If you make a decent enough salary, you may be safe(this could also be another downfall that leaves her questioning). You may also be safe if she keeps herself highly insulated from other females. However, if you ever find yourself out of work, or once her biological imperative has been fulfilled(kids), I'm betting she starts to question it.

I got my then fiance a smaller carat diamond engagement ring. She told me it was the perfect size and any bigger would be gaudy.

How much you want to bet if I got her a 6ct diamond she would say the same thing? 12ct? Infinity-ct?

Soygen_sl said:

Listen, guys. Kirun knows womenrealwell!

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Yeah, women aren't materialistic creatures who subscribe to "status" being one of/the most important thing(s) in life.