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lol!SandyinAnaheim|1410900368|3752083 said:Oh good! Multiple happy endings!
I agree 100% and I've bought all my other rocks myself too. I think that's the quandary a lot of women find themselves in though. They receive an "expensive gift" that is not exactly to their liking along with a proposal and they don't want to seem ungrateful - that's a tough spot and difficult to broach for many people, male and female. But the reality is, most people don't invest the time to gain the requisite knowledge to make a good choice and regret can last a long time.TC1987 said:I can't relate to being disappointed with receiving an ideal-cut 1ct or 1.5ct or up as a gift. Since I paid for all of my current rocks myself, I know what it's like to fork over one's paycheck to pay for them. (shrug)
My fiance's oldest daughter asked to see my ring after I had returned the first one and I told her I didn't like it and sent it back. She called me the following day and reamed me a new one saying she was offended for her father. I was floored! She had no idea of the back story. It's a very sensitive subject for a lot of people.
Are you the evil Step-Mom now?
Sounds like you had a lucky escape!Andelain|1410903199|3752112 said:I met and started dating a guy several years ago. We were together for a couple months, and I thought we were building toward something. One day he surprised me with a ring box on one knee. I didn't think we were to that point yet, but apparently he did. He asked, and opened the box to a ring I instantly hated. Not my style at all, and nothing like the rings I already had.
I stuttered a bit, and finally said maybe we needed more time. He got upset, and asked if I said that because of the ring, because he could see the look on my face. I said it wasn't that, it was just too soon. I also told him it troubled me that he was proposing to someone he knew so little about that he'd bought something so unlike anything I'd ever wear. It wasn't even close to my size!
He haranged me for a few days after that, and then we broke up. It wasn't the ring, it was that he didn't even try to know me better.