LONG TIME LURKER FINALLY EMERGES!
I picked today to post because something has been going on lately and I''ve talked to some people about it, but everyone wants to give me advice, and I just kind of want to vent in an unbiased environment.
I''m 23 years old and I''ve been dating my awesome SO for about 2.5 years now. We are both in school, in the same state but about an hour and a half away from each other. We were going to move into a house smack dab in between our two schools because we didn''t mind driving 45 minutes to school, but have decided to put it off for ONE reason. And a lot of you are going to laugh at this. My boyfriend has a VERY temperamental Staffordshire Terrier. Her name is Beezy, and she is one mean thing. She is very loving with him, but very protective. We are moving in together next year for sure. He is enrolling Beezy in a 6 month program starting in May with a professional trainer to work on her aggression issues. She spends 3 months with the trainer and then she comes back and SO attends classes every weekend with the trainer for the remaining 3 months. I hope she can be helped, because if she continues how she is now, he will have to give her to his parents because I do not trust her with my dog, and neither does he (my parents passed away when I was 19, and my sister can''t take my dog, so she has no where else to go but with me..)
Not quite sure why I posted all that, I guess deep down the dog situation does bother me. Not because I''m upset that we don''t live together, just because I''m worried that Beezy will not be able to be helped. She has bitten me 3 times, but I love her nonetheless, because I know that she is just afraid of sharing my boyfriend, and this is the only way she knows how to convey that. It''s an unacceptable way, for sure, but it''s all she knows. It would break SO''s heart to have to give her up. I know he would do it in order for our relationship to go further, but I don''t want to be responsible for her having to go away.
On ANOTHER note, SO has said that when we get a place together (we are looking at January 2010) he would like to "take it to the next level" (EEEEEEEEE!!!!) So he has instructed me to look at rings. No problem there! I already know what makes my heart sing! I LOVE pave and halos (even before I knew they were "in"). Solitaires don''t cut it for me, neither do 3 stone, bezel, tension, or anything else. I am worried about the pave though. I ride horses and compete in dressage competitions, so I know I''d have to take it off for that (Heck, I would take ANY ring off for that), but I have no experience with pave and I know NO ONE who has it. Do you ladies think I can get away with a pave ring for everyday wear? I would take it off for sleeping, showering, the norm.. but I don''t want an e-ring that I end up wearing only for occasions and only wearing my wedding band. How does pave stand up to everyday (careful) wear?
Thanks all for listening, this past year has been rough, but it''s getting better!
EDIT: I originally posted this in rocky talky but since I ended up talking about the dog for a while, I figured I''d post it down here. I figure rocky talky doesn''t want to hear about dogs, but hangout won''t mind hearing about diamonds, haha.
Here is a picture of Beezy (shortened version of her real name which is "Shiloh Be Easy") This is her baby picture, she''s a LOT bigger and intimidating now!

I picked today to post because something has been going on lately and I''ve talked to some people about it, but everyone wants to give me advice, and I just kind of want to vent in an unbiased environment.
I''m 23 years old and I''ve been dating my awesome SO for about 2.5 years now. We are both in school, in the same state but about an hour and a half away from each other. We were going to move into a house smack dab in between our two schools because we didn''t mind driving 45 minutes to school, but have decided to put it off for ONE reason. And a lot of you are going to laugh at this. My boyfriend has a VERY temperamental Staffordshire Terrier. Her name is Beezy, and she is one mean thing. She is very loving with him, but very protective. We are moving in together next year for sure. He is enrolling Beezy in a 6 month program starting in May with a professional trainer to work on her aggression issues. She spends 3 months with the trainer and then she comes back and SO attends classes every weekend with the trainer for the remaining 3 months. I hope she can be helped, because if she continues how she is now, he will have to give her to his parents because I do not trust her with my dog, and neither does he (my parents passed away when I was 19, and my sister can''t take my dog, so she has no where else to go but with me..)

Not quite sure why I posted all that, I guess deep down the dog situation does bother me. Not because I''m upset that we don''t live together, just because I''m worried that Beezy will not be able to be helped. She has bitten me 3 times, but I love her nonetheless, because I know that she is just afraid of sharing my boyfriend, and this is the only way she knows how to convey that. It''s an unacceptable way, for sure, but it''s all she knows. It would break SO''s heart to have to give her up. I know he would do it in order for our relationship to go further, but I don''t want to be responsible for her having to go away.
On ANOTHER note, SO has said that when we get a place together (we are looking at January 2010) he would like to "take it to the next level" (EEEEEEEEE!!!!) So he has instructed me to look at rings. No problem there! I already know what makes my heart sing! I LOVE pave and halos (even before I knew they were "in"). Solitaires don''t cut it for me, neither do 3 stone, bezel, tension, or anything else. I am worried about the pave though. I ride horses and compete in dressage competitions, so I know I''d have to take it off for that (Heck, I would take ANY ring off for that), but I have no experience with pave and I know NO ONE who has it. Do you ladies think I can get away with a pave ring for everyday wear? I would take it off for sleeping, showering, the norm.. but I don''t want an e-ring that I end up wearing only for occasions and only wearing my wedding band. How does pave stand up to everyday (careful) wear?
Thanks all for listening, this past year has been rough, but it''s getting better!
EDIT: I originally posted this in rocky talky but since I ended up talking about the dog for a while, I figured I''d post it down here. I figure rocky talky doesn''t want to hear about dogs, but hangout won''t mind hearing about diamonds, haha.

Here is a picture of Beezy (shortened version of her real name which is "Shiloh Be Easy") This is her baby picture, she''s a LOT bigger and intimidating now!
