Spin off - Anyone''s SO actually enjoy buying/gifting jewelry?

[ringabling]

This is a spin off of the recent thread about SO''s not liking diamonds. . . .
on the contrary, anyone have an SO who loves buying them for you?

I was getting one last longing gaze at mine last night before resting her on my counter at bedtime and DH actually said:
"I think before I die I''ll buy you a $900,000 big a$$ diamond. . . you REALLY enjoy that diamond, I''m SO happy you enjoy it so much!!"
I''m pretty sure he was kidding, DH really loves his money

but just the thought entering his mind was really sweet IMO.

He bought me upgrades to my ''old studs'' at the beginning of the year last year and he was looking at them in the box and said:
"man, it''s easy to get the diamond bug isn''t it?"
After I came to, I said YES emphatically! LOL!
. . . . I think my 10 years of intensive spousal training is finally paying off!

He thinks I love jewelry/diamonds more than most girls. . . I think he''s just not been exposed to enough females!

{which is excellent BTW

}

 

[mrssalvo]

I don't know that my hubby loves buying it and i'm sure he wishes at times I enjoyed a less expensive wishlist of items, but he knows certain things are important to me and if we can afford it or I don't mind waiting and saving he is ok with that. He doesn't completely get the whole big diamond thing but does have an understanding of pricing and how crazy jewelry items can get. He used to collect watches and it's easy to see how $$$$ a watch can get, but they bring him enjoyment so I think he kinda gets that jewelry does that for me.

 

[Catmom]

Wife of a fully trained jewelry afficionado here.

I think he enjoys the hunt as much as I do and I know he is proud when he delivers a hit. I also think that he''s happy because he doesn''t really have to think too hard to get me a gift that he knows I will love. I think he has a secret sparkly fetish, myself!

 

[dani13]

MH loves to see me happy and make me smile...he says that all the time (so sweet)!! And he knows quite well that one of the things that makes me super-happy is to get lots and lots of bling!

I think part of him enjoys giving it too...

 

[strmrdr]

wifey2b has one.. hehehehe

 

[AmberGretchen]

My DH likes getting me jewelry, and has promised me that when we have more money (i.e. when I finish grad school), he won''t get his dream car (Porsche 911) without a big honkin'' diamond rind in it for me

 

[iheartscience]

I wouldn''t say he *enjoys* it, but my fiance doesn''t seem to mind buying me bling once he sees how happy it makes me. He told me that once he saw my engagement ring he realized why I was so obsessed! And he helped me buy my WF bezel set studs after only a little pushing and prodding...

However, his big mistake was saying "They''re little!" after I showed them to him! DSS happens to boys, too, apparently!

 

[ringabling]

awww! I knew there were some out there! LOL!

I sort of save up my holidays for one good gift. Does anyone do that?
Like, I know the jewelry I may choose is probably more than DH wants to spend on V-Day or Mother''s Day, etc. . . . so I usually let him off the hook and say "this year I want ______________"
he knows I shop and buy thigns I want, but I won''t buy myself jewelry. So he sort of off the hoojk for shopping this way. When the time comes, I go to my favorite store and show him and that''s it! Then I don''t get silly not needed little gifts all year long, but I have soemthing I REALLY want about ocne a year.
I dig it!

Anyone else do that?

 

[Fancy605]

My husband loves buying me jewelry. He always has. I guess I am one lucky girl. The first gift he ever gave me was jewelry...of course it was a belly button ring, which is a little tacky, but I was a crazy college sophomore then and liked wearing different belly button rings all the time. I had actually just lost the ball off my favorite one, and the one he got me was a replacement. (I have sense removed that particular piercing of course, that was quite a few years ago). But he followed that up pretty quickly with a diamond tennis bracelet (nice, huh?). Over the years we''ve been dating/engaged/married he''s also gotten me He''s given me quite a few really nice jewelry pieces. I never asked for any of it except the bezel studs I got this year (but he specifically asked what I wanted then). He says he just really likes buying jewelry for me. We had so much fun engagement ring shopping. He''s pretty proud of my ring I think. Plus, he''s forever talking about the different things he wants me to have someday. Sometimes when we''re out shopping, he''ll ask if I want to stop in the jewelry store next to whatever shop we''re in just so he can get ideas. I mean I''m MORE than happy with my current jewelry collection, but it''s always nice knowing that he''s so willing to add to it.

 

[ringabling]

^I love that!

 

[somethingshiny]

DH loves buying jewelry. When we were dating, we spent a long time picking out a mothers ring for his mom. (DH''s birthstone is diamond) The first gift he gave me was sterling silver earrings (a la Mickey Mouse). The next gift was a diamond bracelet, the next was a diamond ring.

Since I''ve become more educated about diamonds recently, he''s more nervous about buying because he wants to make sure he gets "good ones", but he still gives me beautiful things.

And, the other day we were watching a documentary about mining, diamonds were included, and he said to me, "isn''t it amazing that nature cam create something so clear and perfect?" I was so happy! He gets it, really gets it.... Now, if we only had the money to REALLY get it...

 

[coatimundi_org]

Yesterday my husband suggested we go to the Los Angeles Natural History Museum to look at the gem exhibit! We both got into jewelry buying at the same time--when we bought my engagement ring just over a year ago. Now we''re both diamond/gem crazed! He''s amazing about it! He loves to take me jewelry shopping even if it''s just window shopping. Tonight he was telling me I need an emerald cut! (I didn''t argue!) This isn''t going to happen immediately, but it''s already in the works.

I would definitely say I''m WAY more jewelry crazed than him, but he''s really interested in learning about diamonds--he''s been inspired by a lot of the gorgeous rings on pricescope too!

 

[monarch64]

I don''t think my husband likes the thrill of buying me jewelry (i.e. researching, shopping for it, etc.) so much, but he does like the end result.

Seriously, though...he does like going to our jeweler who he has a lot in common with and buying something for me once in a while and also window shopping for timepieces for himself. When he travels, he likes to try to find me something pretty from gift shops or whatever, and he has done pretty well in the past...the best thing he ever got for me from AZ was a gorgeous S/S and turquoise/other stones inlaid bracelet. I wear it all the time in the summer and he is so proud of himself every time he sees it on my wrist.

 

[idreamofice]

My FI hates shopping except when it comes to coins and stones. He has an amazing coin collection....I wish my jewelry collection was as big as his coin collection ~Sigh. He has a pretty cool collection of loose gemstones so yes I think he enjoys buying jewelry....

 

[HollyS]

The DH loves to buy me bling! He was saying just last night that we need to go back to our jeweler and have my rings professionally cleaned, and maybe there will be something there that I would want for Valentine''s Day!

 

[Missrocks]

Sorry! I had to chuckle a bit, because sounds exactly like something my dad would say. I can imagine that statement coming from about 90 percent of the male population out there.

I however am SO LUCKY to have a FI that understands the price of finer things. And we have even discussed several times my need to have a 3ct plus diamond someday- the only thing I truly feel I need to have before I die. He didn''t even bat an eye when I bought my dream LV bag, 2000 dollar limited edition Speedy Mirage noir this fall. (Now, I know he didn''t always used to be like that. We knew eachother long before we dated, and he held out on buying his Ex a low end LV bag for 5 years. I think it is something they need to be exposed to for a period of time to get used too) He even got me a pair of Christian Louboutin''s as an engagement gift.
And I love returning the favor and treating him. The other day, he told me he never imagined having one LV tie, and now he has six (partly thanks to me). Plus I have always been good at justifying the prices on some of the finer things in life.

Here''s the thing: You can wear your diamond every day. In 100 years that diamond will show hardly any signs of wear, and most likely be worth more than you paid for it. It won''t stop working. It needs no expensive maintainence. It won''t de-precciate in beauty. And its something to pass down to your children that they will remember you by forever. How many other things can you say that about??

 

[Sparkalicious]

My SO loves buying me jewelry ... and does a great job doing that and getting me shoes and purses I love to boot!

He is a fantastic guy with great taste and I am really lucky. A lot of the time people complain about their guys being clueless ... mine is absolutely not ... the kicker is that he loves nice things for himself as well so ... I return the favor.

 

[Fancy605]

Date: 1/15/2008 9:06:24 PM
Author: Sparkalicious
... the kicker is that he loves nice things for himself as well so ... I return the favor.

Mine too. The most recent"guy bling" I got him was a nice, new T.V. (I secretly like the thing too. It really does have a nice picture, and he found a very reasonable deal, so...)

 

[ringabling]

awww, I love these comments!
My DH isn''t a romantic at all, and I tend to have to initiate the idea of buying but he''s catching on!

^^^I wish my DH would splurge more on himself. . . . he works his keister off and just never indulges

I actually talked him into getting his dream car a couple of years ago . . . he kept it 6 months and sold it.
No video games, car/car parts, etc. . . .
When he does finally indulge a little I''m so excited and supportive, wish he''d do it for himself more often.