packrat
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4ever, that''s such a pretty ring!
JD just turned 35, and I''ll be 35 in October. Known each other about 1/2 our lives (sounds odd to say), together almost 10, married for 8 yrs in November. My first ring was a teensy weensy little diamond chip from Kay b/c that''s all he could afford. Nothing but problems w/that ring and customer service at the store, so I got a mother''s ring from Sears so I could have our birthstones in it. The stones in that are a lil bigger..not much tho! Currently planning for my new and forever ring-a lavender spinel in Coati''s JM setting.
Neither of us went to college, tho I did get me some-a that book lernin for a couple few semesters at the local community college, so I could quit working in factories and take a pay cut to work in an office..hmmmm. JD worked on the line at the local packing house until he got a Quality Assurance job w/the company, and then switched to Foreman. We are the bluest of the blue collar haha! I only work 1 day a week right now, and stay home w/our kids..otherwise known as Thing1 and Thing2.
We have a truck loan and house loan, a few thousand in cc debt.
I know JD was a little concerned when I first stumbled across PS and would show him pretty rings I liked. And when I mentioned getting a new ring he was concerned. But, he sits right down here with me and looks at settings and stones. I can buy the stone first and have it set later, so as not to spend it all at once. I''m happy with the ring I have now-but this will be a ring that is ME, and it''s something I''m doing *for* me, and he acknowledges that.
Rings aren''t very big here either. One of my coworkers saved up and bought herself a 1 ct marquise solitaire b/c that''s what she''d always wanted, and when she and her husband got married-25 years ago or whatever, they couldn''t afford it. I tell you what, the women in the office fawn over that ring-we always take turns trying it on and playing with it. I think if she''d''ve shown up w/1.8 or whatever, the office would''ve shut down.
I have a hard time relating when someone spends $20,000 (or whatever) on a ring-that''s almost half what my husband makes in a year, and would almost pay off our house. However, I loooove to look!
JD just turned 35, and I''ll be 35 in October. Known each other about 1/2 our lives (sounds odd to say), together almost 10, married for 8 yrs in November. My first ring was a teensy weensy little diamond chip from Kay b/c that''s all he could afford. Nothing but problems w/that ring and customer service at the store, so I got a mother''s ring from Sears so I could have our birthstones in it. The stones in that are a lil bigger..not much tho! Currently planning for my new and forever ring-a lavender spinel in Coati''s JM setting.
Neither of us went to college, tho I did get me some-a that book lernin for a couple few semesters at the local community college, so I could quit working in factories and take a pay cut to work in an office..hmmmm. JD worked on the line at the local packing house until he got a Quality Assurance job w/the company, and then switched to Foreman. We are the bluest of the blue collar haha! I only work 1 day a week right now, and stay home w/our kids..otherwise known as Thing1 and Thing2.
We have a truck loan and house loan, a few thousand in cc debt.
I know JD was a little concerned when I first stumbled across PS and would show him pretty rings I liked. And when I mentioned getting a new ring he was concerned. But, he sits right down here with me and looks at settings and stones. I can buy the stone first and have it set later, so as not to spend it all at once. I''m happy with the ring I have now-but this will be a ring that is ME, and it''s something I''m doing *for* me, and he acknowledges that.
Rings aren''t very big here either. One of my coworkers saved up and bought herself a 1 ct marquise solitaire b/c that''s what she''d always wanted, and when she and her husband got married-25 years ago or whatever, they couldn''t afford it. I tell you what, the women in the office fawn over that ring-we always take turns trying it on and playing with it. I think if she''d''ve shown up w/1.8 or whatever, the office would''ve shut down.
I have a hard time relating when someone spends $20,000 (or whatever) on a ring-that''s almost half what my husband makes in a year, and would almost pay off our house. However, I loooove to look!