Ring Barrier
Getting engaged should be an exciting and happy experience. The woman has the easy part, she just has to be happy and say yes. The gentleman, however, has to navigate all that comes with proposing. Talking to the parents (if he so desires), plotting out the proposal plans, and ring shopping.
I didn’t realize how much guys worry about engagement rings. A friend of mine said that he did not want to disappoint his girlfriend so he made sure to get her sister involved. My co-worker said that his wife didn’t like the engagement ring he selected and she told him as much. They nearly broke up because of it. I know of another couple who delayed their engagement until they could afford the ring she they wanted.
Perhaps I just don’t get it, but what is it about rings that can cause so much stress? It’s supposed to just be a symbol of a couple’s love and commitment, isn’t it?
Have you ever had a ring cause a breakup? What is the “proper” etiquette for women who receive rings they don’t like? What do you think men should spend on engagement rings?
What happens to the ring if the wedding is called off? Do you think the ring should matter as much as it does?
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SexyCool
January 29th, 2010
3:49 pm
He raised this woman as his granddaughter, didn’t he?
Professor is.....
January 29th, 2010
3:50 pm
…stepped in just in time. Hot dayum!
Melo
January 29th, 2010
3:50 pm
Dream-n
I hadnt seen Raqi in ur qstion there but im sure i put them in same boat..
Morgan and Raqi..and no dissing..
It aint Taboo..altho
I…..wld not do it!
No societal Taboo broken.
Leggs
January 29th, 2010
3:51 pm
Love this record…George Michael’s FAITH!!!
lurker
January 29th, 2010
3:52 pm
Melo thinking is warped right now and he can see the “OKAY” in just about anything but you wait until his girls become of age. I think his position on sex and anything goes will slightly shift.
Dream_n
January 29th, 2010
3:53 pm
Okay Melo.
I like your round about answer so we’ll leave it at that. It’s Friday!
Mo (aka Moeisha )
January 29th, 2010
3:53 pm
Dreams – how are you? And yeah I figured I’d slide in for a sec and check out whats crackin in Blogsville on this lovely friday.
Melo
January 29th, 2010
3:54 pm
CEE..U know my home is more wholesome than these cali folks homes…
Thery are liberal to the core….
I still have some Zulu conservatism in me.
u were talking about permission to marry earlier on..my daghters need my permission!!
No tatted up dude stepping up to my kids and cming in my living room to ask for marriage!
Dismissed,go and find a bride in SWA!
Raqi
January 29th, 2010
3:54 pm
Cemeeli, you are correct. It’s about that time. I need to be getting out of here in the next 10 minutes or so.
Have a good one.
THE INFAMOUS DK aka THE KING
January 29th, 2010
3:55 pm
Mo – Im still waiting on you to email me.. I already talk to the Chinese dude in the Jewelry Spot.. It seems like you ready, Ohhh tell me that you ready..
THE INFAMOUS DK aka THE KING
January 29th, 2010
3:55 pm
Melo – You daughters are gonna bring a dude in with his pants on the ground.. Then Im gonna see how you feel when some young dude got his Johnson Hung off in one of your daughters..
mytw♥cents... maybe even marcasite
January 29th, 2010
3:57 pm
I bet y’all ain’t still talkin Cut, Clarity n Color…
Tryna see if this leanin’ towards a Riesling weekend or an 1800 Silver one… anybody doin anything exciting?
Any-thing, not Any-one. Pervs.
Professor is.....
January 29th, 2010
3:57 pm
Melo,
At what age will you give your kids permission to marry?
DreamsMaterialize
January 29th, 2010
3:58 pm
Raqi keep encouraging your son with the mathematics and logic. I love to see that.
Dream_n What’s good girl? How you been?
Professor is.....
January 29th, 2010
3:59 pm
Melo,
Is this Queen’s first marriage?
Professor is.....
January 29th, 2010
4:00 pm
You daughters are gonna bring a dude in with his pants on the ground.. Then Im gonna see how you feel when some young dude got his Johnson Hung off in one of your daughters..
Melo, would send his girls home before he allowed that to happen, or at least to Canada somewhere Shoot his daughters may not want an American man especially if they are looking for a powerful man to lead their household…
For Real
January 29th, 2010
4:01 pm
I won’t deny it, I’m a straight ridah
You don’t wanna fuggk with me
Got the police bustin at me
But they can’t do nuttin to a G
DreamsMaterialize
January 29th, 2010
4:01 pm
mytwo if you need someone to roll with on that riesling or 1800, “here I go!”
lurker
January 29th, 2010
4:02 pm
Melo – You daughters are gonna bring a dude in with his pants on the ground.. Then Im gonna see how you feel when some young dude got his Johnson Hung off in one of your daughters..
Okay then…yeah, that trumps my 3:52….talk about clarity but I agree
Dream_n
January 29th, 2010
4:03 pm
Everything …………..DreamsM
How’s your side of the world?
Proffessor where you been?
Dream_n
January 29th, 2010
4:05 pm
American man especially if they are looking for a powerful man to lead their household…
You betta stop it!! LOL
Professor is.....
January 29th, 2010
4:05 pm
Proffessor where you been?
Lil Mama you know I am here all day everyday for the most part…
Where have you been?
Melo
January 29th, 2010
4:06 pm
At what age will you give your kids permission to marry?
@Proff
After grad school
Is this Queen’s first marriage?…im her first…i broke ground!
@DK… bring a dude in with his pants on the ground
They know the price of bringing dishonor to the fam…thingis,nobody they know of,thats close,dresses like that.not even their cousins and nephews…so..thats a Big LEAP to bring some body thru my garage,into our kitchen and living room,Like dat!
DreamsMaterialize
January 29th, 2010
4:08 pm
Mo I’m holding it down. Ready to get this weekend started.
Dream_n I’m all good. counting down the minutes and seconds.
Mo (aka Moeisha )
January 29th, 2010
4:08 pm
For Real – im rockin witcha dude…..jammin!!
Infamous – he didnt give you a hard time did he? Cause you know i gotcha back boo.
As long as he gon hook us up (yeah you gets a rang too) then we are cool. He dont wanna ahem…mess with it. lol
Mo (aka Moeisha )
January 29th, 2010
4:09 pm
oh and hey MyTwo!! How are you! Im sitting here trying to decide what my drink for the night shall be as well…..I’ll take that 1800.
Professor is.....
January 29th, 2010
4:10 pm
They know the price of bringing dishonor to the fam… **now, that is deep**
Tazzee - there's nothing better than love
January 29th, 2010
4:10 pm
mytwo – nothing exciting for me this weekend. Might go see Avatar since there’s no football (I’m boycotting the Pro Bowl). With this weather, not much going on tonight.
SlimOne...just call me Nicety!
January 29th, 2010
4:12 pm
For Real I got that case of “It ain’t rainin but I shole feel pizzed on” T-shirts ready for pickup. Because you’re such a great customer of mine, I’m going to throw in these wool dizzle mittens in ABSOLUTELY FREE
Leggs
January 29th, 2010
4:12 pm
Hola mytwo!
Melo
January 29th, 2010
4:13 pm
whet heppened to Ms Main..and Grace?
i miss those 2,esp Miss Main Lurker
Dream_n
January 29th, 2010
4:13 pm
Counting down the minutes and seconds??? What we got planned? I ain’t dressed yet?
Dream_n
January 29th, 2010
4:15 pm
Professor I’m in and out now a days. Today I had more fre time,
DreamsMaterialize
January 29th, 2010
4:16 pm
What we got planned? I ain’t dressed yet? If you ain’t dressed, then you already know what we got planned.
Dream_n
January 29th, 2010
4:18 pm
I set myself up for that one. LOL
Dream_n
January 29th, 2010
4:19 pm
I mean so how long this gon be going on till I get that deed?
Professor is.....
January 29th, 2010
4:21 pm
Where is M.dot with all the jokes and voice of reason? Give us a few laughs for the road….
mail call
Dream_n
January 29th, 2010
4:21 pm
I was waiting on you to supply the comedy Professor!
I need a good laugh to start this weekend off right.
Leggs
January 29th, 2010
4:22 pm
“They know the price of bringing dishonor to the fam”
Anybody sense The Godfather or Scarface with that sentence?
Professor is.....
January 29th, 2010
4:23 pm
Dream_n, all of my jokes are stale except for my Dan jokes, and I am going to save those for Melo Monday. IMO Dan has had enough today.
Dream_n
January 29th, 2010
4:23 pm
:^ lol:
Dream_n
January 29th, 2010
4:25 pm
Oh that LOL was for Leggs
I feel ya Professor. He did get it today.
Leggs
January 29th, 2010
4:28 pm
Thanks Dream_n!
Good night everyone!
Professor, please close us out…I have to bounce, my ride is leaving.
Professor is.....
January 29th, 2010
4:29 pm
Lol Leggs I did not sense that…I guess because I have friends and in-laws from other parts of the world. In those cultures it is an abomination to disgrace or bring dishonor to the family. I’ve heard stories of those that wanted to do things that would bring dishonor would leave and go to cities several hundred miles away so the family name would not be tarnished (I guess you hope no one finds them while they scrub the ground).
Dream_n
January 29th, 2010
4:30 pm
Yea I’m out too..
Be Safe Everyone!!!
DreamsMaterialize
January 29th, 2010
4:31 pm
Dream_n deed? Oh yeah right. Here you go…just for you. I know it still has the Professor’s address on it, but don’t you worry about that. lol
For Real
January 29th, 2010
4:31 pm
Wanna be a — baller, shot caller
Twenty inch blades — on the Impala
A caller gettin laid tonight
Swisher rolled tight, gotta spray my ice
I hit the HIIIGHWAY, making money the FLYYYY WAY
But there’s got to be a BETT-ER WAYY!
A better way, better way, YEAH-AHHHH
Dream_n
January 29th, 2010
4:33 pm
@ DreamsM
Aww hell naw…. LMAO!!!
@ For Real: That was my ish!!!
Melo
January 29th, 2010
4:34 pm
Anybody sense The Godfather or Scarface with that sentence?
I neva watched any of those…..
If i(parents) dont bless the dghetr’s marriage,the union is derogatively called,”cooking pots”(loose transltion) in our Zulu culture.
No worse shame u can ever have bestowed on u,for a female!
Professor is.....
January 29th, 2010
4:34 pm
Professor stepping up to the mike…to let the blog family know that it is not always about getting even. On behalf of Leggs let this quote by Kahlil Gibran hold you down until Monday!
An eye for an eye, and the whole world would be blind.
~Kahlil Gibran