My first photo upload - I'm really wondering if it will work? I don't wear my engagement ring. All I've ever wanted was a gold band to match my husband. My husband's band is the exact same, except a little thicker. My engagement ring is a gold band with an antique solitaire diamond that was reset from his great grandmothers ring! I don't take it off, it doesn't get in the way and it is perfectly me! I love the bling in all the photos, but like @Merciel says, "you do you"
I would like to someday get the inside our of our bands engraved!
The center of our engagement story was I was joking with my husband about how we should get one of those rocks that go in your garden with your last name & established 2014 or whatever year you got married and then I said "IF..we ever got married..." because I was getting frustrated with how long it was taking him to propose. Well a few days later he planted the gardens around the house for me and when he showed me he said "I looked for that rock you were talking about, but couldn't find it...but I think I might have found a different rock you'll like." Then got down on one knee and proposed in our front yard.
He bought me the band for the other side of my ring after a few hard months of stuff I was going through with my family and the ring with the sapphire was my wedding gift - something new and something blue!
I am amazed that no one has the same ring so far. I was actually in the
drive through at Starbucks last week and the lady was wearing the same
ring as mine (the enhancer, not the solitaire).
I posted two pictures. One of just my engagement ring and one of my ring now (apparently I need to get it cleaned again).
My
DH and I had been together for 6 years before he proposed and we got
married a year later. He worked at a hotel at the time and he set up a
candlelight dinner on the roof on the 4th of July so we could watch the
fireworks. He played our song and then got down on one knee and
proposed. I knew it was coming, but it was still very sweet and I will
never forget it.
@TXmamatobe. Where did you get that unicorn?? I wanted a deer head with bronze antlers, found it on a website one day and can't find it anymore! But it looked exactly like yours (except a different animal of course)
Ugh...my fingers are so short and weird but eh. My DH made a balloon drop because I love balloons. There was a fancy ribbon to pull and all the balloons fell down around us except for one that was filled with helium. The engagement ring was tied to the floating balloon and the rest is history!
Omg, your engagement story gives me all the feels. So sweet! Also, that unicorn in your ring picture is awesome!
@TXmamatobe. Where did you get that unicorn?? I wanted a deer head with bronze antlers, found it on a website one day and can't find it anymore! But it looked exactly like yours (except a different animal of course)
It's from White Faux Taxidermy! I love their stuff - I have the unicorn, a copper moose and a white deer with gold antlers for DDs room.
DH and I paid for our wedding and I told him to forgo the ring until we were more financially stable. He worked an extra job as security for Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban when they had their baby. He put all that money into the ring I chose 2 years before I even met him and surprised me during our first dance. My favorite color is green so DH had a green sapphire put in. The inside of the ring is connected with hearts. I love the antique look and was so surprised.
DH and I paid for our wedding and I told him to forgo the ring until we were more financially stable. He worked an extra job as security for Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban when they had their baby. He put all that money into the ring I chose 2 years before I even met him and surprised me during our first dance. My favorite color is green so DH had a green sapphire put in. The inside of the ring is connected with hearts. I love the antique look and was so surprised.
@kami09 yep. The paparazzi were hounding their house at all hours so DH was hired to watch their house for them. He said he could hear Keith singing to Nicole at night and serenading her with the piano. He said they're super nice.
Thank you! I have loved this ring for over a decade.
Been married since 2009. Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter) Several MCs DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
DH, while not a jeweler himself, comes from a family of jewelers. They travel the world buying jewelry to sell in their family run stores...Sri Lanka for sapphires, emeralds in Colombia, all sorts of exciting stuff! They specialize in vintage/antique pieces which are beautiful but not my style for everyday wear. DH bought the diamond from his sister, designed the setting and proposed in a garden just north of Buckingham Fountain. He's a romantic
Ooh I love this! DH proposed on Christmas Eve at my dad's house after we had been dating for 4.5 years. Christmas is my favorite holiday, so after dinner I suggested we put on our Christmas pjs and we each open a gift from one another. He really resisted the pjs that year for reasons I later understood. He opened his gift, a video game, and I opened a champagne box from the year I was born. Inside he wrote "marry me?" next to the bottle and the ring. Apparently he told my dad he was planning to propose and didn't have a full idea yet but knew he wanted the ring box to be in a larger box. My dad collects wine so he gave DH the champagne and box which happened to be from the year I was born that he was saving for a special occasion. Afterwards we celebrated with family and stayed up late drinking that bottle and one more, woke up with awful hangovers but deliriously happy. The bottle, box and note are displayed on my bookshelf almost 6 years later.
DH designed the ring with a jeweler and I love it today as much as I loved it years ago. Every so often he stares at it
I knew H was the one for me, but I didn't think about getting engaged for another 6-18 months. We went to the airport the weekend after I took part of my board exam, thinking we were going to visit some friends. Our friends had emailed me to "confirm" our plans and I told H he had to take care of the details due to my exams. Once we got inside the airport, he faked that he thought he "left his wallet in the car." He set his bag down on the ground to go through it, and got down on one knee with the ring! Instead of going to visit friends, he ended up getting tickets to my hometown so we could share the exciting news with my family! He picked the ring out with some guidance from his mom and my mom. I didn't have any idea what he would pick, but I think he did a good job!
@Jenly17 our friends were married at the estate in Salzburg that was used as the Von Trapp house in the movie! It's absolutely gorgeous, we had such an amazing time at their wedding.
@Jenly17 our friends were married at the estate in Salzburg that was used as the Von Trapp house in the movie! It's absolutely gorgeous, we had such an amazing time at their wedding.
That's amazing! I saw the estate, it's phenomenal!!
I love this thread! Reading everyone's stories is so fun and I love jewelry! Mine are really cool antique rings from around 1920-1930. The one with the thick band is my engagement ring, the second with the larger diamond is my 10 year anniversary ring, and the third dome-style ring is my wedding band, which is my grandmother's promise ring from 1920. (I only wear one at a time.)
DH and I started dating in 2002 and I told him almost right away I was going to marry him. We got engaged quickly after that at Epcot. Pretty funny story. He took me to a Disney breakfast buffet. Well I didn't know those giant stuffed characters would be there. He didn't know they freaked me out, and they were supposed to be part of his elaborate proposal. I balked, so he called everything off, took me outside to a rose garden, and asked me privately. What a relief!!!
DH and I were on one of our many vacations in New Orleans day drinking around the city with some friends. At some point, at a gay bar by the name of Big Daddy's, we decided as a group that we should be married. No one is quite sure of how it happened, but I know there was a lot of whiskey involved. We then decided to then go out in celebration to one of the nicest restaurants in town, called our parents, posted it on Facebook and then woke up and were like OH SH*T. Years later at our wedding, the witnesses to the drunken decision were our wedding party and officiant.
Since there was no traditional proposal DH was then on the ring search. Since we are both firmly anti-diamond (for a multitude of reasons I won't even try to go into here), he was like WTF do I get you then? He was dead set on jewelry; however, I was more interested in coming up with something that was more meaningful to us. It took a lot of convincing to talk him (and his super Italian Roman Catholic family) that I didn't want an engagement ring. Eventually he came up with the idea of flying back to New Orleans to get engagement tattoos. So, off we went for another vacation. Now this might get weird for some of you: we have a shrine to Papa Ghede in our home, the voodoo spirit of fertility and death. We decided to get the veve (symbol) for Papa Ghede and both got it in the same place on our arms. I know, ROMANCE, right?!
For our wedding rings, we had a guy here in NYC make custom gold bands for us. Mine has his name and his has mine.
I love my rings so much! My engagement ring has a gorgeous diamond in the center with two moonstones on either side and a super cool white gold setting. MH, the big tough trucker, designed it. The diamond is from his Nonna's engagement ring. I remember the first time I met her (MH and I had been dating almost a year) she didn't speak any English and I didn't speak any Italian. We spent the visit just smiling and trying to understand each other while MH translated. She asked him to fix a light for her and when he was gone, she beckoned me to follow her into her living room. She pulled out a photo album and started showing me pictures of the family, telling me names and locations in Italy. Then, she got to her wedding picture and she said "That my Dominic" (which is MH's and his grandfather's name). She pointed to her beautiful ring and then to me and winked. MH then entered the room and was kind of puzzled, but Nonna just said to him in Italian that we were chatting, but it is getting late and offered to send us home with some homemade pasta and cannoli. MH asked me later what we were talking about and I said just looking at pictures because I didn't want to freak him out. A year later, he proposed and admitted that the day after our first visit, Nonna had called MH (whom she made no qualms admitting was her favorite of her 23 grandchildren) to tell him that if he marries me, he can have her ring to give to me. Since then, he started planning the ring and proposal.
The moonstones represent the marbles he keeps in his pocket. Two days before we met, one of his dear friends was going back to Japan and gave small gifts to close friends. He gave MH two perfect blue marbles to represent a wish that MH would find his soulmate, his perfect compliment. Then, when we met, he vowed never to take those marbles out of his pocket to remind himself he had found his true match. Even now, if we have a fight, I see him reach in his pocket and take out the marbles as a reminder that we are soulmates, no matter what. When he is on the road, he takes pictures of the marbles on his truck dashboard so he can feel like we are still together, even when apart. So cheesy, I know, but I love it!
Supposed to be studying right now, but I am easily distracted.
We had been dating 6 years before my DH proposed. It was at a vineyard in Napa. He waited until we were leaving to do it out in the grape vines away from other people. I was completely surprised when I turned around seeing him down on one knee that I actually said, "Are you f***ing kidding me right now?" Probably not the response he was expecting but I was totally shocked!
H proposed in our old apartment one night. I came home and he had cooked a wonderful dinner, had my favorite flowers on the table, and had romantic music playing. I was completely oblivious having just got home from work and went to hang up my coat. When I turned around he was on his knee with the ring. I shouted, "oh f***!" and ran into the bedroom.
When I came back out he was still kneeling! Haha. He asked then and I, of course, said yes. He did good!
This thread is making me feel like the least girliest person ever. Not saying these rings aren't pretty but so many of you have these huge rings! All I can think is "man, those look annoying and in the way." Apparently, I was not born with the "love jewelry" gene.
Hey, as they say, "you do you."
I'm the opposite extreme: I love jewelry and perfumes and furs and all things expensively frivolous. I have dropped more on lingerie than my mortgage some months. Basically my style icon is a 15th-century Venetian courtesan.
I'm mostly amazing that the majority of the rings here are large ones. I guess I don't see that very often around here.
Lingerie? I buy my bras from Kohl's or JCP most the time and my underwear is Hanes. As far as sexy nightie type stuff...rare. And if I purchase it, it's was Walmart. I am soooooooooo not a jewelry, perfume, fancy stuff, etc. kinda girl. Get me electronics, higher end kitchen stuff, and books, please!
Married: 1/2008 ~ DD#1: 3/2012 TTC #2: Started 4/2014 BFP 7/30/15 MC 8/3/15 BFP 9/4/2015 EDD 5/16/2016
Nancy Meyer has a lovely selection but is overpriced, Agent Provocateur is overpriced and not nearly as good-quality as they'd like you to believe, and... aah, I could go on. I have Strong Opinions on the subject of stupid things to spend your money on.
Nancy Meyer has a lovely selection but is overpriced, Agent Provocateur is overpriced and not nearly as good-quality as they'd like you to believe, and... aah, I could go on. I have Strong Opinions on the subject of stupid things to spend your money on.
None of that has any appeal to me whatsoever. Not really into pretty things, especially high priced pretty things. $200 for a bra?!?! That's half my grocery budget for the month. I happen to think I can find some fairly pretty bras at Kohl's. But hey, if that's your thing and you can afford it, why not?
Married: 1/2008 ~ DD#1: 3/2012 TTC #2: Started 4/2014 BFP 7/30/15 MC 8/3/15 BFP 9/4/2015 EDD 5/16/2016
Nancy Meyer has a lovely selection but is overpriced, Agent Provocateur is overpriced and not nearly as good-quality as they'd like you to believe, and... aah, I could go on. I have Strong Opinions on the subject of stupid things to spend your money on.
None of that has any appeal to me whatsoever. Not really into pretty things, especially high priced pretty things. $200 for a bra?!?! That's half my grocery budget for the month. I happen to think I can find some fairly pretty bras at Kohl's. But hey, if that's your thing and you can afford it, why not?
I'm all into pretty things too but seriously, $200 for underwear is crazy town. It's possible to get nice things and not need to take out a second mortgage!
Nancy Meyer has a lovely selection but is overpriced, Agent Provocateur is overpriced and not nearly as good-quality as they'd like you to believe, and... aah, I could go on. I have Strong Opinions on the subject of stupid things to spend your money on.
None of that has any appeal to me whatsoever. Not really into pretty things, especially high priced pretty things. $200 for a bra?!?! That's half my grocery budget for the month. I happen to think I can find some fairly pretty bras at Kohl's. But hey, if that's your thing and you can afford it, why not?
I'm all into pretty things too but seriously, $200 for underwear is crazy town. It's possible to get nice things and not need to take out a second mortgage! ------------------------------------------------------------ QBF
Also- not sure if this is your first child @Merciel, But get ready to buy the cheapest pair you can find for labor, delivery, and the 2 months following. You're not going to want to ruin your $200 pair of panties with all the glorious afterbirth excretions.
Anyway, while I'm here in the bling thread, I will shamelessly take the excuse to gloat about the cufflinks I picked up for my husband this Christmas. I am so so so happy with these finds and I am so excited to give them to him this year.
Yeah...this is a bling thread for wedding rings not a I'm better than you thread which is how you're coming across. Just IMO.
Been married since 2009. Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter) Several MCs DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
My husband proposed via a scavenger hunt that led me Aldo to buy a pair of boots that I had my eye on for a while and then ended up at my parents house where he was cooking me a lovely dinner. During dinner my little cousins, ages 1-4, came in one by one with pieces to a sign that had important dates: when we met (blind date), when we officially started dating & the date of that night (proposal date) . Kind of confusing to explain, but he made all of the signs and they connect together. We added our wedding date and will add our children's birth dates to it. We never looked at rings together, but my friend may have given him some suggestions
I'm just going to say I think it's just a little bit funny that spending 200 bucks on skivvies seems cray to some peeps while spending thousands on jewelry seems ok. Personally, I'm all for both.
Added note, after having my daughters I found that wearing my nice undergarments was one of the little things that made me feel sexy despite the TOTAL lack of sleep. Really sexed up my jam jams!
I'm just going to say I think it's just a little bit funny that spending 200 bucks on skivvies seems cray to some peeps while spending thousands on jewelry seems ok. Personally, I'm all for both.
Added note, after having my daughters I found that wearing my nice undergarments was one of the little things that made me feel sexy despite the TOTAL lack of sleep. Really sexed up my jam jams!
I don't wear my underwear everyday though. My rings, yes.
I'm just going to say I think it's just a little bit funny that spending 200 bucks on skivvies seems cray to some peeps while spending thousands on jewelry seems ok. Personally, I'm all for both.
Personally, I find both a bit out there. If I had that kind of money, I wouldn't spend it on anything that frivolous. But I acknowledge that other people don't consider those things a waste like I do.
I feel kind of bad. This whole side discussion all started because I commented how this thread reminded me just how un-girly I am when it comes to this stuff (I'm actually really into doing my hair when I'm not just staying home in case anyone is concerned I never care about pretty things. lol). I'm very sorry for causing the conversation to derail.
Married: 1/2008 ~ DD#1: 3/2012 TTC #2: Started 4/2014 BFP 7/30/15 MC 8/3/15 BFP 9/4/2015 EDD 5/16/2016
I'm just going to say I think it's just a little bit funny that spending 200 bucks on skivvies seems cray to some peeps while spending thousands on jewelry seems ok. Personally, I'm all for both.
Personally, I find both a bit out there. If I had that kind of money, I wouldn't spend it on anything that frivolous. But I acknowledge that other people don't consider those things a waste like I do.
I feel kind of bad. This whole side discussion all started because I commented how this thread reminded me just how un-girly I am when it comes to this stuff (I'm actually really into doing my hair when I'm not just staying home in case anyone is concerned I never care about pretty things. lol). I'm very sorry for causing the conversation to derail.
Don't feel bad! Different perspectives are good, and debate is healthy. Just because your taste is different than some doesn't mean you're wrong, and vice versa.
Re: GTKY: Bling!
I would like to someday get the inside our of our bands engraved!
Everyone's rings are gorgeous!
The center of our engagement story was I was joking with my husband about how we should get one of those rocks that go in your garden with your last name & established 2014 or whatever year you got married and then I said "IF..we ever got married..." because I was getting frustrated with how long it was taking him to propose. Well a few days later he planted the gardens around the house for me and when he showed me he said "I looked for that rock you were talking about, but couldn't find it...but I think I might have found a different rock you'll like." Then got down on one knee and proposed in our front yard.
He bought me the band for the other side of my ring after a few hard months of stuff I was going through with my family and the ring with the sapphire was my wedding gift - something new and something blue!
I posted two pictures. One of just my engagement ring and one of my ring now (apparently I need to get it cleaned again).
My DH and I had been together for 6 years before he proposed and we got married a year later. He worked at a hotel at the time and he set up a candlelight dinner on the roof on the 4th of July so we could watch the fireworks. He played our song and then got down on one knee and proposed. I knew it was coming, but it was still very sweet and I will never forget it.
@valerie4786 Thank you! My husband was like wth is this when the unicorn arrived but it's in my office so he doesn't have to see it very often haha!
Been married since 2009.
Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter)
Several MCs
DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
Thank you! I have loved this ring for over a decade.
Been married since 2009.
Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter)
Several MCs
DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
DH designed the ring with a jeweler and I love it today as much as I loved it years ago. Every so often he stares at it
DH and I started dating in 2002 and I told him almost right away I was going to marry him. We got engaged quickly after that at Epcot. Pretty funny story. He took me to a Disney breakfast buffet. Well I didn't know those giant stuffed characters would be there. He didn't know they freaked me out, and they were supposed to be part of his elaborate proposal. I balked, so he called everything off, took me outside to a rose garden, and asked me privately. What a relief!!!
DH and I were on one of our many vacations in New Orleans day drinking around the city with some friends. At some point, at a gay bar by the name of Big Daddy's, we decided as a group that we should be married. No one is quite sure of how it happened, but I know there was a lot of whiskey involved. We then decided to then go out in celebration to one of the nicest restaurants in town, called our parents, posted it on Facebook and then woke up and were like OH SH*T. Years later at our wedding, the witnesses to the drunken decision were our wedding party and officiant.
Since there was no traditional proposal DH was then on the ring search. Since we are both firmly anti-diamond (for a multitude of reasons I won't even try to go into here), he was like WTF do I get you then? He was dead set on jewelry; however, I was more interested in coming up with something that was more meaningful to us. It took a lot of convincing to talk him (and his super Italian Roman Catholic family) that I didn't want an engagement ring. Eventually he came up with the idea of flying back to New Orleans to get engagement tattoos. So, off we went for another vacation. Now this might get weird for some of you: we have a shrine to Papa Ghede in our home, the voodoo spirit of fertility and death. We decided to get the veve (symbol) for Papa Ghede and both got it in the same place on our arms. I know, ROMANCE, right?!
For our wedding rings, we had a guy here in NYC make custom gold bands for us. Mine has his name and his has mine.
The moonstones represent the marbles he keeps in his pocket. Two days before we met, one of his dear friends was going back to Japan and gave small gifts to close friends. He gave MH two perfect blue marbles to represent a wish that MH would find his soulmate, his perfect compliment. Then, when we met, he vowed never to take those marbles out of his pocket to remind himself he had found his true match. Even now, if we have a fight, I see him reach in his pocket and take out the marbles as a reminder that we are soulmates, no matter what. When he is on the road, he takes pictures of the marbles on his truck dashboard so he can feel like we are still together, even when apart. So cheesy, I know, but I love it!
When I came back out he was still kneeling! Haha. He asked then and I, of course, said yes. He did good!
Lingerie? I buy my bras from Kohl's or JCP most the time and my underwear is Hanes. As far as sexy nightie type stuff...rare. And if I purchase it, it's was Walmart. I am soooooooooo not a jewelry, perfume, fancy stuff, etc. kinda girl. Get me electronics, higher end kitchen stuff, and books, please!
Married: 1/2008 ~ DD#1: 3/2012
TTC #2: Started 4/2014 BFP 7/30/15 MC 8/3/15 BFP 9/4/2015 EDD 5/16/2016
Here are my favorites for lingerie: https://www.journelle.com (Myla and Bordelle? yes, thank you! and ouvert anything, of course
Nancy Meyer has a lovely selection but is overpriced, Agent Provocateur is overpriced and not nearly as good-quality as they'd like you to believe, and... aah, I could go on. I have Strong Opinions on the subject of stupid things to spend your money on.
Married: 1/2008 ~ DD#1: 3/2012
TTC #2: Started 4/2014 BFP 7/30/15 MC 8/3/15 BFP 9/4/2015 EDD 5/16/2016
I'm all into pretty things too but seriously, $200 for underwear is crazy town. It's possible to get nice things and not need to take out a second mortgage!
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QBF
Also- not sure if this is your first child @Merciel, But get ready to buy the cheapest pair you can find for labor, delivery, and the 2 months following.
Edited bc words
Been married since 2009.
Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter)
Several MCs
DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
I'll wander off and be quiet now, thanks for giving me a heads up.
edit: I truly do apologize if I offended anyone. I get overly enthusiastic when it comes to shiny things. I'll go back and edit some of my posts.
Been married since 2009.
Unicornuate Uterus (yes I menstruate glitter)
Several MCs
DD born 2013 (our miracle "you can't have babies" baby!)
I used to hang out on a jewelry board and the norms were different there, so I needed the reminder.
We never looked at rings together, but my friend may have given him some suggestions
(Sorry, it won't let me post 2 pics on my post?)
Added note, after having my daughters I found that wearing my nice undergarments was one of the little things that made me feel sexy despite the TOTAL lack of sleep. Really sexed up my jam jams!
I feel kind of bad. This whole side discussion all started because I commented how this thread reminded me just how un-girly I am when it comes to this stuff (I'm actually really into doing my hair when I'm not just staying home in case anyone is concerned I never care about pretty things. lol). I'm very sorry for causing the conversation to derail.
Married: 1/2008 ~ DD#1: 3/2012
TTC #2: Started 4/2014 BFP 7/30/15 MC 8/3/15 BFP 9/4/2015 EDD 5/16/2016
And FWIW it didn't derail...yet