ahh!

[rainbowtrout]

Men are silly, silly creatures. He didn''t propose at his grandparents anniversay (no big deal if a little sad, whatever)....but he keeps forgetting that we will NOT be in town for our eigth anniversary.

I mentionned it once bc I had a hunch he might not have thought about it, and he did a serious double take and said "What?? What do you mean we aren''t in town?" So I thought whew, good to knock that one out..


Today he mentioned something about doing a special thing on our anniversary and I had to tell him again that we aren''t going to be together! (we''re moving out the week prior and will be sorting out our affairs for the next month at least)


He insists he wasn''t planning anything but still....oi! Drives me crazy

I''ve told him firmly NOT during exams and not during commencement (too much school/family tension). So he''s got...a month and a half! Ahhhhh! And he says he has a specific time too...if it isn''t our anniversary I have NO idea.

I asked him today if he knew the ring was going to be custom or not and he said "well we have to see what the price quotes say"

Then I asked if he actually has asked anyone for prices and he clammed up.


Ack!

 

[Caribou]

Maybe he''ll surprise you by coming to where you are on your anniversary??

I''ve said this before, my FI convincingly told me he didn''t have my ring...2 days later he proposed with a ring. Turned out he had had the darn thing for 2 weeks.

 

[anchor31]

He may be trying to throw you off, but he might not. I hope things work out!!

ETA: Oh, and about him always forgetting you won't be together for your anniversary... Man are a lot like that. My boyfriend forgets that sort of thing all the time! I hope he can work out a plan around everything.

 

[rainbowtrout]

I''m sure it will work out...but I feel like this month and a half thing just snuck up on me and now it seems awfully close!

He''s not a planner...unless it''s an accident I bet he won''t be flying anywhere to propose. I also know he doesn''t have the ring bc the sapphire is in our office and I mess with it periodically.

 

[Caribou]

Date: 3/9/2006 12:21:17 PM
Author: rainbowtrout
I''m sure it will work out...but I feel like this month and a half thing just snuck up on me and now it seems awfully close!

He''s not a planner...unless it''s an accident I bet he won''t be flying anywhere to propose. I also know he doesn''t have the ring bc the sapphire is in our office and I mess with it periodically.

My FI is not a planner either...the night he proposed it wasn''t planned...he brought the ring with him and told me that if the moment didn''t feel right he wouldn''t have done it. Glad it felt right.

Guys can be surprising sometimes with something as important and life changing as this.

 

[rainbowtrout]

Sorry to blabber to you guys again....but I''m going nuts trying not to annoy him until he tells me here...


Last night we were at Indian and I said "so can I ask one ring question please"

He said ok, so I said "Did you ever talk to Wink"

His answer, "Yep."


All further attempts to extract information failed. This is nuts! I''m supposed to be working on my frickin senior thesis! And does anyone else find that since they became a LIW they notice other people''s rings ALL the time? It''s like I have ring radar....I''ll come home and say "oh, I saw this antique setting today..." and not remember WHO was wearing it.

One of my profs wears a ruby eternity band, a saph eternity band, and then a gold wedding band. I''ve known her for four years and never noticed this until Ring Radar showed up.

 

[Cailet]

ha - that is too funny. I started noticing rings a lot more lately too. I''m not quite to the "ring radar" stage as we haven''t gone on our "window shopping" trip yet. But I''m sure after that I will be seeing them everywhere!!

 

[Patchee]

Now that I want to marry, I notice everyones rings... Not so much the ring it self more like, look - that girl cannot be over 17 and SHE got a ring... here I am old and have nothing

I could only imagine how crazy your feeling but work on your thesis!

 

[akw94]

I notice rings more too. Before beginning the whole ring discussion, I never noticed. I may have glanced if it was in front of me and thought...oooh, how pretty, but that was it. When he asked me what I liked I had no idea. When people used to say, "didn''t you see so and so''s ring," I never remembered. Now............... I notice rings much more often. I don''t think I seek them out

but I like to see the different styles and what I like. In some ways, it''s good b/c i''m pretty particular so I rarely see anything I just must have. Of course, that may make it harder in the end. Who knows??!

Rainbow, it does sound like he''s doing his research so that''s a good sign!

Good luck.

 

[Mandarine]

That is the problem with saying "one question"! My BF always gets me with that...he will answer one and only one question!!!

and I know exactly what you mean about the ring-radar!... I can''t help myself!...I notice everyone''s rings!. Last night I decided to go to the On-demand TV since there wasn''t anything on TV and was bored...I found some programs for the Knot and watched them all! (they were mostly about engagement rings/wedding bands)...then I took a peak at the wedding dresses runway shows but noticed that the dress part still doesn''t excite me as much!...I''m all about the engagement for now!

Happy St Patricks Day girls!!!

 

[sumbride]

Ah, RING RADAR!!! Thank you for coming up with that term! I totally have it, but it just showed up!

Last Friday night, BF and I were at our favorite little neigborhood bisto that we try to get to at least once a week. Next to us was another couple and I could tell by their conversation that they were a "long distance couple". He''d just come in from NYC. At some point during the dinner, I heard her mention engagement rings. I''d been trying the WHOLE NIGHT not to bring it up, so here I am listening to what she was saying to him about it, while nodding along to whatever it was my BF was saying... I swear I didn''t hear a word HE said... and then, I glanced over at another table, and that woman had the most sparkly ring I''ve ever seen! I couldn''t really see the setting from where I was, but the light was hitting her hand just right and I was blinded by the sparkle! I was like a, oh, what''s the bird that likes sparkly things???? Anyway, the rest of the dinner I just stared at that woman''s hand. I don''t think he noticed that I wasn''t really paying attention to him, but on the walk home, I told him about the conversation I''d overheard saying "I think it''s just silly that she won''t tell him what kind of ring she wants... she wants him to talk to her friends instead..." and yet, I haven''t really brought up the "this is what I want" to him either! I''ve talked with my friends about it!!!

 

[rainbowtrout]

magpie

 

[sumbride]

That''s it! We''re all Magpies now!!!

 

[anchor31]

Oh, I definitely have a ring radar now... It drives me insane.

 

[AmberWaves]

You know what''s crazy? I have the ring coming, and yet in my new Knot Magazine (which is like, 400 pounds!!!) all I look at are the rings! And I don''t understand why! What''s even sadder is, I think a lot, what will my next setting look like? Ha ha ha. I''m certifiable.

 

[rainbowtrout]

Haha...yeah. My stepmom has been married 10 ys and is angling for an upgrade..she bought that Martha Stewart weddings one, cut out the cover, and taped it over my dad''s side of the office.

Hint, anyone???

So I guess the radar never goes away totally.




On a sadder note, DB told me that he does know that the ring won''t be done for at least two months. Putting it after graduation and moving out, seperating all our stuff, etc. I hadn''t realized how much I had been looking forward to telling our families in person. Oh well....I can''t have everything in this process. I''ve got a great guy, I''m going to have a great ring, and if he planned things so it happens a little late it happens a little late.

I did remind him he will have to deal with me living with my mother this summer though.....I don''t know, maybe he''ll get a hotel room for the weekend or something. Bah, I had hoped not to be living with my parents when this happened.

Well I''m a little bummed but I think mostly its just tired and the stress of this whole dang year getting to me. It''ll be okay

 

[Blenheim]

Ring radar, I love it! I had to keep myself from doing that today when I was talking to professors (and possible advisors!), and I felt so ridiculous. Focus Blenheim...

I''ve seen several mentions of Martha Stewart Weddings, but can''t seem to find it. My shopping options at school are Walmart and Kroger. Is it generally pretty easy to find, or do people go to bookstores to get it? I want to see the rings!

 

[anchor31]

Date: 3/17/2006 11:47:28 PM
Author: rainbowtrout
On a sadder note, DB told me that he does know that the ring won''t be done for at least two months. Putting it after graduation and moving out, seperating all our stuff, etc. I hadn''t realized how much I had been looking forward to telling our families in person. Oh well....I can''t have everything in this process. I''ve got a great guy, I''m going to have a great ring, and if he planned things so it happens a little late it happens a little late.

I did remind him he will have to deal with me living with my mother this summer though.....I don''t know, maybe he''ll get a hotel room for the weekend or something. Bah, I had hoped not to be living with my parents when this happened.

Well I''m a little bummed but I think mostly its just tired and the stress of this whole dang year getting to me. It''ll be okay

I hope everything turns out for the best, and good luck for the end of year!!

I''m almost done too, but the reports and projects just seem to pile up and pile up...

 

[rainbowtrout]

blenheim: my stepmom bought this one at a Von''s....I''ve seen it in bookstores too though.

Anchor: I''m forgetting, what year are you? But yes, the stuff keeps a pilin'' up.

 

[anchor31]

It''s my third semester, actually. I''m hoping to be done in two years even with my transfer; we''ll see.

 

[rainbowtrout]

ugh, don''t put too much stress on yourself with that. transferring is hard enough.

I''m thrilled about grad school and maybe the fulbright and leaving, but its been a really great home for me the past four years and I''m reallly anxious about leaving and the Rest of Life, the possibility of having kids in the next few ys, him being away, etc.

I''ve got the kind of mind where I don''t stress about anything when I''m doing it...and now that everything is done all the pent up stress leaks out all over the place.


I really wish I was one of those people that is immensely productive when under emotional strain. It would be very handy....I could bottle it and sell it!

along with anti-Ring Radar and Patience Potion, right??

 

[anchor31]

Date: 3/18/2006 1:32:53 PM
Author: rainbowtrout
ugh, don''t put too much stress on yourself with that. transferring is hard enough.

Thanks! Althoug staying would have been must worse; I hate this place.

Date: 3/18/2006 1:32:53 PM
Author: rainbowtrout
I really wish I was one of those people that is immensely productive when under emotional strain. It would be very handy....I could bottle it and sell it!

along with anti-Ring Radar and Patience Potion, right??

Word! If you ever find the secret recipe, send me a copy!

Good luck, though, I''m sure you''ll do great for your end of year.

 

[ilovesparkles]

Date: 3/17/2006 8:59:19 AM
Author: rainbowtrout
Sorry to blabber to you guys again....but I''m going nuts trying not to annoy him until he tells me here...


Last night we were at Indian and I said ''so can I ask one ring question please''

He said ok, so I said ''Did you ever talk to Wink''

His answer, ''Yep.''


All further attempts to extract information failed. This is nuts! I''m supposed to be working on my frickin senior thesis! And does anyone else find that since they became a LIW they notice other people''s rings ALL the time? It''s like I have ring radar....I''ll come home and say ''oh, I saw this antique setting today...'' and not remember WHO was wearing it.

One of my profs wears a ruby eternity band, a saph eternity band, and then a gold wedding band. I''ve known her for four years and never noticed this until Ring Radar showed up.

Every single woman I come across my eyes immediately focus on her hands to find a ring! Its ridiculous. I''m on spring break right now and the woman sitting next to me on the plain was dripping! OK maybe thats an exageration but she had a lot of carats on. She had this huge three stone trellis set with eternity band wedding set. a 5 stone trellis set RHR, a few tennis bracelets, and these huge earing studs. I swear its all I could look at. Fortunately all three of us in the row spent a good time talking and well it was easy to stare and not be "caught" given where I was sitting.