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jhn

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I will have a huge problem when i get home from work today. I''ve bought a diamond for the e-ring to my fiancé to become, and it''s all a surprise. Yesterday I bought a loupe so that I could look at the diamond when it arrives. Here''s the problem.

This morning i left/forgot the loupe on our dinner table and my fiancé to become will be home before me today. She will find the loupe and ask what it''s for. What do I say??

We''ve been living together the last 6 years so I can''t say something like:

"Didn''t you know I''m a huge stamp collector, thats my biggest hobby."

Perhaps if I accuse her of never listening to me when I talk about my hobbies will get the discussion else where and she''ll eventually forget about the loupe
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But I won''t take the chance
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So, any GOOD ideas of how I can explain the loupe on the dinner table?
 
Well, I am assuming that you can''t get home during lunch to remove the loupe. All I can think is that you tell her you got a neighbor''s package in the mail. That happens to us all of the time. I often open it without looking at the name because we get packages here on a daily basis.
 
It is for lighting camp fires with sun light
 
Honey you got acute acne and I thought it would be cute to examine them up close
 
It belongs to someone from work, you were using it to see a splinter in your finger.

or

You were examining a coin, something from work - depends on your job, small writing on something.
 
it''s to check out this ring i got for you.....SURPRISE!



say you found it at work or outside on the ground or something and you thought it would be handy to keep.
 
You have got to get home during lunch and put it away. If that''s not feasible maybe tell your boss the situation and see if you can leave a little early - work from home or something. If all else fails (and I''m not advocating being dishonest but) take a sick afternoon. OR see if you can send your gilfriend on some errands after work so you can beat her home?

There is no good explaining unless she is super gullible (or doesn''t know what a loupe looks like!)
 
Thanks everyone for both good and, to be honest, quite bad ideas of how to explain the loupe
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Unfortunately I won''t be able to get home before my girl today so I just have to find something out...

I like the idea of telling her that I just found it outside and thought that it could be good to keep....
A very simple story that won''t open up for alot of new questions...

And by the way, thanks for quite a few laughts too
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Then again, I get a litte nervous abot what gailrmv writes. Do you really think my girl will think that it''s THAT obvious what im doing? Hmm, perhaps I''ll have to make something other up...
 
Date: 10/25/2006 8:51:09 AM
Author: jhn
Then again, I get a litte nervous abot what gailrmv writes. Do you really think my girl will think that it''s THAT obvious what im doing? Hmm, perhaps I''ll have to make something other up...

does she know what one looks like or what it''s for? up until I found PS if hubby left I loupe on the table I wouldn''t have know what it was so it wouldn''t have caused me to be suspicious. But, if she knows what it is and what it does, i''d figure out a way to get home and hide it, it will tip her off for sure.
 
you need to work on being ''excited'' about your ''find'' rather than being ''surprised'' about being caught. loupe doesn''t automatically mean RING (unless she''s a ps''er!). you''re gonna be fine.
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I''m sure she know what it is and what it does generally. I''m not so sure she know it can be used for diamonds and stuff, but perhaps she will/can figure that out...
Hmm, I really don''t know how to solve this. And as I said, I really can''t get home today, I''m sitting with clients all day and the whole evening...
 
Does anyone else have a key to your house?
 
Can you call one of her friends and have them take her out for dinner or something? That way she would be out for the evening and you could get home before her. If you lie about the loupe she''s probably going to know that you are hiding something... especially if she''s lived with you for six years. Your body language will give it away immediately.

Marisa
 
I was going to say the same thing about finding it outside. Tell her that as you were leaving, you found it outside and were not sure what it was, thought that it may be something that she dropped so you put it on the table.
 
Date: 10/25/2006 1:35:12 PM
Author: Diamond*Dana
I was going to say the same thing about finding it outside. Tell her that as you were leaving, you found it outside and were not sure what it was, thought that it may be something that she dropped so you put it on the table.
Ooh, I like that idea!!!
 
You could ask her to run an errand for you after work - something like going to the grocery store for something; going to the mall to pick up something; call some really far away restaurant for carry out and have her pick it up; ask her to go get the oil changed in her car; maybe ask her to run by home depot to pick up a specific light bulb because you noticed a light out in the house before you left for work... :) That way, you might be able to get home before she does. I tried something like this with my fiance in order to bring home a dozen balloons for him for his birthday (made him drive to cvs for some allergy medicine)
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I''m with the "found it outside" theory. Don''t elaborate too much but you could put in a single comment like "must be some kid''s school science experiment"...

Only thing preferable would really to have her run some errand as others suggested. Make sure though that it''s the kind of thing she won''t say
"I''ll do that later". Has to be something that she''ll go for as you won''t be able to come up with something else for her to do without her getting suspicious if she doesn''t go for the first one.

One other idea... suggest to meet up for dinner directly from work! :> Then after dinner, make sure you walk into the house first and quietly slip it off the table.

p.s. - Garry... I like your ideas. I was waiting for the "examining toe jam" next!
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Date: 10/25/2006 2:38:12 PM
Author: ff
p.s. - Garry... I like your ideas. I was waiting for the ''examining toe jam'' next!
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Oh geez...that''s worse than Garry''s!!!

''Found it outside and put it on the table in case it was yours'' is the best I''ve heard yet...
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My boyfriend has a loupe he uses examine photos he took with slide film. If you''re into taking pictures, this may work. If not, I''d go with the found it outside thing.
 
I think the finding it outside idea is your best bet thus far. This is something you will laugh about and remember after you propose that you can tell her :)
 
The found it outside does seem to be the best idea. But I wouldn''t use the word "loupe". I''d call it a little magnifying glass.
 
Good point oshin, implying that he knows what a loupe is might seem a little fishy.
 
Date: 10/25/2006 3:03:28 PM
Author: FireGoddess
Oh geez...that's worse than Garry's!!!

Thanks FireGoddess! That's what I was going for.
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I'm waiting to see what else Garry has up his sleeves!
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you are soooo busted!.

i would just look at her and grin. that''ll drive her nuts!
 
Date: 10/25/2006 5:59:52 PM
Author: ladykemma
you are soooo busted!.

i would just look at her and grin. that''ll drive her nuts!
Yep. I agree. No way to get out of this unless you beat her home. She''ll know.
 
I hope he checks in to let us know how things went.....
 
Finding it outside is very good - don''t elaborate too much or you will get caught! Or if you wear spectacles you could say it is a part of a fancy repair kit. Honestly before we started looking at diamonds I would not have associated a loupe with a diamond so I think you are safe!
Keep us updated - we are waiting with bated breath!
 
Hmmmm.... wondering how it went... and what he finally decided to tell her! Tense!

Marisa
 
Tell here it is to look at your lice.
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