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Ideal_Rock
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Hi there ladies (and guys)...
This forum is really cool, my fav place, but perhaps it's not the best place for me after all right now.
My fifth anniversary is coming up, and since Oct-Nov last year, I've been getting revved up for an upgrade for the big event.
At first I thought I'd like to add an eternity/anniversary ring to my set, but when I started looking, I realised how cheap and poor my pretty little ring actually is, and that it really would be a bit silly to add another band to the set.
The penny dropped when the jewellery lady suggested I consider upgrading my set, and told me she had done so herself. "After all," she said, "Who do you think we sell all these diamonds to? Not just to engaged couples!"
I rushed home and told my husband I wanted an upgrade for the following year's anniversary. He just smiled, and smiled more when I started researching and found this site.
Anyway, now it is nine months later, and I am still set on it. Although we don't talk about the upgrade much, it is very clear that his attitude has moved from one of indulgence, and he is definitely trying to hose me down.
One night earlier this week, he just lost it when he saw I was on my beloved PS. He told me he thought it insulting that I wanted to trade his $600 cutie, and that I should learn to be grateful!
Now, in my turn, I am slowly starting to resent that I took the little cheapie in the first place, as my original dream ring budget was around $6000. He did not walk inside a jewellery store with me, did not save for it, and so has absolutely no idea how much a proper diamond ring costs. I thought I'd just be thankful, and that my time would come.
Well, now I feel my time has come! But his response is: "you've already got an engagement ring.'
I keep thinking about all the expensive purchases he has made in the past five years, and how hard I have worked, what a good wife I am, produced two kids yadda yadda. I'm upset.
I mean, I am now attempting to save up for my 'big girl' engagement ring, but sometimes I feel I don't even want to wear a lovely wedding set now... why would I want to celebrate the man of my dreams??
This forum is really cool, my fav place, but perhaps it's not the best place for me after all right now.
My fifth anniversary is coming up, and since Oct-Nov last year, I've been getting revved up for an upgrade for the big event.
At first I thought I'd like to add an eternity/anniversary ring to my set, but when I started looking, I realised how cheap and poor my pretty little ring actually is, and that it really would be a bit silly to add another band to the set.
The penny dropped when the jewellery lady suggested I consider upgrading my set, and told me she had done so herself. "After all," she said, "Who do you think we sell all these diamonds to? Not just to engaged couples!"
I rushed home and told my husband I wanted an upgrade for the following year's anniversary. He just smiled, and smiled more when I started researching and found this site.
Anyway, now it is nine months later, and I am still set on it. Although we don't talk about the upgrade much, it is very clear that his attitude has moved from one of indulgence, and he is definitely trying to hose me down.
One night earlier this week, he just lost it when he saw I was on my beloved PS. He told me he thought it insulting that I wanted to trade his $600 cutie, and that I should learn to be grateful!
Now, in my turn, I am slowly starting to resent that I took the little cheapie in the first place, as my original dream ring budget was around $6000. He did not walk inside a jewellery store with me, did not save for it, and so has absolutely no idea how much a proper diamond ring costs. I thought I'd just be thankful, and that my time would come.
Well, now I feel my time has come! But his response is: "you've already got an engagement ring.'
I keep thinking about all the expensive purchases he has made in the past five years, and how hard I have worked, what a good wife I am, produced two kids yadda yadda. I'm upset.
I mean, I am now attempting to save up for my 'big girl' engagement ring, but sometimes I feel I don't even want to wear a lovely wedding set now... why would I want to celebrate the man of my dreams??