"the trick of love is to never let it find you; it's easy to get over missing out."

LOL it's almost 5 carats total - I'd say that would be a "win at life five times."

We haven't talked in a while about getting engaged, but I'm starting to think about it myself. I can assure you I will not be getting that ring. I'd be lucky to get a pop can tab.

I think you should put it on your list just for laughs. I want a pic of his face when he sees it!

I'm with you...plus, if I've got to wear it every day I need it to not be in my way.

I've never dated anyone that could afford a ring that big, anyway. ;)

My internship supervisor got engaged and her ring is at least 3 carats, excluding the 2 baguettes on either side of the solitaire...I can't help but to stare at it.

Before I got engaged I was of the mind that my ring had to be at least 1.5 carats :rolleyes:. My ring isn't even a full carat, and I couldn't be any happier with it.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wxUNhzWAKE...GoldDigger.jpg


ETA: I reeeeeeeeeally wanted to use this one, but it would've taken the joke too far lol

http://wfn.typepad.com/.a/6a0105364c...ac7e970c-800wi

One like this?
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.gadling.c...nedslingmb.jpg

Close-up:
http://www.skymall.com/images/produc...3187211gx2.jpg

Also goes well with:
http://www.skymall.com/images/produc...203265865d.jpg

Yall talkin about Win(ning) At Life. I just tryna Win At Sex.

I'm not winning. At all.

Nor am I. :confused::confused::confused:

Wear this - it's how I pick up all my booty.
http://www.skymall.com/images/produc...203265865d.jpg

That ring, with that stone, is so overpriced I can't begin to tell you. At that price you could and should get something larger, far better quality and color. AND have a lot of money left over to have a downpayment (in many areas) on a home.

Trust me, I know of such things.:cool:

LOL I can't imagine someone dropping that much money on an engagement ring and buying it on Amazon.com. For that price tag, go to Tiffany's, or freaking Jacob the Jeweler. :p

I was exactly the same way! I thought I wanted AT LEAST a carat, but possibly more than that...my ring is 0.91 and I think it's a perfect size for me.

Ditto lovespink. Mine is just under 1 including the center and side stones, and I think it is perfect. Fiance opted for a higher quality stone instead of the extra carat weight, and I'm glad he did.

My mom is a jewelry buff and she always said medium sized high quality ring > huge ring that is cloudy and/or looks like a tooth with black cavities in it.

I believe it. One of my friends has a fairly large ring, probably close to 2 carats. However, it has a visibly yellow tinge to it, and just doesn't catch the light like mine does. But I'm biased, lol.

Now, my mom's new ring is the perfect marriage of carat size (about 1.3) and quality and it is STUNNING. Kudos to my dad.

Like this:

http://7donuts.com/wp-content/upload...ick-cannon.jpg

ETA: No joke -this is the ring that Nick Cannon gave to Mariah, designed by Jacob the Jeweler. It's got 17 carats of diamonds, it's set in platinum, and cost roughly $2.5M. The center stone alone is 10 carats. There are over 50 diamonds on the ring.

^^That ring is seriously...tacky. Less can be more, even for Mariah Carey.

Yep...mine is .875 (or 7/8 carat) and it's perfect.

Agreed. Quality > quantity. I have no clue how much fiance spent on my ring, but it's certified (and super sparkly :p)

The ex-boyfriend has bailed on me as a formal date, so I'm taking my friend, who is also a girl. If they try to tell me I can't, I'll just sue them. bah humbug

^^^ No I don't think we do. I'm just grumpy. I didn't really think he'd bail but hey

Thetaj,

In all honesty, why wouldn't he bail? I wish he was honest with you from the jump so you could've planned for the formal without him. Other than that, it is a good thing that he bailed. From just reading your posts. you were struggling with this breakup, a bit bitter, and kind of hoping that you would get back together. That's the recipe for disaster and holding onto something that is long gone. Going to a formal together would be a horrible idea.

As for friends attending a formal together, the noncollegiate formals that I attend only give couple ticket prices for romantic couples. A platonic friend does not count regardless of the gender.

I took a friend from another campus sorority to my last formal because the guy I was seeing at the time was home in England...it was made obvious to me that those in charge didn't like it, but if there's no rule against it, there's no rule against it. We went and had an awesome time.

It's been about a month since I've seen my fiance and he's coming to see me tomorrow! I'm so excited :D

Why would you want to go to a formal with your ex?

Yay! I haven't seen my fiance in about a month either, and I'm going to visit this weekend. I wish the week would go by just a littttttle bit faster.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYC2FUutdKA&ob=av2e

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:cool:

LMAO!!! *dead*

An hour and a half conversation about the future... And now it's been haunting me for two days.

Dear Friends,

Your arguments against taking my formal date to formal are sound. However, I'm still not an asshole and I'm not breaking her heart after she's been looking forward to this all semester. Yeah, her laundry list of restrictions and requests irks me a bit. Yeah, she doesn't drink and she's going to be around a bunch of drunk people for the night. But, I think she'll have fun or I wouldn't have invited her.

Thanks again for respecting my choice in this matter.

~Preston

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I feel better now.

On FB, one of my cousin's friends is all "woe is us" about Black women not getting married, and how no one wants Black women. I'm like, "WTF stop acting like the victim." I mentioned how I've never had a lack of Dude in my life. She hasn't said anything else yet.

I'm sick of this victim shit. We're not all at home watching Tyler Perry movies and crying into our Haagen-Dazs.

Yeah some of us watch Tyler Perry movies with our men and don't like Haagen-Dazs.

:)

The sad thing is that from what I can glean from her FB page, she's like 24 or 25. Way too young to have such a cynical view of relationships and her long-term relationship outlook. She's still going on, and my cousin and I have moved on to other stuff, LOL.